Today you have a very personal post, my journey to self love and body acceptantce. As a child I always felt different due to my feet problems but never paid attention to my fatness. I was chuby but I did not have any problems with it. When I was a teenager, I thought I could…
Category: body positivity
WHAT BODY POSITIVITY DOES NOT TELL YOU ABOUT…
Body positivity has been with us for over a decade showcasing big bodies with lumps and bumps and has tried to make them acceptable. However, it has failed to stop the wrong relationship some people have with their bodies. It promotes the idea of accepting yourself as you are, but it skips the fact that…
BODY POSITIVITY: PROS AND CONS
Recent researches by the Royal Society for Public Health in UK report that Instagram and Snapchat have contributed to undermine women´s self -steem. The huge display of beautiful bodies laying in the sun or swimming in paradisiac waters is directly proportional to the photoshop effects used in transforming real bodies into perfect bodies. In the…
BE CONFIDENT!
With summer in full swing, we are about to go on holidays. Vacations at the beach mean we need to have our swimming suits ready. It is a good time to show our gorgeous body and also when all our insecurities emerge. Swimsuits are sometimes perceived as something we cannot wear because we are insecure…
IS BODY POSITIVITY WORTHY NOWADAYS?
The term body positivity is related to the idea of loving your body at any size. As a movement has become more and more popular over the last years . However, it has lost its original meaning as soon as it has been used to commercialize business and lines that are not helping people to…
IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOVE AND ACCEPT YOUR BODY?
Loving and acceptingt your body is tough but not impossible. I takes time but you can get it. When I was a teenager I had a conflictive relationship with my body. .. And fatness, obessity or however you can to call the weight excess had nothing to do. I did not like the scars in my…
WHAT TYPE OF BODY IS YOURS?
I do believe that everyone can be stylish no matter their size or shape. To be stylish you must know your body, its type and then analyze what you can wear or what does not complement your figure. As an image consultant I have lots of questions on how to flatter your curves or how…
How to be Attractive and Fat
The other day at school we held a conference on eating disorders and suddenly all eyes were on me. I was asked by the lecturers how I felt about being overweighed – a euphemism for not calling me fat although I am fat. I told them I felt fine, I accept myself even though for…
WHEN WILL SPRING COME TO TOWN? (MARCH RECAP)
This month has been crazy. Everything went upside down. The weather has been wet and even chilly. We had had lots of work and few weekends off. Thank God we will enjoy our Easter Break… So far, the only spring like things were the switch to Daylight Spring Time with everlasting evenings and the last…
BEING PLUS SIZE IN A SLENDER WORLD: SHOPPING ISSUES
As a plus size woman I have had problems when shopping and for ages, even still now, it has been a big challenge to find decent clothes for plus size girls. We have fewer options, designers offer ultra baggy designs or ultra tight silhouettes at high prices. At some stores the plus size section is…
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