-Body Image nowadays-
- shana-paar
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min read
Spreading good values was always one of my intentions which is the reason why I wanna talk abt that too here :)
Body images changes every eye blink so it's not really intelligent to follow it even tho we all kinda do.
My opinion:
Being healthy should be the priority not beautify unhealthy standards when ppl are clearly overweighted or saying a 90 60 90 is amazing. Cause it's not. Aura and appearance, character and personality is key. This does so much more than just looks and of course we look after a good overall picture.
Not only girls but also guys struggle with today's standards. It's so easy to lose touch to reality in our social-media world where everyone just highlights their best.
Everything seems to be perfect bcs of course the most don't show their downs.
Some just have these bodytypes naturally but a lot also edit their whole body. When you see them in real life it's just crazy how different celebrities or influencers look.

For me it's important to stay real & authentic and to find the right balance between showing who I am and not publishing everything but more of my good moments so that you can cheer ppl up and encourage them instead of yk sharing your crying pics and negative thoughts.
Social-media also gave us the opportunity to think bigger and with more opportunities which is very very good but it has also of course dark sides.
I remember working my butt uff to stay extremely skinny and to prioritize my look instead of inner health. So I focused more on my external appearance which make me completely forgot to do the internal self-work.

I am stillt not in a perfect relationship with working out and food but I can say I mostly work out now bcs of the feeling and positivity I get not based on looks anymore and of course it's always a motivation part.
Becoming the best version of yourself means not to stress out abt your appearance but to treat you like a goddess and know that you're worthy of a healthy lifestyle and good food. Knowing you're worthy of a treat and good vegetables daily.
Eating disorders is also sth that comes up more in our society now. Bcs there are so much ppl who think they know the best abt nutrition and sport so ppl become confused abt what to do. So do I which is also one of the reasons I wanted to start this website, YT etc...
Somehow it makes sense to eat veggies when we don't want to but going on crazy diets so that your body isn't capable of doing "normal" things anymore is not healthy.
How I deal with that:
What has helped me is a loot of hell self-care. The more I allow my body to take breaks the more I appreciate my body again. I'm more motivated to work out again.
Educate me abt eating disorders but also how the body image have changed has helped me a lot.
Listening to others who has experienced the same changed my mind and understanding with myself a lot.
It is no help to beat yourself up. I didn't plan realistic but now I know I rather do lil steps that big shit I can't do in the longterm.
As soon as I connected healthy eating with feeling good instead of looking good it's so much easier to eat just healthy cause I know unhealthy food has absolute no benefits for me.
I know I would just avoid my real emotions and feelings with food instead of dealing with them so it's always a short "solution" which also makes it worse in the longterm.

I have realized that I only eat unhealthy when there's sth in my mind I don't wanna handle with. So becoming mentally aware helped me with that also. If you struggle with that don't hesitate to search for professional help bcs this can get very serious soon. Trust me.
Remind yourself every day that's not the food itself your struggling with but your mentality abt it.
We are frkn humans we NEED food and it's okay to eat. It's okay to be afraid of it by nowadays body-standards but it's not okay to beat yourself up and judging yourself.
Love yourself wherever you can and do things that genuinely fulfill you.
I mean not what gives you approval but what makes you happy from deep deep inside no matter what any dude out there things.
Anyways also with that subject don't be shy to share you experience with friends and family if we normalize talking abt that it's easier for ppl to speak abt their actual problems and to solve them together. <3
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