Body Ideals: Shifting Our Perspective
We’re all bogged down by the weight of ideals society has shoved down our throats. Women, men, thick, thin, tall, short we all have things we’re insecure about.
Before I took the photo I was freaking out because I thought the bikini was going to cut into my sides and I HATED that feeling growing up, but I also hated it when I weighed 35 lbs less and was a shell of myself.
Before I took this photo I was thinking about how my thighs would look? How no matter what I lift or how far I run they’re always thick and always fucking rub against each other in the summer (PSA I bought body glide...holy shit what have I been doing my whole life without it).
Guess what? None of it has anything to do with the way we look and everything to do with the weight of the expectations we carry.
Those thick thighs carry me miles and up mountains and lift heavy things. That stomach holds space for food to nourish me.
What if today we shifted our focus to HOW we feel in our bodies instead of WHAT we feel about our bodies?
What would change?