Body positivity is promoting a positive view of all body types regardless of shapes sizes and complexion. From the little I gathered, I will say it is more of appreciating the health and functionality of the human body (an inner worth) than the physical appearance which a lot of people do not tend to appreciate.
Honestly growing up as a teenager, I wasn't so proud of the way I look that each time I look in the mirror it's from one complaint to another. I had wished to be like a particular person over and over again that I felt I was cheated by nature..... all as a result of standard. No one knew what was running through my mind because outside I was this bold girl that faced her fears but within I the struggles were real. It dawned on me that I was actually a spec of my own kind when not one or two people would look at me straight in the face only to hear them say I wish to be like you.....like what? So people do wish to be like me meanwhile I had seen nothing in myself and only then did such a negative mindset about my looks begin to fade away.
I saw more and more reasons to appreciate my shape, skin colors and other of my personalities. I stopped complaining about so many things I must say and commended a beauty like me, one of her kind. ❤️
Personally, I will say body positivity starts from the mind and not physical looks which is just the least. Once we can accept who we are then seventy percent of the work is done and the remaining thirty is just left for us to eat properly and do the necessary exercise.
Body positivity only gets toxic when one stops appreciating themselves and now follows what society has to say about them. And that is why especially the ladies want to do a Brazilian butt lift (BBL), breast lift, facials and so many unwanted surgery because of society standards for beauty forgetting there is an aftermath. It is also toxic when the thought of your body starts leading to anxiety, depression and extreme dieting/ exercise. When one of these symptoms starts surfacing, it is toxic just like it once happened to me as earlier stated imagine as a teenager I already have the mindset of I do not have a perfect body that it took the help of people to talk me out of such negativity.
Lastly we are all unique in our different ways of creation and accepting who we are is the best way to be positive. When one feels the need to exercise as a result of fat, do it but do not but pressure on your body and it is to add up so weight, eat at the right time with the right nutrient never look down on yourself.
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