#it is easy to play comparison games with my model cousins and my (uni days) model mother but we aren't put on earth for THAT ish! | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thebirdandhersong · 2 years ago

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you know in terms of the whole body image journey thing, it has been a HUGE relief to be TOLD by my doctor that it was a good thing I gained weight. She was like girl you WERE lighter in high school and that wasn't..... a good thing (paraphrased.... my doctor does not talk like this lol). You're a healthy weight now and I want you to maintain this. Do NOT try to lose any more weight. And I was like okay that's actually......... that really helps, actually. First of all being told to my face that I don't have to lose weight but also that I shouldn't be focusing on going back to what I looked like in high school. It really helped with realising that I should be focusing more on whether or not my body is healthy and functioning and strong.

#also really good to know that i apparently have a strong core >:)#it is easy to play comparison games with my model cousins and my (uni days) model mother but we aren't put on earth for THAT ish!#i'm here to dance and sing and to ilsten to the birds and to write and to read and to laugh with my friends until my stomach hurts #and none of those things requires me to starve myself or to over obsess about things that are in the end a waste of time #say something true and beautiful songbird!!!#anyway it is a GOOD thing to eat good food and to exercise in a way that makes your body and heart and mind happy #and it is a good thing to exist in the body God gave you and to take care of it without beating it up for not being another body #slings and arrows of outrageous fortune in year 21

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