I’m going to start this off by saying I am in NO WAY BODY SHAMING ANYONE I am simply promoting FIERCE SELF LOVE in the form of taking care of yourself! After that sentence I can already feel the online social justice warriors rallying. Any hooters, on with the show I suppose. In all honesty I want every single person to love themselves. I want everyone to love every inch of who they are. And I believe everyone is beautiful in their own right, but being fat isn’t healthy. It’s just not. I want everyone to love themselves not just as they are, I want them to love themselves enough to change for the better. I want them to love themselves enough to be healthy and happy and comfortable. If you are happy being a bigger person I’m happy for you and happy for your confidence, but I wish you’d promote loving yourself enough to start living healthy as opposed to just loving who you are right now. Fat isn’t healthy. There is an endless list of negative health problem associated with being overweight. My aunt just made a post on Facebook this morning; she’s lost 92lbs and now no longer needs high blood pressure medication, her fibromyalgia is in full remission, and her knee pain is gone! Our bodies are not equipped to handle so much extra weight. No one that is overweight lives a long and healthy life. No doctor is going to promote anyone being overweight. You are beautiful, you should love yourself, and no one is perfect as they are. Not one single person on this planet is perfect. Everyone has room for improvement. All I’m saying is love yourself enough to be better in all aspects. Love yourself enough to improve your physical health. Love yourself enough to improve your mental health. Love yourself enough to improve your spiritual health. Love yourself enough to be better. Love your self enough to be around for your kids and your grandkids. Love yourself enough to model healthy behaviors to your children. Love yourself enough to teach your children how to love themselves properly. I’m not shaming anyone. I am not fat phobic. I am simply promoting health and healthy self love. Please take care of yourself and your body, you only get one chance at this life. Live it to the fullest. Be the best you that you can be. Always strive to be the best version of yourself. Never stop improving. You are capable of anything you put your mind to. I love you all and I want you all here, happy, and healthy for as long as possible. Love yourself enough to be better.

Bessel van der Kolk said it best. “The body keeps the score”. His book is wayyy “heady” stuff but scientifically and psychologically connects this truth. People usually don’t choose to have unhealthy bodies. They are living with unhealthy minds and emotions, and their bodies demonstrate it. And it happens to us in countless ways! Someone can go through the work of losing weight, getting fit, or eating healthy, but without learning to love ourselves, the body will continue to suffer and demonstrate a lack of health. Of course, learning to love ourselves can require a lot of effort, and will include a community of others dedicated to loving us as well.
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Yessss! I think I want to check that book out!! But love is required to fight all battles both internal and external!
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