This summer will be a summer of dresses and tanks and shorts and wearing what I like (because I can!). 👗☺️ No longer will I sweat in misery because taking off my leggings and long sleeved cardigan aren’t even remote options (in my then messed-up and self-hating brain). My body is flawed, there is an abundance of sagging skin scarred with stretch marks, and because of this I’ve recently been told that I ‘only traded one bad situation out for another (regarding my skin)’… Well, I thoroughly disagree. Yes, I struggle with my image: I pinch at my skin and sometimes fight tears because of being so unable to change it, but even in those moments, I AM proud of every part of my body. My flaws show how far I’ve come. Maybe I can get some of my these things fixed someday, but for now, I’m choosing to love the skin I’m in and what this body can do that it couldn’t before. I will continue to giggle at and smile at things like roller coaster seats buckling with ease, seats having plenty of room for me, pants falling down, belts being too big, crossing my legs, sitting Indian style, being cold, and wearing heels. I will continue to appreciate what so many take for granted. People ask if I regret being heavy and losing the weight because of the struggles it’s brought me, but I don’t regret a thing, especially not the journey I’ve had to take because of it. I started to change myself because I saw others do it and believed that maybe, just maybe, I could do it too. If I can only inspire one person to make the choice to help themselves live life in a healthier, fuller way, whatever that entails for them, then it’s all more than worth it. That’s why I post. I’m not the best ‘success story’ out there or the most impressive, but we’re all effected in different ways by different people, and for whatever it’s worth, I want to be here for those people like other people were for me. Inspiration is an incredibly powerful thing.
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