I bought this amazing @knixwear suit back in May, and when I was sharing it on stories the other day the first thing I did was start to apologize for my body. Between moving and renovating our new house and all that is happening this year, it has been harder to feel my personal best. That doesn’t matter, though.
Because you know what? Do any of us need to give any explanation for what our body looks like at any given moment?
Whether we are bigger or smaller or anything in between, that is OUR business. No need to justify or apologize or give excuses. I’m done with explaining away cellulite and muffin tops and wrinkles and imperfections. (That no one cares about but me.) That was my old strategy. Apologize for these imperfections because in my quest for PERFECTION these things were my failures. You see so many women who appear perfect online, but I know most of us feel this way. Our bodies are something to fight against, to hide, to apply creams to get rid of our marks, to smooth wrinkles out with Photoshop. We are terrified of being found out.
I realize I am on the thinner size on the body positivity space, and because of that I don’t want to knock what I am and what I look like. One person’s dream body is another’s too much or too little. We are all fighting our own demons when it comes to accepting and loving our bodies, especially as our bodies grow and change as we age, birth children, go through hardships, etc.
I don’t want to hide that I am working on accepting myself and my body as is. No matter what your perception of me is. I am working on busting up my limiting beliefs that a women’s body is an ornament. I am working on not being so strict and enjoying things more. I am working on loving all the pieces of myself, and not apologizing for it.
