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I look at the picture and all I see is like the extra wrinkles that I have in places where

people don't normally have wrinkles. And it's tough.

Like, I don't want my daughter to grow up having this horrible self-image because her mom does.

And I thought losing the weight and doing all of these physical changes that I wouldn't have that anymore,

but I still do every day. And that's really, really hard.

Welcome to how to. I'm Charles Duhigg. Each week on this show, we try to help people

solve their problems. And often, people write in when they know they need to make a major change in their life,

like the listener from an earlier episode who was trying to find her first kiss at 38.

Or sometimes they reach out to us because they're on the brink of something big.

But this week, we're trying to help a listener who's already made a massive change.

And now she's dealing with an unexpected aftermath.

Meet Ashley from Texas.

I am recently a stay-at-home mom to three kiddos, and I've recently gone through some pretty

substantial fitness and health changes.

Ashley is 31 years old now, and over the years, she has struggled with her weight,

trying all kinds of different diets. But none of them worked.

So at my heaviest, I was 325 pounds.

How did you feel physically during that time?

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