For most of her life, Alyssa Greene had been told she was “too much.”
Too heavy. Too slow. Too emotional. Too invisible.
By age 27, she weighed over 360 pounds. A trip to the grocery store left her breathless. Stairs were enemies. Chairs with arms made her anxious. She’d grown used to avoiding mirrors, skipping events, and laughing off insults as if they didn’t sting.
But inside, Alyssa was quietly suffocating under the weight—not just of her body, but of shame, judgment, and her own fears.
It wasn’t a dramatic moment that changed her life. No TV intervention, no cruel comment that “woke her up.” It was a Tuesday.
She was trying to tie her shoe and couldn’t reach.
“I just sat there,” Alyssa later recalled. “Panting. Angry. Embarrassed. I thought, This isn’t living.”
That day, she didn’t commit to a number or a goal weight. She committed to showing up for herself. Every. Single. Day.
At first, it was a walk around the block. Then she swapped sodas for water. She cried in her car after her first gym session, humiliated but determined. She educated herself on food. Tracked meals. Joined support groups. Cried again—many times. There were setbacks, plateaus that lasted for weeks, even months. Holidays hurt. Friends faded. But Alyssa never stopped.
And slowly, the weight came off.
A pound here. Two pounds there. Then ten. Then fifty.
Two years and eight months later, Alyssa stood in front of the mirror and wept—not from shame, but pride. She had lost over 200 pounds.
She documented the journey online—not the filtered version, but the raw one: loose skin, emotional breakdowns, failed attempts at burpees. And her following grew. Because she wasn’t just transforming her body. She was unlearning her self-hate, shedding every layer that never belonged to her in the first place.
Now, at 29, Alyssa runs 5Ks. She speaks at wellness conferences. She posts selfies—unapologetically. And when strangers ask her secret, she simply says:
“I stopped trying to be small for the world. I started making space for myself instead.”
Her story is more than a weight loss journey—it’s a story of self-respect, resilience, and reclaiming life. Watch her full transformation video and get inspired to start your own.