For all my fellow beginners who think they can’t be a warrior because they’re too weak or out of shape or whatever: You can do it, just start with small steps! I want to eventually start kickboxing, but I knew that would be too much, too fast. So I started yoga about a week ago. It only takes about 20-30 minutes a day, doesn’t require a lot of special equipment, and it actually gives a lot more strength and flexibility in a fairly short amount of time. I’m a professional veterinary technician, and even in such a small time, I notice I’m not as tired after work, and it’s easier to lift and restrain animals than it was. I am hoping that come spring, I will have the strength and confidence to take up kickboxing, but for now, small steps are better than no steps! (Favourite yoga pose? Warrior, of course!)
do you ever see a picture of someone with a body like yours and you’re momentarily comforted like they look pretty good…i probably look good too
which is why fat representation is so so important
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Y’all see a fat woman and suddenly everyone is a cardiologist. Shut the fuck up.
Right
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wdym most women engage in disordered eating habits
i mean that most women engage in disordered eating habits. what is unclear about that? how many women do you know who DON’T binge, purge, fast, restrict, go on diets including fad diets, go on cleanses including juice cleanses, count calories, count other things they can use as proxies for calories, count the calories they burn, peg their food intake to something other than hunger, use food to control their emotions, treat food as something they must earn and don’t always deserve, exercise compulsively, restrict or eliminate certain food groups based on nutritional pseudoscience, categorize foods as good and bad, experience feelings of self loathing based on what they’ve eaten, or use their abstention from food and control of their bodies and therefore food intake to attain feelings of purity, transcendence, or fulfillment? don’t try me.
When we talk about being fat-positive and we say, “weight is not an indication of health,” I will reblog it. But I want us to also say, “health is not an indication of value.”
I could be at any weight and I will never be healthy, because I am chronically ill. Someone might be chronically ill and fat, or they might be chronically ill and not fat, and it really doesn’t matter.
When you make it about health, you’re saying health is the pinnacle of human achievement, and you’re shitting on those of us for whom health will always be a pipe dream.
Oh Oh
Okay, real talk guys. Coming from someone who’s been held up as an example of “weight is not an indication of health”, this is so SO critical.
Because guess what? I’m chronically ill. I don’t talk about it a whole lot, but I’ve got a pacemaker (from inappropriate sinus tachycardia/ autonomic dysfunction treatment), I’ve got Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, newly diagnosed adrenal insufficiency and am in the process of figuring which autoimmune disorder I have. I will be on steroids (among other medications) indefinitely.
As much as it may look different on the outside, I will never be anyone’s traditional definition of healthy, no matter my weight.
Remember this, and please, please, repeat it as often as necessary to take it to heart: “Health is not an indication of value.”
If you want to be more confident …
1. Don’t compare yourself to other people.
2. Don’t ruminate on what others do and say.
3. Learn to be patient, and to just enjoy the journey.
4. Expect to meet with problems – and know that these will pass.
5. Remember that you’re strong, and can cope, and thrive in hard times.
6. Appreciate your qualities and personality.
Principles of Health At Every Size
1. Body positivity - All bodies have worth and are deserving of love and respect.
2. Health enhancement - Health is holistic, and made up of physical, emotional and spiritual health needs. All these needs are important and should be addressed. Health is not determined by weight.
3. Eating for Well-being - Dietary choices should be made based on hunger, satiety, nutritional needs and pleasure, rather than an externally-imposed eating plan. Good nutrition has many health benefits, independent of weight loss.
4. Life-enhancing movement - Physical activity should be encouraged for its enjoyment, as well as for its physical and mental health benefits. Exercise has many health benefits, independent of weight loss.
5. Respectful health care - All individuals should have access to respectful, non-stigmatizing health care. No one should have their symptoms ignored due to an assumption of weight as the cause.
HAES: It really is that simple.
Love yourselves ladies 😘😘😘🙋🏼
hey instead of playing up weak positions with objectifying metaphors (”a woman without stretch marks is like meat without grill marks”) just state the basic, strong truths:
- everyone has intrinsic value no matter what they look like
- fat is not an indicator of health and health is not an indicator of value
- not everyone can be considered beautiful, not everyone wants to be considered beautiful
- your beauty does not affect your worth
- western conventions of beauty are colonialist, pedophilic, and misogynistic
- it is sometimes difficult or even impossible for you to love your body when your body is being attacked from every outside angle
- subverting or breaking societal beauty expectations is radical and should be celebrated for the revolutionary act that it is
- the expectations put upon women far exceed those placed on men in nearly every facet of culture
- there is no shame in adapting to these expectations in order to survive
- the health, beauty, and fitness industries are geared towards making the most money off of you, and the easiest way to do that is to make you think there is something wrong with you
- even the most radicalized body positive feminists in the world still have internalized issues and make snap judgements based on appearances. it does not mean you are a bad feminist or that your beliefs are bad. we cannot all constantly swim against the tide. its exhausting.
Growing up fat, you get made fun of for everything you do, even basic shit like eating and laughing and breathing are funny when you do it because youre fat! And its so hard to not carry that with you as you get older, like I’m still embarassed to eat or dance in front of people or smile in pictures and its ridiculous and I hate it and I wish I was treated with more humanity
Thin people can reblog this btw
they wont tho lmao
Part of learning to survive was accepting that people will be disgusted when they see me eat and deciding that I didn’t give a single fuck about that because their disgust is rooted in bigotry and their discomfort is the furthest possible thing from being my problem.
Eating is such a basic and necessary thing, the same as wearing clothes and it’s wild to me now to think about how intensely policed fat people are. Like we’re just out here trying to survive and eat and we’re dehumanized, humiliated and chastised for sport. I’m sorry my beautiful fat angels for the hell they’ve put us through. You deserve so much safety and so much freedom.
