BODY SHAMING MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH MYSELF 🙂
I was the girl who always had the word "FAT" attached to my name. Being on the heavier side all my life, I had my friends, colleagues, and cousins tease me about my body size. I had comments like appu, fatty, south Indian actress, dharti ka, and many more. Every time this was done I felt humiliated and a little. I did try to act like I didn't care but soon came a time when I really wanted them to stop.
I started to hate myself, hide behind myself, stopped socializing, and even take my pictures. I lost myself and my self-esteem. I began to see myself through others' opinions. I was lost.
In the attempt to get instant results to prove everyone wrong, I started starving myself, worked out like insane survived on just water at times, and guess what I did manage to develop unhealthy habits, which I really didn't mind in exchange for a "pretty body" for the eyes of others. Now the same bunch of people said I looked sick. Being thin doesn't suit me.
No matter what you do there is always something to hate. That's when I decided to ignore what people say and accept myself. Do everything that's best for me. I invested in NESTA, learned about nutrition, and backed it up with a good workout regime, and there I was a girl who is doing the right things to be fit and was also solid and vulnerable. My biggest learning was that " changing my body won't make me feel loved, accepting it, respecting it, and taking care of it will".
"Love yourself and respect that body you reside in"
Don't take body shaming as a set back instead take it as a stepping stone to move towards a fitter life
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