12 women body transformations proving progress doesn't necessarily = weight loss

Instagram can be a wonderful place: it's packed full of easily accessible workouts, nutrition tips, wellness hacks and more. But, it's also packed full of weight loss content, which isn't all that helpful if you're working on building a more positive relationship with your body.

All too often, you can stray from the good, informative, qualified content into the weight loss realm. FYI, not everyone wants to lose weight. For some women, weight gain is an even bigger achievement. That's why we are all for the women below, who'll you'll see have taken an alternative approach to the weight loss-focused body transformations we see so often.

These 'reverse transformations' show women who are much happier in the bodies they've got now, having gained weight, either through building muscle or simply by calming down their intense diet and fitness plan. And for them, it's turned out to be the true answer to good health in all its forms...