What people get wrong about body positivity

I find it interesting that people think that being body positive means that you can’t change.

That in order to love your body how it is that you can’t also want to change.

This is just black & white thinking at its finest!

Do we say to someone who is going to the gym in order to get stronger, “if you really loved yourself as you are, you wouldn’t try to get stronger?”

Do we say to someone trying to get a promotion at work, “if you were happy, you wouldn’t need this promotion?”

Do we say to someone who is training for a marathon, “your cardiovascular conditioning is good enough, why do you want to test the limits of your body?”

Of course we don’t! Because it’s a ridiculous notion to think that as humans we don’t want to grow, achieve, or develop different interests.

Just because you love yourself, curves and all, doesn’t mean that you have to stay exactly as you are. You can love yourself heavier, lighter, more muscular, less muscular, whatever!

The point is, the choice is yours.

Don’t let yourself be fooled that everything is black & white. This or that. On or off.

That's just limited thinking.

Break the rules, woman! Have the body YOU want AND love it to pieces at every size it’s at!