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3 Things: Loving Your (Mom) Body

07 Monday Mar 2016

Posted by ericakatherine in 3 Things, Health, Me, Weight

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body hate, body issues, Body love, books, fat, gaining weight, losing weight, Love Your Bodcast, Love Yourself, Peachie Moms Guide to Body Love for Moms, Pinterest, podcasts, positive thinking, self hate, self loathing, skinny, thin

I still remember when my body issues began. I was probably about 7 or 8 and had been spending the day with my girlfriends and one of their houses. There was a conversation about drinking milk, and I shared that I didn’t really like milk and I never drank it. The girls quickly came to the consensus that I would be thinner and in better shape if I would drink milk, specifically fat free milk.

At 7 or 8 years old, I believed myself to be fat. I wasn’t. I look back at pictures and I had long legs and arms, along with a round belly. No, I wasn’t skinny like my friends were, but I wasn’t fat. Instead of standing up for myself, I believed them and started down a road of body hatred. Continue reading →

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