Body Acceptance Week

My body has gone through A LOT. I have learned to love it after years of fighting with it. 

This year I am celebrating how far I have come and the fact my body has gone through the ringer with surgeries, tests, and weight gain/loss. I accept all my scars and say to myself " You are strong and you should be proud of all these. You came through all these things and you are here, standing tall and strong. " No one can take away the journey you have gone through, but YOU are in charge of how the journey continues.

Something has definitely clicked for me in my thirties because I am embracing my body more than I ever have. I am (trying) to step out of my comfort zone and wear things I normally don't and to be proud of the way I look. I am not so fixated on what size I am or what the scale says. I go by how I feel in my favorite clothes and how they fit me.  It has taken me about 20 years to say all of this. This is nothing new and I am pretty sure a lot of other women have gone/are going through the same things I have mentioned. 

Being a teenager in the early 2000's was rough. The media was focusing on how all the popstars were so SKINNY and that became the norm for us. Social Media really wasn't a thing yet and while I think teenagers NOW have it way harder because of Social Media, I am very thankful we didn't have it. There was/is so much pressure to look a certain way and its really disillusioning  because no one looks like those girls in the media, NOT even the girls who are in the photos- so much photoshopping and editing. 

The numbers on the scale, the numbers on the tape measure don't matter and those sizes in your clothes don't matter either. What matters is how YOU feel and how YOU look at yourself in the mirror. If you are happy with the way you look, then those numbers don't matter. Wear what makes you feel beautiful and confident! 

Join me and take the pledge to show your commitment to body positivity for yourself and others. Find it here. There are many other resources available for body acceptance here. 

How are you accepting your body this week?

[[Be your own kind of beautiful]]