16/06/2022
Such an important reminder from the beaut Isabella Davis π
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βIβll go to the beach when Iβm thin enoughβ.
βIβll be intimate with my partner when Iβm thinnerβ.
βIβll start dating when I lose weightβ.
βIβll book that holiday when Iβm smallerβ.
βIβll buy the dress when Iβm thinnerβ.
Far too often, i've heard someone say the above statements, and truthfully I have as well. I would shed a tear seeing friends consume meals together as I cancelled yet another dinner date with my friend as I was desperately trying to achieve an unattainable beauty standard. I would often pretend I was too tired to be s*xually intimate with my partner when in reality, I was waiting till I was thinner. I avoided beach trips with friends and pulled out of tropical holiday as I was conditioned to believe I needed to be smaller. I was constantly waiting to start enjoying my life. But no more.
For far too long we have idolised the thin ideal. We have damaged our mental health by judging our bodies for not being thin or thin enough. We have let the size of our clothes, the number on the scales and the inches on a measuring tape dictate how we would feel about ourselves that day. I had an unhealthy obsession with being thin. I let the size of my body determine my worth and happiness. I thought I needed to be thin to be accepted, but little did I know that losing weight didnβt equal happiness, love, success, confidence or joy.
So please remember that you are enough just as you are! Stop romanticising thinness. Stop putting off buying that dress, dating, wearing the bikini, going to the event, being intimate or enjoying a holiday until you are βthin enoughβ. Your body is phenomenal. Donβt spend another second at war with yourself. You have one life. Donβt waste it watching others enjoy theirs. It will break you. You deserve better. I love you.'
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