What weight loss means to me
The quickest way for me to lose 50+ pounds would be to amputate a few limbs. Bam! Instant weight loss success story!
...Or maybe not?
When we talk about weight loss, we are really talking about changing our body composition. We are aiming to use up some of the extra fat stored on our bodies, and there's about a million reasons why people choose to try to do that.
The big common reasons, though, are to look more physically "appealing" or to be healthier, and more capable of doing physical activities, sometimes a combination of the two.
I encourage you to take just a few moments to be curious about the actual physical limitations that fat tissue creates. Does its physical presence prevent you from chasing your dream? Does fat cause the inability to think or feel? To love, smile, or laugh? To help others and share your advice and experiences with the world? Are you telling yourself that fat is in your way for something it really isn't?
Its very liberating to realize and understand that the fat on our bodies is NOT actually a deterrent for many of the things we think it is. The physical fat tissue in your body does not prevent you from feeling a warm summer breeze, from watching a duck look after her ducklings, from thinking about the meaning of life, from smiling, laughing, loving and being happy.
Fat tissue just isn't as limiting as we take it to be. Fat Stigma is another matter ...for another post I think.
It's a very healthy practice to be open, aware, and curious about what you are telling yourself about yourself! Be curious about what you believe about fat, fat tissue, fat people, all these things. Why do you believe what you believe? Do some of your beliefs contradict each other?
(and fun! ...and it may lead to jiggles!!!!!)
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, OMG.
~Tiff
Further Reading and Resources:
Geneen Roth on being more valuable than your weight
Stop Hating Your Body, A Body Positive Tumblr
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