Body Image

My story started when I was just ‘12’. I had just started high school and never been more excited in my life. I have always been on the bigger side but never really thought anything about it and how it would affect my body image and self respect to this day. I’m 17 this year and I’m still trying to find new ways to lose weight and cover myself. I would do anything and everything to make myself somewhat comfortable about my body image and make myself look somewhat descent of how I look.
It was always hard getting negative and hurtful comments about my weight to the point where I would restrict my eating and google ways to change my body. I would restrict food at school because I was ashamed of my weight and what people would think about me and what I eat. It was just easier to wait until I got home.
I was always jealous of what clothes ‘skinny’ people had on and what it would be like to be a skinny girl and how much it would change my life. Until I became friends with a girl that was completely opposite to myself and how much she struggled with people calling her too skinny and telling her she needed to eat more, and seeing her struggle with this broke my heart knowing that we were going through the same stuff at different weights.
I thought it was just the bigger girls that got bullying and made fun of, but I was wrong, and it created a whole new understanding of body image and how it can affect people even though we are all different.
During the start of this year I’ve realise that us girls can wear and rock whatever we want and feel great about our body’s creating an awareness about being body positive about our weight and being comfortable in public and private places with what we wear l, eat and do.