Body Acceptance Is Your Journey, And It Can Be Tough

Body acceptance has to be genuine, and it might mean changing your body before accepting it

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Body positivity is one of the greatest terms out there, yet it makes me cringe every time I hear or read about it. It is surely coming from the right place, rooted in the idea that loving yourself is important regardless of the body you live in. Having a healthy relationship with yourself where you don’t equate your worth with the size of your clothes, a number on a scale or other arbitrary figure is something we should be teaching in kindergarten already.

For some, it works really well. I applaud and celebrate people who feel good in their skin, who embrace who they are, showing off their bodies without shame.

I am not this people. No matter how much I try, body acceptance doesn’t come naturally to me.

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.”

My breakthrough moment came during a therapy session. I was explaining to my therapist that I cannot and will not accept my fatness and I was shaming myself for the inability of…