FULL-FAT HUMANITY
Not any kind of fat.
Until I was prepared to accept and respect body as it is, I remained disconnected from it as somehow apart from me. I did not feel whole. Health is not just energy manipulation. Eating and exercise. It has a spiritual element and yes, I say that as an atheist.
Who you feel you are, how you feel about yourself affects everything, from the way you move, to the way you are able to cope with the events of in your life.
Nobody who has any feel for human or any other well-being would ever recommend the way fat people are treated as an aide to health or healing.
I have safe spaces on the internet. These are sites that I’ve carefully cultivated to make me feel good and confident about myself. In these spaces, I can see other fat people and other women like me being cool, beautiful, and awesome. I can see a community that encourages them, comforts them, and…
Self care’s a must. Never hesitate to do what you need to do to keep yourself on an even keel.
But I think the real point is ‘unhealthiness’ is not a reason to abuse, degrade, dehumanize or disenfranchise anyone, full stop.
My head is part of my body. My brain is in my head. My mind is my brain in action.
It refers to facilitating and increasing your well being from where you are. Instead of the nothing real starts until slim brought to us by the ‘obesity’ crusade.
If you don’t understand the significance of that for fat people, best not to pontificate about what you consider the essence of positive engagement with your own well being.
I was just reading an ask that queensassyofthefatties posted. I’ve been struggling with the same thing the person asked. I don’t really post on here about me wanting to lose weight, because I’m afraid the body positive/fat acceptance community that I am now a part of (and ADORE) will think less of…
I think you’d benefit from again shifting focus from weight to a more internal framework of finding ways to increase your well being. You described exactly the kind of instability that comes from focusing on something as abstract and indirect as weight. When you focus more on how you feel about and react to certain changes, you get to know yourself and your needs better. Trying to get your weight down is a more impersonal feeling and that often takes you down another path, out of touch with yourself, before you realise it.
I get that feeling better can feel like it’s all about weight loss. Often that’s made up of a combination of things and you aren’t taking the aftermath you’ve described into account.
Often a lot of the good feeling comes from change-they don’t say “A change is as good as a rest” for nothing. There’s also hope, progress, feeling like you’re getting out of a rut, feeling able to self care without guilt, like you’re doing something for yourself on your own, i.e. independence, feeling empowered and yes, depending on what you’re doing, getting moving, eating differently a change in your awareness of yourself and your body. Follow through on these insights, by seeking out what gives you those feelings in general.
Curvy Yogi Appreciation (Part V)
[because yogis come in all shapes and sizes]
I still can’t do half of these. Ugh. :/
fitness comes in all sizes! These people are so strong and flexible, omg.
(via fatanarchy)
TW: weight talk, mental health issues
Part 1: http://crystalizedessence.tumblr.com/post/46835702334/contemplating-health-another-try-getting-my-life
So, after feeling really depressed, unhealthy, self-sabotaging, out of control, and unaware, I spent a few months researching methods to get…
Think about how that makes a person see someone they do not see as ‘clean’. What’s wrong with balanced diet? Is it just too lacking in drama?
