@andrealala89 Similarly, when I want to do a Youtube workout video, I won’t do the ones that have anything about calorie burning or body shaping in the title.
What if you decided to live the life you wanted right now instead of waiting on weight?
Wear the clothes,date the person,take that class. Live the life you want to be living NOW. Do things that bring you joy & pleasure.
Don’t wait on weight. You deserve it all and more now.💗
If you’ve ever looked at an old picture and been PERPLEXED as to how you could have hated your body *then* —
you’ve experienced firsthand proof that BODY IMAGE STRUGGLES are not actually about what your body looks like.
They’re about your RELATIONSHIP to your body (and yourself).
The BMI is garbage & malnourishment happens at ANY size so yup, weight gain is often essential for people in larger bodies with eating disorders.
It’s okay to gain weight even if society & ED treatment tells you that you shouldn’t. You deserve full freedom and healing. 💗
In dedicating our lives to shrinking our bodies, we are shrinking our lives, our voices, and our power.
I want so much more for us. Fight for bravery, not safety.
One of the worst things you can do when someone is speaking about trauma they’ve experienced is devalue what they have to say with your irrelevant opinion. Listen, learn, and act in a way to be a better person toward them and everyone else around you.
Our cultural practice of complimenting weight loss REVEALS the widescale MISUNDERSTANDING about weight and health/moral value
So let me clear it up:
THINNER does not mean better
THINNER does not mean happier
THINNER does not mean healthier
and THINNER does not mean more valuable
Weight focused approach: I don’t feel good at this size. I need to lose weight so I can feel better.
Health at Every Size: I don’t feel good.
What do I feel like I can shift to support my body BETTER?
Movement, rest, sleep, relationship with food.
No weight change expectation.
Y’ALL.
I have been wanting to rewatch Parks and Rec.
Levi has never seen it.
FOR MONTHS I have been trying to get him to watch it with me and he wasn’t interested.
I got to S2E6 and Levi decided he was ready to watch it. So here we are. S1E1.
“ #MadLYilove “ or whatever 🙄