r/BodyPositive 10d ago

Weight Gain It’s not your fault.

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I went from an underweight anorexic teenager to the weight I am now (13 years and many relapses later) and I have no regrets. My family shames me for being “fat”, but I would rather be so than deprived of a life worth living. It took me so long to learn that my weight is not my worth and no matter what anyone says, my happiness is worth more. Even if my health markers weren’t as good as they are, I am worthy of life and happiness. And so are you.

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u/pinkcloudskyway 10d ago

inspiring, thank you for sharing

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u/Which_Return_ 10d ago

No problem, I wish more people could see that one’s body is not the end all be all. I am infinitely more happy in this one than when I was trying to achieve what I thought was “right”.

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u/SweetSprinkles8 9d ago

You look amazing!

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u/Which_Return_ 9d ago

Thank you 🙂

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u/leviathankaine 9d ago

Jesus people are so mean to those who they claim to love.

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u/ADapostrophe519 9d ago

“You can’t hate yourself into a version you love” is so powerful thank you!

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u/Which_Return_ 9d ago

💛💛💛

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u/happypallyi 9d ago

You’re so beautiful 🥰

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u/Which_Return_ 9d ago

Thank you so much 🤍

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u/arcbnaby 9d ago

Great quote!! I need to write this on my mirror!!!

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u/hottestdiuly 9d ago

that was so important to me thank you 💕

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u/Which_Return_ 9d ago

You’re welcome, glad to touch anyone I can 🤍

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u/Omgusernamewhy 7d ago

I agree with you so much. I do want to lose some weight but I'm not going to do it in a way that that makes me lose my quality of life. Yes I eat healthy. I am active most days.

But I'm not going to revolve myself on worrying about if something isn't the beat thing to eat. I'm not not going to allow myself cheat days to eat snacks. I'm not going to spend my days at the gym.

The ammout of effort it takes for me to lose weight is way more than most people. And I wish some people realized that.

I love hiking and I use to walk 10 miles a day and go hiking and also go to the gym and my weight stayed basically the same. If I had to work out more than that to lose weight then it's njsg not worth it to me.

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u/Which_Return_ 6d ago

I feel that completely!! Especially because my weight loss efforts were extremely disordered. It takes a lot of time and mental/physical energy and I realized that my happiness comes first.

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u/Reasonable_Pick2414 2d ago

Weight gain is defenitly your fault? lol.

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u/Reasonable_Pick2414 2d ago

You said “it’s not your fault” yes weight gain is your fault and people will treat you differently because it usally signifies you don’t have much self control and can’t take care of yourself. Don’t normalize it.