Let's pretend for a moment.
What if losing weight was the answer to
Reversing, preventing, or maintaining a medical condition?
Making you feel 'better' (a.k.a. sexier, more attractive, more worthy or 'enough', etc.)
While it may be true that weight loss may help with medical conditions the problem is and always will be that intentional weight loss is not a permanent solution.
So while many 'health' gurus argue that diets do work (often called 'lifestyle plans', etc.) because there is often weight loss when there is calorie restriction or extreme exercising, for most, these solutions aren't sustainable long-term.
For all of you who are saying something like...
I just think I look better and feel sexier when I'm thinner.
Feeling sexier or more 'attractive' is completely subjective. Feeling sexy or attractive is based on our thoughts about our bodies not on our feelings. Thoughts create feelings, not the other way around. So, if you can change your thoughts, your feelings will eventually catch up.
Lastly, hingeing our size, weight, age, bank account, etc. to validate our worth is a losing battle because we'll always be trying to hit a moving target. Our self-worth is unconditional.
I know that many of you may understand this logically but still struggle to reconcile this in your hearts.
If this is you, I see you and want you to know that it's natural to feel this way because our culture values physical appearance more than most things. This is especially true for women.
In the end, the answer is body acceptance, cultivating a radical self-compassion practice, and making more frequent deposits in our self-worth banks to name a few things.
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