You can be sweaty and soft. You can be strong and round. You can eat the broccoli and the brownie. You can accept your body exactly as it is today, while still dreaming of running a 5k.
The most radical, rebellious act of wellness you can commit?
For a long time, I thought "getting healthy" meant I had to be at war with my body. I thought wellness required strict meal plans, punishing workouts, and a very specific "after" photo. Nudist Miss Junior Beauty Pageant Contest 11 DVDRip
If the answer is hate, change the activity. If you hate the gym, walk in the forest. If you hate running, try dancing. When you remove the aesthetic goal (shrinking), you discover the intrinsic goal (feeling alive). That is sustainable wellness. Body positivity isn't about being "lazy" or giving up on your health. In fact, you cannot truly be well if you are constantly anxious about your thighs.
That isn't giving up. That is growing up. You can be sweaty and soft
The "wellness" that demands you hate yourself is actually making you sicker.
True wellness is respect. It is drinking water because you care about your kidneys, not to suppress your appetite. It is going to therapy to heal your relationship with your reflection. It is taking the rest day when you are tired. You do not have to wait for a smaller body to have a big, beautiful, healthy life. You can accept your body exactly as it
* Body positivity says: Stop that. *