Loving my body was very important on my self-love journey. I just want to start off by saying that every body is beautiful, and there is no definition of a "perfect body" because every body is perfect. This is my story.
Growing up I was always super skinny, and I had a very fast metabolism. I could eat whatever I want without gaining any weight what's so ever. I ate a lot of sugary foods and junk food. I also was running track and field during my late middle school years. I remember from 7th grade, I was about 80 pounds. People I knew, even some of my friends would call be "flat" because I was really skinny and that was so messed up. Even though they would say it as a joke, it was not funny, and no one should ever make jokes about someone's body.
Flash forward, high school came and I still had the same body. I remember I was still eating junk food especially since I bought snacks from the after school snack shops. Freshman year, I was running cross country, and my body stayed the same.
At the beginning of sophomore year, my body started changing. My metabolism slowed down and I started gaining weight. At first, I was really upset because I was so used to being super skinny, and I thought gaining weight was a bad thing. Judgy family members would be like "you gained weight," and they should not things like that.
I gained weight even though was I was eating really healthy, and I was working out too. I was gaining muscle and healthy fat as well. It was a good thing because I was underweight.
These changes in my body confused me at first because my started looking different. I started to love my body more and more because I was taking care of it. People's stupid comments meant nothing to anymore.
I love my body so much right now, and I hope you do too because you're body is perfect just the way it is. You do not need to make your body to look a certain way just to please society.
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