Lexi Reed Wears a Pink Shirt to the Gym for the First Time: 'At 485 Lbs. All I Wanted to Do Was Wear Black'

The fitness influencer said she used to opt for the dark color “so I looked smaller”

Lexi Reed has hit another milestone in her fitness journey — and this time, it’s a fashion one.

“I’m wearing pink today and mentally I’m like, ‘What are you doing?’” Reed — clad in a vibrant pink crewneck T-shirt — said in an Instagram video she shared on Thursday to her stories.

‘“Like, this is bright. You’re going stand out. Who are you? Who is she?’” Reed — aka, @fatgirlfedup on Instagram — said, adding, “I never wear bright colors or pink because I’m 485 lbs. All I wanted to do was wear black so I looked smaller. No stripes. No bright colors. Nothing.”

Reed — who was 485 lbs. when she and her husband Danny started their fitness journey back in 2016— recently shared that she was just a few ounces away from weighing under 200 lbs. However, she admitted that switching up her fashion aesthetic to her new size was an adjustment.

“Owning it and gonna embrace it today, because I kind of like it. It’s growing on me,” Reed said, adding, “so always speak kindly to yourself because you’re always listening. So today is going to be a good day.”

The fitness influencer has been sharing her health journey after her weight-loss progress was derailed by a debilitating struggle with calciphylaxis. It’s a rare disease which the Mayo Clinic explains is caused when “calcium accumulates in small blood vessels of the fat and skin tissues.”

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It causes “blood clots, painful skin ulcers and may cause serious infections that can lead to death” — and for Reed, the often-fatal illness led to 59 weeks of treatment last year for painful wounds all over her body.

Although Reed has shared “I’m really pretty terrified that my calciphylaxis will come back as it’s happened to others with my disease," she says, "I refuse to let that fear control me or waste any days/time while I’m feeling well again.”

She went on to encourage her followers to continue their fitness goals, saying, “You got this. You are strong. You are capable. 2023 is not over yet.”

Reed then shared video of herself in the gym, working up a sweat in her pink shirt on the elliptical machine.

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“Give yourself the gift of your health today & everyday!” she captioned the video.

Reed ended her posts with a sweaty selfie in the gym mirror, proclaiming, “Mission accomplished. Also, where’d these collar bones come from?”

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