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Love Yourself

Love yourself and be you!

By Alyssa SmithPublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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I wasn't sure about creating this but I know other girls struggle too. I've struggled with my weight most of my life, I've always been the little pudgy kid. I've always had some sort of insecurity about my body and how I look. It's like you don't get bullied but you know people talk behind your back. Frankly, I'd rather have someone call me fat to my face than see them stare. On my bad days, I even tell my closest friends, "I'm fat," and of course they always respond with something like, "no you're not!"

Sometimes I just wish even my own friends would tell me the truth, even though I don't want to hear it. One thing I've always wanted was to look like one of those girls in the magazines—you know, the really pretty, skinny ones. Those girls, they look so good in anything they wear. They could wear a potato sack and still look great. Then I realise it's fake and they are photoshopped, but who doesn't want a flat stomach? Before and even recently, I've been working out and eating better, but it's hard. Sometimes I struggle to avoid that chocolate piece of cake. Even when I don't struggle I notice myself struggling to maintain an even weight. It constantly goes up and down. I have my good weeks where I will lose five pounds, then I will step on the scale the following week and I'm up three pounds again. I know the number is just a number.

For the last couple of years, I've been trying to focus on body positivity and reassuring myself that it doesn't matter how you look. But I still struggle. I struggle because people constantly tell me, "hey, maybe you should lose some weight," and it's the people closest to me. My family. And while I should be trying to focus on loving myself, my own family doesn't even realise they are part of the reason I can't fully do this. Sometimes I think to myself, if only they told me that I look beautiful on the day I hate myself, maybe it would help. Also, yes I am one of those girls who tries on bathing suits in the summer and cries in the dressing room because I hate myself. The worst part is one day I'll be trying on wedding dresses and crying because I still hate myself. But some days when I put myself together and put on a good outfit, I think to myself, yes I can do this I can be positive! This is me and I love myself and I don't care what other people think because I love how I look right now! I want this to help other girls in a way that I'm trying to help myself. First, girls realise those magazines, those pictures, they aren't real! Those girls have tummy rolls too when they sit a certain way! Yes, they do eat hamburgers too! The people that work on the editing enhance and decrease women's figures to make them look a certain way. Yes I also wish we could do that in real life, but it's better to love the skin you're in than wish you were in someone else's. Do not ever let someone put you down because you need to know you are GREAT! Yes that outfit looks great on you make sure you wear it with confidence! You ARE beautiful! And overall, LOVE YOURSELF no matter what! Be confident enough in your own body to be that girl who dances when no one is watching!

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