Posted by Medusa on August 15, 2002, at 23:24:19
In reply to Re: fat acceptance » .tabitha., posted by Gabbi on August 14, 2002, at 15:18:07
Fat acceptance for one's own body takes a huge amount of regular work over quite a length of time. Mirror work, for example - spending time getting to recognize one's own body and accept that that's the way it really looks, so you don't get shocked by reflections in windows or unexpected mirrors. And eating naked, and being loving to the body parts you've called "problems" for so long.
The problem is, once the acceptance is really in place ... your body changes. Weight falls off. And you have to do the acceptance work all over again, and not give affirmation for being smaller, or that negates the fat acceptance work done, and you get fat again.
It's like swimming - so many aspects to coordinate. I don't have it all straight yet. I'm absolutely not comfortable being as low a weight as my body drifts to naturally. Somebody got an Rx for that?
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