I absolutely hated my fat body. I was taught to. I thought that I deserved to be punished for not fitting into society’s expectations of thinness.
I have so many rolls and valleys in all the wrong places. I thought I was suffering the consequences of my bad behavior and lack of self-control.
All of this is the result of messaging from diet culture — a set of beliefs that values thinness, appearance, and shape above health and well-being).
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