Great newsletter. Being a guy, I probably don't have a lot of valid things to say.
WRT exercise and diet, the reasons for them are not to please other people. It is to make your body more functional and to help it live longer and healthier.. If you love your body, treat it like your child. Sometimes we have our child do things they don't enjoy right now because it will make their life better in the long run. This is balanced with playtime and fun, acceptance and forgiveness..
It isn't for other's to judge. There are natural consequences to smoking, excessive drinking, eating too much junk food, being seriously over/under weight, and failure to exercise. Even if everyone loves and accepts you exactly as you are, those habits will extract a price.
Hey, I read some about you. I too have lost weight. I have had radical weight differences and now understand why someone would mutilate their body further to remove massive amounts of hanging skin...it feels like your on a ship, sea legs. Makes me physically ill. I'm also a recovery addict. Plz feel free, should any of my knowing would help your body issues publications. TY 🙂
Thank you for your thoughts! Just like fashion, the thin ideal recycles itself every 20 years. We saw it with the rise of "heroin chic", following the Vietnam war, and in the middle of the last century. I definitely think that if we want to truly dismantle body styles we have to dismantle pillars of our culture and although many of us are working on that, it takes time and we have to figure out how to navigate our individual body image issues in our own way.
Truthfully though - I wish there were more stories of people who happily practice body acceptance as opposed to body positivity. But the reality is that most people who are truly accepting their bodies probably don't feel the need to share their stories.
Great newsletter. Being a guy, I probably don't have a lot of valid things to say.
WRT exercise and diet, the reasons for them are not to please other people. It is to make your body more functional and to help it live longer and healthier.. If you love your body, treat it like your child. Sometimes we have our child do things they don't enjoy right now because it will make their life better in the long run. This is balanced with playtime and fun, acceptance and forgiveness..
It isn't for other's to judge. There are natural consequences to smoking, excessive drinking, eating too much junk food, being seriously over/under weight, and failure to exercise. Even if everyone loves and accepts you exactly as you are, those habits will extract a price.
Thanks for your comment, Fred. I welcome guys, and everyone, on this page! Anyone with a body will find something valuable here, I hope.
Hey, I read some about you. I too have lost weight. I have had radical weight differences and now understand why someone would mutilate their body further to remove massive amounts of hanging skin...it feels like your on a ship, sea legs. Makes me physically ill. I'm also a recovery addict. Plz feel free, should any of my knowing would help your body issues publications. TY 🙂
Thank you Michelle. Glad you're here!
Thank you for your thoughts! Just like fashion, the thin ideal recycles itself every 20 years. We saw it with the rise of "heroin chic", following the Vietnam war, and in the middle of the last century. I definitely think that if we want to truly dismantle body styles we have to dismantle pillars of our culture and although many of us are working on that, it takes time and we have to figure out how to navigate our individual body image issues in our own way.
Truthfully though - I wish there were more stories of people who happily practice body acceptance as opposed to body positivity. But the reality is that most people who are truly accepting their bodies probably don't feel the need to share their stories.