Sarah Infinger is taking social media by storm with her amazing weight loss journey. A video showcasing her transformation in the past two years was viewed over 36 million times on TikTok in just two days.
Her story is about determination and the fact that body positivity should be a real mantra. In 2021, Infinger felt it was time to make some drastic changes because she wanted more out of her life.
With her husband, who was in the military, she wanted to be as active as possible. However, her weight at the time was a real obstacle. She began the journey at 371 pounds.
She started exercising in May 2021, made changes to her diet, and had gastric sleeve weight loss surgery in November of the same year.
In the following months, Infinger spent a lot of time at the gym to completely transform her body. It was not always easy. Moreover, while chronicling her journey on social media, she faced a lot of trolling.
The body activist did not give up in the face of adversity; she persisted. At 5’7″, she now weighs around 180 lbs. Even after all of her victories, she still had more work to do.
She had a tummy tuck to remove close to 8 pounds of excess skin. After her video went viral, many called her a true inspiration. Some even said that the clip was a call to action for them.
However, there are still a few critics out there with not-so-nice things to say. Infinger has no problem taking them on because she wants the naysayers to know that there is so much more to her story.
She told a naysayer: “These legs? These legs that used to carry around a 400-pound person? These same legs that have carried me into the gym, going nearly every day for the past two [years] so that I could lose 186 lbs.”
Infinger continued: “No, I’m glad you made this comment to me because I can take it. I’m very confident.”
The gym enthusiast also stated: “Because the more women like me and you who don’t fit society’s beauty standards but are still beautiful decide to lift each other up, then we get to change the narrative. On what society’s beauty standards are. And that’s empowering to me. So whether you’re 300 plus pounds you’re under 100 pounds, your skin and bones, you have cellulite, you have loose skin, you have fat symbols, whatever it is, you’re beautiful.”
She has close to 300,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram combined.
