165 lbs down here! A few things I've learned, in no particular order: Loose skin makes you look bigger than you are. I'm a size 6/8 and I still felt like I looked 200+ lbs in regular leggings. In these? For the first time my outside matches my actual size.Mobility is the biggest game changer of weight loss, and these move WITH you. Stairs, running, bending over. Nothing rolls, nothing droops.I was more self-conscious of my body at goal weight than I was at 320. These fixed about 80% of that, no exaggeration.People treat you differently when you feel confident. I wore these to the office and stood differently all day.The last 20 lbs are still the slowest, most annoying pounds ever. But at least I look good while they take their sweet time. 🥹 Any questions, feel free!

Please don't roast me for being emotional about leggings, but I need to share this somewhere. I'm 51. Between menopause and an 80 pound weight loss, my skin changed almost overnight, wrinkly arms, crepey thighs, all of it. I kept telling myself I was fine, and then the crepey skin made it official and in writing every time I got dressed: I'm old now. But I swear, just yesterday I was 35... I don't FEEL old. I ordered these after a kind woman online recommended them. The thighs look smooth. Smooth! Everything is held gently, nothing digs in (important at our age, trust me). I wore them to walk with my husband and felt like myself again, not the "before" me, the NOW me, just... comforted. Thank you to whoever designed these with real women in mind. It really does help. I can't express this enough.

One year, 128 pounds down, and finally an answer for the saggy skin. I'm a teacher and mom to three kids, one with significant disabilities, so taking care of my own body always came last. After losing 128 lbs this year (against my original doctor's advice, but that's another story, I went rogue and won't turn back), I was left with skin that is saggy in lots of places. I wasn't sure what I would do about that, if anything. Surgery isn't realistic for our family right now. These leggings are what I decided to do about it. Everything is held and smooth, my clothes finally fit right, and after being limited to the nearly-hidden plus size sections since I was 18, getting dressed feels like a joy instead of a puzzle. I second-guess my size less too, it fit exactly like the size chart said. My biggest success suggestion: find what works and be consistent. These work.

Things I learned after gastric bypass, add these leggings to the list. Two years ago I couldn't close a rollercoaster seatbelt. I've since lost 133 lbs with gastric bypass, and no, it was not the easy way out. A few things I've learned that they don't put in the brochure: you will lose hair. You will discover bones you never knew you had (hellooooo collarbones, and fuck you, tailbone). And if you lose a significant amount of weight, you WILL have loose skin. Mine is my badge of honor, but a badge of honor that used to need three layers of clothing to sit right. These leggings changed that. They hold my belly skin up and in, flat the second I slip them on, and they don't budge through school pickup, errands, all of it. Do I like my loose skin? No. But I'll take it all day, every day over 133 extra pounds, and in these, most days I forget it's even there. Trust the process. And buy the leggings.

From 'body of a shar pei' to wearing shorts in public. An essay. I got fat in elementary school and stayed fat until my thirties. Then I lost 119 lbs, the equivalent of a small adult woman, and traded my old fear (everyone seeing how fat I was) for a new one: everyone discovering I now possessed the body of a shar pei. There was a lot of magical thinking involved in believing leggings from the regular store could handle this situation. (Spoiler alert: they could not. Everything drooped by noon.) These are different. My droopy butt and saggy thighs are held smooth and still, all day. Nothing to strategically hide with a long cardigan. This summer, for the first time in my entire life, I wore shorts over them on a hike and bike rides with my family, in public, where people have eyes, and the world did not end. If you're talking yourself out of losing weight because you're afraid of the loose skin: don't. And when you get there, get these.