What No One Tells You About Losing Lots Of Weight

What No One Tells You About Dramatic Weight Loss
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Just after her wedding in 2009, when she weighed 338 pounds and became determined to lose much of it, photographer Julia Kozerski embarked on a new art project. She took photos of herself in department-store dressing rooms, documenting her body's transformation as she lost what would end up being 160 pounds.

Scroll through the series, "Changing Room," on Kozerski's website, and you'll find, at first, pretty much exactly what you might expect: full-length selfies, with Kozerski's lovely smile growing larger as her body grows smaller. It seems like a fun, empowering project: Kozerski, 29, is fond of animal prints and platform pumps that draw attention to a unicorn tattoo near her left ankle. You could literally chart the development of her confidence by the height of her hemlines.

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