from curvy to healthy

just me, trying to lose weight, getting healthier, and just being happier with myself.

[plutothewitch]

september will be kind. september will be magical. september will bring the missing energy. september will be working towards our goals and self. september will be a month full of growth.

[chibird]

You’ve made it through so many falls before! You’ll make it through this fall too, even if it seems like a long one. 🐈💗

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[sketchesinstillness]

Yogi Firefly-

[sketchesinstillness]

If you are feeling down or like a mess, that’s okay, don’t judge yourself for it, it will pass. Take a small action and celebrate it as an accomplishment. It will increase non-judgment and will raise your self-love in that moment. The more you celebrate the small accomplishments the more life is celebrated. 

[chibird]

A warm chibird hug for you all! 💛 I’m exhausted but full of lots of love after AX. I’m so grateful for all the kind souls who visited me and told me about the impact my art and book have had on their lives. I really treasure those meetings, thank you all.

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[chibird]

For anyone out there who needs to hear this. I welcome you no matter your gender, sexual orientation, race, or religion. Chibird welcomes all! ❤️️

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[thepowerwithin]

Self identity cannot be bought. It cannot be purchased, acquired, or consumed. No new haircut, fancy gadget, or expensive top is able to define you. Truly, self identity can only be found in one place and one place only; and that is within yourself.

Nicole Addison @thepowerwithin

[chibird]

When I was struggling with my sadness earlier this year, I was actually experiencing a lot of distress and shame about how sad I felt. I hadn’t even realized it was happening, but I felt like I “shouldn’t be this sad”, and that “my sadness was a weakness”. None of that was true! But once I acknowledged this, I could actually address how I was tunneling myself into more sadness, and now I do a much better job of accepting my sadness as it is. 🌻 I hope this piece can help you in some way. 

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[wahtdahel-blog]

Wtf most women don’r even know they are pregnant at 6 weeks. This is violence.

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[adriennegabriella]

Ever notice how it’s never the time to talk about guns–even though NOBODY is immune to a bullet–but it’s always time to talk about abortions and new bills to stop them? They really should say they hate women and go.

[wahtdahel-blog]

[she-lives-in-my-lap]

Fuckin idiots smh

[crimeshetyped]

“Most of the men writing these bills don’t know the first thing about a woman’s body outside of the things they want from it”

[chibird]

A spring cat to bless the beginning of your May with good luck and beautiful weather. 🌸🌱

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[lip-split-wine-deactivated20191]

“I want more. More life. More breath. More kisses. More time.”

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[stability]

In 1937 two women caused a car accident by wearing shorts in public for the first time

[mpy-res--non--verba]

It wasn’t the two women that caused the car accident.It was the drivers.

Stop blaming women for men’s mistakes.

We don’t blame men for harassment , we blame women for acting seductive at work.

We don’t blame men for rape , we blame women for dressing provocatively .

We don’t blame men for infidelity , we blame women for not fulfilling their spousal duties.

We need to understand that this is not okay , this is not acceptable this is nothing more than wrong .We live in a society that men believe that empowering women , and demanding equal rights for them will degrade them and take away rights from them .This is not true.Feminists don’t want women to be stronger than men , they want them to be equal and treated right.

It’s a fight for equality not ,a fight for power .

[miniature-stigmata]

this one’s for all the fat girls who’ve cried in dressing rooms 💗

[drst]

You’re fine. The clothes are made to be easy to manufacture on machines, not for bodies. The clothes suck, not you.

[darthmelyanna]

They’re also manufactured to look attractive on hangers, and very few of us are shaped like hangers. You’re fine.

[moodyehudi-deactivated20180519]

😱😰😭😭😭😭😭😭😭thank u please more of this type of body positivity I need it

[chickenonabicycle]

Legit though! I’m a hobbyist seamstress and these are my experiences when shopping mainstream:

For example, most H&M blouses these days don’t even have boobdarts. Which means they will sit awkwardly on literally anyone with boobs, no matter the size. But on hangers or when folded on display? They look fab as fuck. Because hangers don’t have boobs. And the models chosen to show them on the catwalk are usually chosen for their lack of boobage too (unless it’s for lingerie), other requirements including ridiculous size and weight requirements. As for the average (EU available) clothing shops, the worst offender I’ve encountered yet was Zara. Everything’s way too long and way too flat: clearly aimed to look good on the catwalk models but not intended for normal people. At all.

Also sizes are just numbers. Shopping online has taught me that I’m a European M, an American XS-S, and a Japanese L-XL. And then these sizes even vary from shop to shop in the same country: I’m an XL at Apples but an S at Lola&Liza, for example. They’ve also been reducing the sizes of these numbers throughout the years to make people feel bad about themselves and to sell more weight-loss products. Don’t let a number get you down, it does not define you.

So please don’t feel bad about yourself when shops refuse to cater to your size. The clothes they sell are not aimed at real human beings. They are the ones in the wrong here, not you!

[coffee-at-midnxght]

body posi posts are the ones 

[gaslightgallows]

I needed this after yesterday. :/

[gay-impressionist]

(these are figures for the French clothing industry but I’m sure it’s true in other countries)

Only 0.6% of clothes are available in 46 (again : french size) when 10% of women wear that size. 14% of clothes are available in 34 when only 0.7% of women wear that size.

The most selled size is 42 when the most manufactured is 36.

See the problem? It’s the whole industry that sucks. Not you and your body.

[anxietyproblem]

[fromcurvytohealthy]

Took the first steps towards bariatric surgery. Not sure which one I’ll end up with at this point. But I’m on the path.

[paintingmouse]

[seducin]