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To Accept or Not To Accept.
One woman's battle between loving and hating her body.
Created on 2008-06-11 23:25:21 (#15844045), last updated 2008-07-13
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Basic Info| Name: | bodybattle |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 1983 |
| Location: | Canada |
BioThis is a public journal for me to discuss my battle between wanting to diet and fit in and wanting to accept my body how it is and be a part of the fat acceptance movement.
I'm obviously not fully there yet for the FA movement, because although I pretended for a few months I was learning to accept my body. I hate it more than ever. Since I stopped dieting I have gained weight, and at 232lbs, I'm too heavy to love myself how I am. I can easily love others that heavy and much heavier, but I can't love myself that way.
So this will be my place to talk about the two parts of my mental state battling it out. Some days the diet and society will win, some days I will say fuck the diet, I need to love and accept myself. But I think it's a long road to see which train of thought is going to stay on top.
Are you ready for a battle?
If you are from either train of thought, or have the same conflicts inside yourself, feel free to add me to your friends page. It's not always so easy to reject what you have been told your whole life to accept yourself, and it isn't helpful that those accepting fat refuse to acknowledge that sometimes there are stages in between and one can diet and accept other people who are fat.
Let me make this very clear. I believe 100% in fat rights. I think that fat people are discriminated against unrightfully. I believe that many things we hear about obesity are bullshit. I believe that everyone deserves respect and kindness (or at least neutrality) no matter what size or shape they are. I believe sizism is real. I do not want to hear how you think fat people are disgusting, lazy, smelly, weak, could change themselves if they really wanted to.
Want to know my backstory? Check it out Here
I'm obviously not fully there yet for the FA movement, because although I pretended for a few months I was learning to accept my body. I hate it more than ever. Since I stopped dieting I have gained weight, and at 232lbs, I'm too heavy to love myself how I am. I can easily love others that heavy and much heavier, but I can't love myself that way.
So this will be my place to talk about the two parts of my mental state battling it out. Some days the diet and society will win, some days I will say fuck the diet, I need to love and accept myself. But I think it's a long road to see which train of thought is going to stay on top.
Are you ready for a battle?
If you are from either train of thought, or have the same conflicts inside yourself, feel free to add me to your friends page. It's not always so easy to reject what you have been told your whole life to accept yourself, and it isn't helpful that those accepting fat refuse to acknowledge that sometimes there are stages in between and one can diet and accept other people who are fat.
Let me make this very clear. I believe 100% in fat rights. I think that fat people are discriminated against unrightfully. I believe that many things we hear about obesity are bullshit. I believe that everyone deserves respect and kindness (or at least neutrality) no matter what size or shape they are. I believe sizism is real. I do not want to hear how you think fat people are disgusting, lazy, smelly, weak, could change themselves if they really wanted to.
Want to know my backstory? Check it out Here
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