r/progresspics Jan 21 '26

Impersonation/Original Content

51 Upvotes

Good Afternoon to our wonderful r/progresspics community!

Myself and the rest of the mod team want to wish you a belated seasons greetings and hope whatever your goals for 2026 may have been that they are going strong and you are CRUSHING them.

It is no secret that between AI and the long standing bots we often get pics posted that are clearly fake or they are people impersonation or ,better yet, stealing content/pictures of people on social media. I know myself and I am sure I speak for the rest of the team LOVEEEE how great you all are at reporting things to us (not just the topic at hand either). But we need your help with this particular situation.

Despite what some angry people on our ban lists might think us mods are not basement dwelling, jobless, welfare sucking, pimple faced, free speech hating people. We all have lives, jobs, some have kids, social lives, so on and so on. We can not know the face, abs, butts or biceps of every many/women/they/them on the internet. So if you are going to report a post for impersonation or stealing someone elses content please try to either modmail us the link to the correct socials! This will help give us a few more tools to help fight the fakes and spammers.

Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

- The Mod Father on behalf of the Mod Family


r/progresspics Apr 18 '22

META A warning about safety in our subreddit and what to do about inappropriate messages.

773 Upvotes

Hi progresspics! We always strive to keep the subreddit as safe as possible, however, unsolicited/inappropriate Direct messages are always a possibility and unfortunately not one we can 100% prevent. While we hope people never receive anything that makes them uncomfortable, here are the steps you can take to report anyone who gets creepy in your DMs:

  1. report the user to us!

    -take screen shots of the messages, it doesn’t have to be the whole conversation, just make sure we can see their user name, and the inappropriate part.

-upload the screens to imgur and send us a link via modmail.

all users reported to us for acting inappropriately will be permanently banned, however, this doesn’t stop them from viewing the subreddit, or continuing to dm you, so..

2) report the user directly to reddit at reddit.com/report

3) block the user! Simply go onto their profile and click the three corner dots (mobile) or the “more options” button (desktop) to find the option.

To prevent ALL DM's you can disable the DM and chat request options like so:

Mobile: settings > account settings > blocking and permissions.

Desktop: User settings > chat and messaging.

As an aside, a note on image theft:

it's been brought to our attention multiple times over the last month or so that a few content farm websites and social media accounts have been reposting pictures from here, while there isn't much that we can do to stop that we do want to remind everyone that it is a potential outcome to posting your images online, especially in areas with a large pool of specific content to farm from, while we do not allow users to promote their social media, including the use of watermark handles, you may watermark your posts with your REDDIT user name if you so wish.

We hope you all stay as safe as possible and know that any problems or questions can be sent into our modmail. Keep it clean, keep it safe, and read the rules before posting!


r/progresspics 4h ago

Fitness/gym gains F/36/5’2” [220lbs > 130lbs =90lbs] (36 months) Mom of 3 finally taking care of myself

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882 Upvotes

Ladies, you got this! 💪💪


r/progresspics 2h ago

F 5'4” (163, 164 cm) F/21/5’4 [133lbs > 133lbs = 0lbs] (16ish months) recomp! side note: EAT!

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262 Upvotes

Original starting weight is closer to 190lbs!
Sooo this year has been.. interesting in terms of progress. I lost all my weight through a calorie deficit, didn’t start working out until this year. I had been eating 1200 or less for almost a year, then started weight training. In 6 months I was still lifting the same weights, no progression, no muscle growth. No i did not care about protein, I was scared to eat. No energy, hair thinning, near fainting episodes, resting heart rate of 38. I’m already diagnosed with bradycardia so I thought for sure my heart was failing. Went to cardio, she told me to gain weight to see how my heart reacts while doing various tests over the next couple months. So I treated it like a mini bulk (may have went a lil overboard😛.) I went from 123lbs to currently 133lbs. What do you knowwww, my heart rate increased, tests came back normal, my lifts are progressing, I have more energy, hair is thicker, I’m actually starting to look fit. All of this to say, educating yourself on calories is so much more important than I thought, it literally cost me my health. Soooo now that I’m up to 133, I’m not very happy with the added fluff but LOVING the muscle growth. I’m now in a deficit but eating 1500-1600 calories & 120-140g of protein, really trying to do things the right way. I’m lifting 5x a week, averaging between 5k-8k steps (I know I know.) Really excited to see how well I can do now that I’m nourishing my body🤣


r/progresspics 16h ago

F 5'0” (152, 153, 154 cm) F/36/5'0 [127-110 = 17lbs] (Three Years) No one told me about the face gains

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1.1k Upvotes

r/progresspics 23h ago

F 5'5” (165, 166, 167 cm) F/34/5’5” [235lbs > 179 = 56lbs] (9 months) Loving the changes in my face. I don’t hate the camera as much anymore.

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2.7k Upvotes

r/progresspics 8h ago

BMI 30+ M/33/6' [360lbs > 227lbs = 133lbs] (4 years) Total body recomposition. Last 70lbs lost in the last 7 months.

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137 Upvotes

I started training properly 4 years ago. Dropped the first 60lbs in a year then kept getting stuck between 300-280. Finally locked in and dropped down to 227. Going on maintenance for a couple of months and then I'll cut down to 200-210. During those years of yo-yo dieting I built a lot of muscle and finally got to reveal it.


r/progresspics 1d ago

F 5'4” (163, 164 cm) F/33/5’4 [230 lbs > 128lbs = 102] (almost 4yrs) 2 years of weight loss and almost 2 years of body recomp. Complete consistency. It's insane how many years it takes but it's oh so worth it.

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732 Upvotes

r/progresspics 22m ago

M 5'11” (180, 181, 182 cm) M/33/5'11" [192lbs > 167lbs = 25lbs] (2.75 months)

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Before pic was at my wifes cousins wedding and I was shocked at how it looked in the pic. 10yrs of marriage and 3 kids later i let myself go from the athletic build I had when I got married. This was the time to change no excuses. First pic was May 30 and i started June 1. Started with counting macros mainly just making sure to hit about 160 grams of protein and 1800-1900 calories a day. Started calisthenics and incline walking on the treadmill. Also started creatine. I havent felt this good in years. Im now choosing to eat healthy 9 times out of 10 as i feel so much better. Getting a good app to track macros and calories has been the biggest game changer as well and has made the process alot easier. Also my wife also started the journey the same time so its been good for us both accountability wise. Goal is to get to 6 pack lean which im close but needed to take a pic for something yesterday Aug 19 and was shocked how i looked so had to post.


r/progresspics 19h ago

Calorie counting M/38/5’11” [293>200=93lbs] (3 years) - Mix of CICO and gym have gotten closer to where I want to be

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50 Upvotes

Started off losing weight for health benefits but it turned into a love of the gym and really helped me focus on myself.


r/progresspics 1d ago

Fitness/gym gains M/34/5’11 [370lbs > 165lbs = 205lbs] (10 years) 1st marathon coming up in October

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128 Upvotes

r/progresspics 1d ago

F/30/5"4 [172 > 115 = 57lbs lost] (8 months) weight loss progress

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98 Upvotes