11/17/2021
Amen !! I started dieting in 6th grade. I gained a lot of weight in puberty, my dance teacher let me know I was fat and so did classmates all throughout my grade school
Days. Teased and taunted as my best friend was very thin. They made up songs about us fat and skinny went to bed fat rolled over and skinny was dead. This song still plays over in my head to this day. My body has been through so many changes and so has my life! It’s funny I want to accept it all but the world does not want me too. The world wants me to think I am less than because I gained weight, because I have aged, because I no longer have perky breasts after 4 years of breastfeeding. But I try not to buy into it. I’m just me. Trying to be a good person, do the right thing, love my family and friends, raise my child to be the best person she can be and to make a difference in a small way in the world in the ways I know how to. I always try to help other’s see their worth, value, strength, ability and help them to love themselves and their bodies. I do this through fitness and dance. This is how I teach and where everything I do comes from. It’s not just exercise to me it’s release , it’s empowerment, it’s freedom, it’s worth and value. If no one has told you lately you are powerful, beautiful in every way and capable beyond your thoughts. A body is an awesome, magical place to live in. Respect it, nourish it, move it and love it back. But remember it is no where close to who you are. All shapes, Sizes, cultures, and abilities deserve love, health, education, equality and freedom. You are worthy of love and happiness no matter what package you are in. Just try to be a good person ok? Xo
