{"id":14590,"date":"2025-12-22T15:09:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14590"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:09:22","slug":"teenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14590","title":{"rendered":"Teenage girl bullied and harassed for her weight, drops 138 pounds and looks like a movie star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"230\">Teenager Josie Desgrand from Australia decided to lose weight after feeling unhappy with her body and comparing herself to others on Instagram. At 16 and weighing 280 lbs, repeated failed diets pushed her to make a serious change.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"232\" data-end=\"445\">She set small goals, tracked her progress, followed a low-carb, no-sugar diet, and increased her water intake. With support from her dad, she lost weight through dieting, then boosted her results by joining a gym.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"447\" data-end=\"639\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Instagram later became her motivation, as she shared her journey and inspired others. Today, Josie weighs around 138 lbs, having turned her weight-loss journey into a lasting lifestyle change.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bn-pZRbFsrj\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1400&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fteenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2PgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsaUtaZ3Fob2M5VWhRUVVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1327.8000001907349%7D\" height=\"1060\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BnKS1qaFwpq\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1400&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fteenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2PgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsaUtaZ3Fob2M5VWhRUVVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A1%2C%22os%22%3A1333.2000002861023%7D\" height=\"970\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-2\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Bj_6eNWljCC\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1400&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fteenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2PgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsaUtaZ3Fob2M5VWhRUVVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A1337.5%7D\" height=\"1006\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-3\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BilulzpF97-\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1400&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fteenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2PgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsaUtaZ3Fob2M5VWhRUVVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A3822.7000002861023%7D\" height=\"1024\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-4\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiJgORSl0CS\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1400&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fteenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2PgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsaUtaZ3Fob2M5VWhRUVVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A4118.300000190735%7D\" height=\"988\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-4\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-5\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BeOtnXXFq5z\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=1400&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fen.newsner.com&amp;rp=%2Ffamily%2Fteenage-girl-bullied-and-harassed-for-her-weight-drops-138-pounds-and-looks-like-a-movie-star%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawO2PgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFsaUtaZ3Fob2M5VWhRUVVpc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIw#%7B%22ci%22%3A5%2C%22os%22%3A4158.200000286102%7D\" height=\"988\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1496888\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1496888\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1496888 size-full entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bullied-student-loses-63-kilos-formal-dress-josephine-desgrand-10-1.jpg\" alt=\"bullied-student-loses-63-kilos-formal-dress-josephine-desgrand-10\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bullied-student-loses-63-kilos-formal-dress-josephine-desgrand-10-1.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenager Josie Desgrand from Australia decided to lose weight after feeling unhappy with her body and comparing herself to others on Instagram. At 16 and weighing 280 lbs, repeated failed diets pushed her to make a serious change. She set small goals, tracked her progress, followed a low-carb, no-sugar diet, and increased her water intake&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albotips.com\/?p=14590\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Teenage girl bullied and harassed for her weight, drops 138 pounds and looks like a movie star&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14592,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14590\/revisions\/14592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albotips.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}