Over time I’ve been noticing little micro aggressions from people close to me and social media about wanting to lose weight for aesthetic reasons.
Firstly, I love FEELING great. I have been both overweight and extremely fit. I can tell you that feeling lighter, having more energy, maintaining positivity, are the best side effects of being in good physical shape.
Being able to shop for clothes without the anxiety of if they’ll fit or not is an incredible feeling. Going out to bars feeling confident and feeling like you look awesome allows for you to enjoy yourself more and make more memories.
I am at a point where I am actively losing weight again. The pandemic and a new relationship has caused me to fall off the wagon. I keep seeing so much rhetoric on social media that claims to be body positive but it’s actually shaming people who want to look/be fitter AND the need to want to look whichever way you deem to be the best for you.
If I want to have a fit body because I want to look attractive to MYSELF and other people, then what gives? What’s so wrong with that? There doesn’t need to be some underlying reason as to why I want to loose weight, i.e. me being programmed by society. Beauty standards suck, but feeling miserable in your own body day in and day out sucks more.
Just wondering if anyone else finds this self-love stuff on social media and from other people kinda toxic in a “toxic positivity” kind of way. And how do you combat this to stay on your fitness journey?
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source https://www.reddit.com/r/loseit/comments/p18vjd/is_fitshaming_a_thing/
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