How would it feel if you were OK with your body as it is right now?

[SMWylder]

After many, many years on and off diets, this is now what I'm focussing on. After hating my body for lots of different reasons, I'm working on not criticising what enables me to live my life. Something that doesn't deserve blame. It isn't easy but the alternative of yo-yo dieting and self-loathing was much worse.
I wondered if anyone else could imagine life like this?

Hi Blue, well done for taking action by seeing a therapist – I wish you luck. I think it's a brave step to recognise something isn’t right and then try to change it. The sad fact is that we are conditioned by the culture we live in to think we need to be thin to be acceptable. So this is something that we can work on for ourselves, by focusing on self-love and acceptance, and we also need to challenge the status quo.

A good way to start is to surround yourself by people and social/media channels that promote body positivity and diversity (like abeandhalo). Also surround yourself with people who appreciate your qualities and abilities. Then stop looking at anything that triggers negative body thoughts eg. Fitspo Instagram, celebs on the beach, listening to toxic friends/family. Oh, and throw away your scales! No other lump of metal has so much power over a person’s self-esteem and happiness.