Powerful read (copied and shared by proud mum)
Last night I received a message pointing me in the direction of a posted link to read I must admit I was half asleep at the time so I read the first paragraph and gave myself a reminder to read the rest tomorrow as I was intrigued and impressed by the article. This morning my daughter asked me if I had read the article and what did I think and I replied I had read some of it and was impressed by it and would read the rest later but was curious why she had sent it to me.To which she replied that she had written it. I personally think this is a very powerful piece of writing but I may be biased now I know who has written it.
Most of us have the fear of going up a size in clothing. We put all out efforts getting into jeans that are far too small for us, allowing the ever-unflattering "muffin top" to overflow from the waist band. We lay down on our back's just to pull the zip up on the jeans that once pulled us in and now we push them out. We spend far too long attempting to zip up our favourite dress before giving up for a stretchier one; even then we're unhappy as our curves don't sit in "the right" places.
This ongoing struggle occurs every day in the fight against the idea of the next size up. We're so focused by the numbers on our clothes that we forget that they're supposed to make us feel happy in our own skin. They're supposed to look good on us - and us look good in them.
The feeling of having to buy the next size up whether it be in jeans, tops, underwear - it can be one of the worst feelings. Finding we fit in a smaller size can be one of the happiest times and finding we need a larger size can be one of the worst. We throw such horrible words at ourselves - ruining our own self-esteem before the world even sees it. Even the most outwardly confident women in the world, reduced to mess because of the way they see themselves.
But what if you decided to go up that size?
The sizing is on the inside of the jeans, the label is your little secret. Only you need to know that number! it is not your number. It doesn't define you. YOU DEFINE YOU. Nobody and nothing should stop you from loving yourself. Be you. Wear something that makes you look in the mirror and think good things - regardless of the size.
That one size up can be the difference between an overflowing muffin top and the smooth curves you go on diets to achieve. Want to lose weight? Do it, but don't do it for anyone else, don't do it for the size of your clothes, do it for yourself.
Don't fear the next size up in clothing, it'll flatter your body better than stuffing yourself into the clothes you don't want to say goodbye to.
Be happy in your skin, in your clothes, in your life.
Don't let the size of your clothes reduce the size of your confidence.
Posted by LittleMissReject at 03:28
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