Body Acceptance - Before & After
Aren’t these photos the wrong way round and the slimmer picture should be under ‘after’? Let me explain.
2005 Grace (25 years old)
My stomach felt massive so I hid it with a towel. I now see a slim person. I wonder how we will view our current bodies in another 20 years? I hope to be more complimentary to mine.
Back then, I had crippling anxiety and worried all the time what people thought of me and was consumed by how I looked. I was preoccupied for months before a holiday to make sure I didn’t eat too much of something in case I gained more cellulite and spots.
Is that ‘healthy’ I wonder?
2022 Grace (42 years old)
Very little anxiety - I now know people will judge me regardless of how I look/what I say, I can’t control that, it is ‘none of my business’. There is less fixation on the past and future and living more presently. I exercise for joy and fitness (not weight loss) and don’t beat myself up If I miss workouts. I eat both for nutrition and joy and don’t deny myself anything (in fact, the more you restrict ‘forbidden’ food, guess what happens? Yep, you crave it more!)
I am kinder to myself. I am bigger, but I’m not sure I’m any less ‘healthy’ ?
My point is this: before you feel pressured by the billion dollar diet industry to lose weight this summer, ask yourself:
Am I constantly thinking about food due to extreme hunger?
Am I living in the future and feeling ‘in transit’ waiting for life to happen for when I look ‘better’?
Am I exercising with the sole focus of weight loss?
If you answered ‘yes’ to one or more, it may be the case you actually need to work more on body acceptance rather than weight loss and honour your appetite rather than listen to what some diet tracker tells you you should be consuming (every BODY has different needs after all!!)
Accounts that have helped me on this journey, Brummy Mummy Style Me Sunday Tamsin Broster Coaching Joanna Kenny Bryony Gordon and Laura Clark Nutrition
Happy Holidays x
#youaremorethanyourbody #bodyacceptance
