So I’m gonna go on a tangent right now. I have been inboxed a couple times in regards to the weight loss post I put up a few weeks ago and my woman crush, Iskra Lawrence. People are saying that I cannot be a face of body positivity when I’m a size 4 Canadian/US. Well then sit the fuck down ‘cause it’s story time kiddies. At 15 I was a size 00 Canadian/US, that’s a size 2 UK. 6 months later I was a UK size 4, that’s a size 2 Canadian/US. By the time I was 17-18 I was a UK size 8, Canadian size 6. I was 16 when I started noticing my body dramatically changing right before my eyes. I did everything in my power to try and stop those changes. I’ve always eaten relatively healthy, I’ve never denied myself sweets or junk food but I’d regularly eat healthy. By the time I was 17 - 18 I had gone from a UK size 2 to a UK size 8 which is a size 6 Canadian/US. I couldn’t understand why I kept going up sizes, I ate super healthy and I walked pretty much everywhere. I started to binge eat and fast quite often. The biggest I got was 56 kg, 125 pounds and my pant size was a 12 UK which is a 10 Canadian/US. This was at the end of 2015. I found Iskra by mistake actually; I was surfing through YouTube when I found her back at the beginning of the year. I listened to what she had to say and I’ve always been a huge supporter for body positivity even though I didn’t have any. I love her slogan, In Shape My Shape. Iskra kind of inspired me to take on a healthier lifestyle. It hasn’t been easy but I managed. I started to exercise and eat much healthier in March of 2016. Last time I weighed myself I was 46 kg, 102 pounds. Today I weighed myself and I’m 48 kg, 106 pounds. I haven’t given up my healthy lifestyle, I’ve toned up. I have gained 4 pounds of muscle. I am honestly in a better mental and emotional state than I was a year ago. I am taking care of my mental self, emotional self as well as my physical self. I am not a size. I am not a number on a tag on a piece of clothing. I’m so much more than any of that. And that, my dear critiques, is what body positivity is. And if you think otherwise, well then, you can just suck it. 🖕🏻#inshapemyshape #iskralawrence #bodypositivity (at Downtown Winnipeg)