Losing 87 kilograms over five years is not a lifestyle tweak. It is a complete physical and psychological overhaul, and anyone who has watched Eniola Badmus’s documentary of that journey knows exactly how much of herself she poured into it. Which is what makes her latest message so striking, and so frustrating in the way only the truth can be.
The actress shared new photos on Instagram this week, accompanied by a candid reflection on where she started and where she stands today.
Five years ago she weighed 170kg. She now weighs 83kg. Her goal back in 2024 had been to reach 85kg, so she has quietly surpassed it.
By almost any measure, the transformation is remarkable, the kind that draws genuine admiration when you trace the timeline from her heavier days through the visible milestones she’s shared along the way, including that AMVCA appearance in 2022 that had everyone talking, and her birthday post in 2025 where she described breathing better, sleeping better, eating clean, and feeling lighter in ways that went beyond the physical.
The criticism hasn’t stopped. According to Eniola, the same corners of the internet that mocked her weight are now turning their attention to her skin, picking apart the natural changes that come with losing nearly 90 kilograms on a body that carried that weight for years.
Loose skin after that kind of weight loss isn’t a flaw or a failure. It’s basic biology, the entirely predictable result of a body that held significant mass for a long time adjusting to its new reality.
She said as much herself, noting that she is using collagen, staying healthy, and embracing each stage of the process.
What she wrote cuts to something real. “When someone loses almost 90KG, it’s completely normal for the skin to change.” That sentence shouldn’t need to be said by a woman who has just done something extraordinary. But here we are.
The part of her post that landed hardest was her call-out directed specifically at women. She didn’t generalise or soften it. She pointed out plainly that much of the bullying she receives comes from other women, the same group that consistently rallies behind the slogan of sisterhood and mutual support.
It’s a contradiction she named without bitterness. However, with clear disappointment, and it’s one that anyone paying attention to how women talk about other women’s bodies online will recognise immediately.
Eniola has been candid throughout this journey in ways that set her apart from the usual celebrity transformation narrative. She admitted in April that there are days she misses her old body, that there was comfort and identity in it she hadn’t expected to grieve.
That kind of honesty is rare, and it makes her frustration here even more legitimate. This isn’t someone chasing validation. It’s someone who did the hard work, lives with its daily reality, and is still being told it isn’t good enough.
Going from 170kg to 83kg doesn’t happen by accident or surgery alone. It is years of showing up when the discipline is hard to find, of choosing health on days when it would be easier not to, of enduring a process that is physically painful and emotionally exhausting. The result deserves respect, not a new set of targets for strangers to aim at.
She’s right about one thing above all else: kindness costs nothing. The people in her comments spending energy finding new things to criticise might want to sit with that for a moment.
