If you are exhausted by diet culture—if you have cried over a pair of jeans or cancelled plans because you felt "too fat" to be seen—this lifestyle is a . It teaches you that you are allowed to take up space regardless of your size.
Some advocates take body positivity so far that they deny physiological reality. I saw influencers claim that "cholesterol doesn't matter" or that "blood sugar is a social construct." That is dangerous.
For years, the wellness industry sold us a simple equation: If you weren't counting calories, you weren't "well." If you didn't hate your "problem areas," you weren't trying hard enough.
If you are exhausted by diet culture—if you have cried over a pair of jeans or cancelled plans because you felt "too fat" to be seen—this lifestyle is a . It teaches you that you are allowed to take up space regardless of your size.
Some advocates take body positivity so far that they deny physiological reality. I saw influencers claim that "cholesterol doesn't matter" or that "blood sugar is a social construct." That is dangerous.
For years, the wellness industry sold us a simple equation: If you weren't counting calories, you weren't "well." If you didn't hate your "problem areas," you weren't trying hard enough.
