Bodies are beautiful! All of them. And all body types should be celebrated.
I personally, however, struggle with my weight. I’m a lot more insecure than I lead on to being in that area, and am really hard on myself about how much I weigh. Well, not so much what the scale says, but how clothes fit me and how I FEEL. I know 99% of women (and men) deal with this too. And while I feel like I do have it under control for the most part, at one point in my life, I did not. I struggled with an addiction to laxatives in high school and it messed up my body so bad, that now I shit like once a week, if that. Luckily, Mike Castro at Trim Body MD has been able to help me get my body to a place where I feel healthy and strong without having to hurt myself in the process. Its been a long road, but I’ve come a long way. I've learned to love everything about me, and care less about what others think when they see me. Social media does not help our cases on this topic. I myself am constantly looking at girls bodies wishing I could look like them, thinking about how I can make myself look smaller and more narrow, get rid of my double chin, trim my bingo arms..the list goes on. There is one person in particular I always compared myself to, even tho we are very opposite, and it’s taken me years to finally release that power she had over me. (For the record, I still have weak moments more often than I like, but I no longer let it consume me)
It’s such a super cliche thing to say, but just recently, I’ve come to actually believe that beauty lies within. You can look like Gigi Hadid, but if you’re a cu*t, YOU’RE HIDEOUS to me. And quite frankly, who are we to look at someone and make them feel any less beautiful than the next girl (or guy) just because they are curvy and have more cushion for the pushin? We need to empower each other. Lift each other up! GIRL POWER!!!! This world is such a hard, negative place without us being judgy little brats. Start here. Tell someone you don’t know, that they are beautiful. You never know how big the impact of just a few words will be for someone.
Currently trying to break the laxative habit! Struggled with my weight for my whole life and finally at a weight I am some what comfortable with. So scared I am wrecking my bowel but at the same time... so scared to gain weight. The cycle continues. Thanks for your frank and inspiring post