My entire life has consisted of being called “fat” or the “ugly friend”. Through performing and auditioning for a burlesque group, I have found my inner beauty and confidence. I love to shine and smile, along with loving what life throws my way. I want to encourage everyone, gay, straight, thick, thin, black, or white, to join me and share the love (;
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Positivity always’ Remember what you put out to the world is what you receive! (:
I think some people need to look at this situation in a different way.
That is me in the picture, happy as can be. According to my BMI last week, I was obese. I have lost six pounds, and now I am overweight according to my BMI. I wear a US size 12/14. I have stretchmarks, my stomach pokes out, and I have cellulite.
But I have learned to love myself just the way I am. In the past, I have suffered from anorexia (for about 7 years), but I decided that enough was enough. So for the past year and a half, I’ve been learning to love my body. I knew I was never gonna be as skinny as I used to be, and I had to be okay with that before I could do anything else.
Pages like GPC help me love myself NOW, even though I am losing weight. Learning how to love myself has been an important process. I have done this in an effort to keep myself from relapsing so I wouldn’t “hate myself thin” like I used to. Loving yourself is important no matter what, even if you’re trying to change! I am not trying to change right now because I don’t like myself, I just want to be active and healthy and losing weight comes along with it, and that’s the kind of thing that loving myself has motivated me to do. It may not be for everyone, but my health has been declining recently, so I NEED to do this. But pages like this one keep me sane, they let me know that I am beautiful even if I don’t lose weight and even if my stretchmarks never fade; all that matters is my health and happiness.
Maybe that will help some dumb Anons put everything into perspective :)
Model: Elle Brown
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I thought I looked pretty darn cute tonight so I wanted to share some chubby love!
Just wanted to send a big thank you to all of the beautiful curvy ladies on here. You are all gorgeous!
Since recently becoming single (dont ask it ended badly ggrr), I felt lower than low. Cue my beloved photographer friend Nils Bratby of Immortaleye Photography saying ‘lets do a shoot’. We did it. We changed my look up to be less pinup and more inspired by the UK lad mags of Loaded etc
Here is a sneak peek at just one of them…
I’ve skimmed some of the anonymous posts here and one question continued to nag me: Why do we all have to look the same? People keep talking about diet, exercise and “healthy” weights, but it all just sounds so boring. Now, I do enjoy working out. It’s wonderful to feel strong, powerful, and accomplished after pushing through something you weren’t sure you can do, but I don’t know what that has to do with body shape and size. Why do we all have to thin? And why do all men have to prefer that? I’m just not understanding what’s so wrong with the fact that women come in different shapes and sizes. Imagine how boring the world would be if all women were 5’4, 110 pounds. Variety is the spice of life! In my opinion suggesting that only one body type is beautiful is like saying salt is the only spice that can improve the taste of food. What of Cinnamon? Pepper? Cumin? Does enjoying the richness of one spice take away from the boldness of another? Can you love more than one color? Enjoy more than one movie? So why, why, why, are we expected to only appreciate one body type?
Ello loves c;
Abby, size 14, definitely not my first time submitting.
I love tea, star wars, punk/ska, and friendly people to talk to c:
Come keep me company?
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