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The scale measures your relationship with gravity. It does not measure your kindness, your stamina, or your joy. Many body positive wellness practitioners weigh themselves once a month, or never.
Stop waiting until you lose the weight to start living. Start now. Drink the water. Take the stretch. Eat the cookie. Forgive yourself.
It says that you can want to lower your blood pressure without wanting to shrink your thighs. It says that you can love your soft belly and still want to go for a walk. It says that rest is productive, pleasure is medicine, and every body—regardless of size, ability, or age—deserves to feel good in their skin.
Body neutrality says: I don't have to love my body. I just have to respect it enough to take care of it.
The "wellness" part is not perfection. The wellness part is returning to the mat. It is having the shame spiral, then taking a deep breath, and choosing to eat dinner anyway.
In the last decade, two major cultural movements have collided: the multi-billion dollar wellness industry and the grassroots social push for body positivity. For a long time, these two concepts seemed like opposing forces. Wellness was associated with juice cleanses, HIIT classes, and "summer body" challenges. Body positivity was about rejecting diet culture and loving yourself "as is."
Here is how to build a sustainable wellness lifestyle rooted in genuine body respect. For years, we were told that you had to choose: you could either accept your body as it was (risk "glorifying obesity") or pursue health (risk "obsessing over thinness"). This was a trap.
