Your bias toward body sizes is one of the reasons you don’t love your body.
A lot of us grew up with the narrative that you can talk about other people’s bodies and have an opinion on how they should look or not
We have opinions on what clothes the different body sizes are allowed to wear down to dress designs and patterns,
Young people, especially women, are growing up and picking up on ideas and narratives.
It is not ok to classify another body and tell them how to show up in their bodies or ask to explain why there show up the way they do in their sizes.
Thin, slim, fat, and big are all descriptors, but your weight bias and the emotion you attach to them makes you ashamed of your body.
it is keeping you stuck in a diet cycle; it is the reason you are over-exercising and worried about eating outside of your calorie need
it is the reason you measure every food you eat,
it is also the reason you eat whatever you want; it is the reason you ignore the signs your body is giving about enjoying more healthy food,
it is the reason you refuse the acknowledge the importance of the in-between
(the in-between is where you can have both whole foods and ultra-processed food)
Your weight bias is the reason you are at the EXTREME.
this weight stigma we have placed on ourselves is the reason we have extreme media telling us that diets are ruining us and another media is saying that the only way to live the life that you want is by being on a constant diet, and counting your steps or exercising really hard every day even when your body is saying no
with no middle ground
one telling you that you are not disciplined enough if you don’t workout as they do, or another saying you don’t belong if you don’t eat as they do,
the disconnect.
a movement that was meant to bring us together is causing more harm than good, and it is causing a divide or more like a disconnect
You don’t fit in in one group
if you do not have a thin waist,
or if you are not anti-diet
You don’t belong with us
if you have a slim waist.
That is not healthy
if you don’t eat small portions you don’t belong
It makes me wonder if there is an internalized dysregulation; both extremes scream that they are yet to have come to terms with
I am yet to recognize all my own bias on weight and i am creating more awareness around it.
I believe all body sizes struggle, those with a larger body are often seen as less disciplined about their health, and those with a smaller one are often thought to have everything figured out.
Sadly, these biases and perspectives hurt us more than we imagine, breaking our connection with others.
We say all bodies are beautiful, but we only sell tools to change or fix them not to keep them healthy.
Many of us will not accept the possibility of building a relationship with our bodies, the thought of not being in the leaner body we identify with is scary at most
even if we go through a rough path to being there, being in a small body or a larger body
Your internalized weight bias blinds you from understanding why anyone will choose to stay in a larger body.
I am tired of the fact that everyone has an opinion about a woman’s body, and women are expected to appear a certain way. I am tired of the standard, the impossible standards set for women.
I am concerned about the picture we are painting for the younger generation.
Will they also grow up thinking about their bodies?
we need to lead a generation that knows that they are more than just a body,
and that their body can do so much more than look sexy for others’ approval.
The body is you and carries you guides you, teaches you, loves you
listen to it, and you will see
I am tired of objectification.
