Transgender reality star Jazz Jennings celebrates losing almost 100 pounds in two years as she shows off her weight loss: 'So proud of my progress' Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] By Sonia Horon For Dailymail.Com and Carly Stern For Dailymail.
com Published: 04:56 BST, 28 August 2024 | Updated: 05:07 BST, 28 August 2024 e-mail 33 shares View comments Jazz Jennings revealed she has lost nearly a 100 pounds, as she showed off her slimmed down figure and progress in a new Instagram video. The 23-year-old reality TV star took to social media on Tuesday with a clip to celebrate her weight loss , sharing a look at her figure now as compared to two years ago. Jazz — who rose to fame on the I Am Jazz series, which documented her journey as a transgender individual — wrote in the caption, 'Two years later and almost 100 pounds lighter!' 'I'm so proud of my progress and want to thank my family, friends and all who supported me in getting there! Good health is not a certificate you display, it is a constant effort!' 'I still have room for improvement, but I am more motivated and inspired than I’ve been in years.
Let's keep it going!' Jazz Jennings, 23, revealed she has lost nearly a 100 pounds, as she showed off her impressive progress in a new Instagram video; (L) seen now, (R) pictured in 2021 Jazz — who rose to fame on the I Am Jazz series, which documented her journey as a transgender individual — wrote in the caption, 'Two years later and almost 100 pounds lighter!' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jazz (@jazzjennings_) Read More Transgender reality star slams trolls who say she does not love her body The video showed Jennings working out now and two years ago. One part, titled 'Me 2 years ago', showed her struggling to run and resting against a wall. The clip then transitioned to Jazz working out now, looking slimmed down and running with ease.
'I'm proud of my progress towards better health, but I'm still running towards more goals,' she wrote on the video. Jazz's fans were impressed with the transformation, with one writing, 'So proud of you! You’re looking amazing!! Keep up the good work!' 'You look amazing and healthy that’s the most important part, you’re a true inspiration,' another added. 'Jazz you look amazing either way girl!' someone else chimed in.
In January, the reality TV star announced she had lost 70 pounds writing, 'Feeling happier and healthier than I’ve been in years. 'I still have a ways to go, but I’m so proud to finally be taking the necessary steps toward bettering my mind, body, and spirit.' Jazz started hitting the gym in 2021, with her journey documented on the TLC show.
The transgender advocate revealed that her weight gain was due to a binge eating disorder. The reality TV star took to her Instagram on Tuesday with a video to celebrate her weight loss, sharing a look at her figure now as compared to two years ago The video showed Jennings working out in a t-shirt and black shorts that displayed her toned legs One part showed Jazz doing a ball workout At another point in the video, titled 'Me 2 years ago', she was seen struggling to run and resting against a wall She tackled her size and body image in season seven of the show, with a clip showing her and a friend at the gym. 'I can't do this,' she says.
'But I can, and I'll try...
but I can't.' Jazz complains through a workout, though she is determined to do her best. 'This is embarrassing because when I was younger, I used to be so dominant,' she says, as video of her playing soccer as a young teen plays on the screen.
'When I played soccer, I was the best. When I ran the 40-yard dash, I ran the fastest. And now, it's like, "We're humbling you,"' she says.
Jazz shared at the time that her friends were a source of support for her. 'They've known me for so long, they've seen me fluctuate, go through every shape and size. But they've never seen me let myself go to this point, where I weigh what I weigh now.
' 'They assure me that I'm beautiful no matter what size I am, but most of all, they assure me that if my ambition is to lose weight and be healthier, that they'll be by my side and help me with that,' she says. She also said that she was losing weight for her health, not her looks — and that she feels beautiful no matter her size. 'I honestly feel beautiful at every shape and size.
Like I love my body the way it is,' she said. 'But I will say, I am trying to lose weight for health reasons. I have to feel good too, and I don't feel good with some of the foods that I have been eating.
So I have been working on this eight loss so I could be healthier and just more me.' In June, she showed off her slimmed down figure in a black swimsuit Jazz lost 30 lbs. ahead of her gender confirmation surgery in 2019 (right), however over the past two years she has struggled with her weight, gaining 100 lbs.
in total (left) She started hitting the gym in 2021, with her journey documented on the TLC show Weighing in: Clips from new episodes show Jazz stepping onto a bathroom scale, which clocks her weight at 234 lbs The transgender advocate revealed that her weight gain was due to a binge eating disorder 'I suffer from binge-eating disorder, a disease in which I’m not only addicted to food, but I eat it in large quantities. My binging, along with an increased appetite I experience from some of the meds I’m on, has caused me to gain almost 100 pounds in a little less than 2 years,' she said She also said she feels happy about her body since getting gender surgery three-and-a-half years prior. 'I finally have the body that I always wanted, and I have the mind-body alignment that wasn't there before.
I feel like I'm complete,' she said. In another scene, Jazz's siblings sat her down for an intervention-style meeting about her weight. Her brothers, Sander and Griffen, and her sister, Ari, confronted her with with a 'vision square' for how they will help her with her nutrition, fitness, and routine to get her health back on track.
Jazz, a Harvard University student, also took time off from college to deal with her eating disorder. In an early clip from the season, Jazz's whole family weighed in on her eating habits, quizzing her over how much butter she put on her pasta at dinner. 'I do experience fat-shaming from my family.
It makes me feel really humiliated,' Jazz — who came out as transgender at the age of five — said in the clip. Elsewhere Jazz said: 'Two years ago, I was on my way to one of the greatest institutions in the world, but I was actually struggling severely with mental health issues. 'I started binge-eating and I gained weight and more weight and more weight.
And now, almost 100 lbs. heavier, here I am today.' Clips showed Jazz stepping onto a bathroom scale, which clocked her weight at 234 lbs.
Jazz has spoken about her struggles with disordered eating in the past, going back to a 2018 YouTube video in which she discussed binge-eating. Jazz started hormone therapy at 12 years old and underwent gender confirmation surgery at 17. Her reality TV series, I Am Jazz, documented her transition.
It premiered in 2015 and is still ongoing; seen with her parents Jeanette and Greg Jennings She did manage to shed weight, dropping 30 lbs. ahead of her gender confirmation surgery. 'I really had to just retrain my mind,' she told People at the time.
'I had to look at food as something different than what I was looking at it as. 'Because I used food as a comfort for my emotional struggles. I was a binge-eater.
It was really bad. I would go to McDonald’s, get 20 chicken nuggets, three chocolate chip cookies and a large fries. 'I really had to stop doing that and realize that was so unhealthy and I need to take care of myself.
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