Instagram Star Kelsey Wells Looks Unrecognizable After Losing Just 3 Pounds

By Dave Basner

October 16, 2019

Often times before-and-after photos show dramatic changes because of a huge drop in weight, and while Instagram celebrity Kelsey Wells' recent before-and-after pics illustrate her incredible transformation, it's after she lost just three pounds. The fitness influencer, who has 2.5 million followers on IG, proved to them all that weight is just a number and the most important thing is exercise.

Wells posted a photo of herself in a black bikini from six years ago when she was 24 and weighed 145 pounds. Next to it, she shared a shot of herself in a black bikini now, at age 30 and just three pounds less, at 142, but the difference is astounding. Wells looks great in the first pic, totally healthy at 5 feet, 6.5 inches with a normal BMI of 23.1, but in the second photo she is fully toned and sporting a solid six-pack.

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I understand more than you may think. I know how difficult it is to get active when you have a sedentary lifestyle and view exercise as the ultimate chore. I understand the struggle that comes when you drink more soda than water, eat more fast food than veggies, and view “healthy eating” as extreme restriction or fad diets. I understand how it feels to repeatedly resolve to start, only to ‘quit’ less than a week later. I understand the stress of feeling there is too far to go, when a healthier lifestyle seems an insurmountable feat. Those things are hard. . I also understand, deeply, the real emotional pain that ensues from automatically looking at your body negatively, and allowing a number on a scale or tag of clothing to dictate your perceived worth. I know first hand, the sharp sting of the poison of constant comparison and feeling you are never enough. I lived the tragedy, of MISSING THE MIRACLE of growing a child within my body and birthing new perfect life into this world, only to stand in the mirror in sadness and REJECTION of a reflection I didn’t recognize because I could not SEE my body with gratitude. Those things, are harder.💔 . I KNOW how daunting ‘fitness’ can seem. But what is daunting to me now, is how much of the world still fails to understand what fitness IS and CAN and SHOULD be... seeing so many of us still immersed in those toxic mindsets that I used to live in. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY THERE. . The only difference that matters between these photos is not visual, it is SELF-LOVE. My body was beautiful then. But I was UNHEALTHY mentally, emotionally, and physically and therefore I failed to see that. Utilizing fitness as my primary tool for self-empowerment resulted in simultaneous physical and mental transformations, but let me be clear— MY HEALTH, HAPPINESS, CONFIDENCE, AND SELF-LOVE are not predicated upon aesthetics. That is not how it works. . You are brave. You are strong. You are powerful. Do you know that? Uncovering and discovering this truth for yourself and IN yourself — self-empowerment— is what fitness is for. It is about caring for our HEALTH. Mental, emotional, and physical.🖤⚡️#screwthescale

A post shared by KELSEY WELLS (@kelseywells) on Oct 10, 2019 at 7:05am PDT

She captioned the pics:

"I understand more than you may think. I know how difficult it is to get active when you have a sedentary lifestyle and view exercise as the ultimate chore. I understand the struggle that comes when you drink more soda than water, eat more fast food than veggies, and view ‘healthy eating’ as extreme restriction or fad diets. I understand how it feels to repeatedly resolve to start, only to ‘quit’ less than a week later. I understand the stress of feeling there is too far to go, when a healthier lifestyle seems an insurmountable feat. Those things are hard. But, she noted, working out doesn’t have to be punishing — nor does it need to be about a number on the scale. The ultimate goal of getting fit should be ditching a negative view of your body and a toxic way of thinking. The only difference that matters between these photos is not visual, it is SELF-LOVE,” she wrote. “My body was beautiful then. But I was UNHEALTHY mentally, emotionally, and physically and therefore I failed to see that. Utilizing fitness as my primary tool for self-empowerment resulted in simultaneous physical and mental transformations, but let me be clear— MY HEALTH, HAPPINESS, CONFIDENCE, AND SELF-LOVE are not predicated upon aesthetics. That is not how it works. You are brave. You are strong. You are powerful. Do you know that? Uncovering and discovering this truth for yourself and IN yourself — self-empowerment— is what fitness is for. It is about caring for our HEALTH. Mental, emotional, and physical. #screwthescale"

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My focus this past holiday was simply enjoying time with my boys in one of our favorite places. I did a few PWR sessions and stayed active via allll the swimming, but I also rested A LOT (thank you @rpwells 🙏🏼♥️), read some books on my list, indulged in my favorite treats, and spent a lot of time reflecting on the last six months and re-evaluating and resetting my goals and intentions for the next. Caring for our mental and emotional health and wellbeing is JUST as important as caring for our physical bodies. NEVER value aesthetics over your health and NEVER feel bad for taking a break or slowing things down. You don’t need to wait for a vacation to do so either. Your fitness journey is about your HEALTH, and relaxing is part of that.🖤 #PWR #kelseywellspwr . www.kelseywells.com/app

A post shared by KELSEY WELLS (@kelseywells) on Oct 8, 2019 at 6:34am PDT

So how did she do it? Kelsey created a 12-week training program called PWR that helps build lean muscle by increasing weekly resistance training and decreasing cardio. It seems to work for her and her followers, whose before-and-after photos she also shares on her Instagram page. Check them out here.

Photo: Instagram/KelseyWells