What Losing 172 Pounds Really Looks Like

Photo: Courtesy Of Brooke Birmingham. From airbrushed images to plastic surgery to Spanx, society teaches us, in not so subtle ways, that being pretty -- and an incredibly narrow definition of that word -- should be everyone's ultimate goal. What's worse is we get it from every angle. Even outlets claiming to celebrate women can perpetuate these fabricated beauty ideals, touching up or entirely pushing aside honest stories and images in favor of something a little more...aesthetically pleasing. ...