Yes, I like donuts with fruit loops on top! Am I the only person that can eat cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner? I was sitting on the beach unbothered in my bikini when my friend boo snapped a photo and the first thing I said when I saw it was “Ew, my stomach looks weird.” My first thought was to delete it. Why do we delete those pictures that we feel our bodies don’t look the best in? Oh, because the world is full of judgmental body shamers that’s why.

Some days I have abs, some days my waist is a perfect 26, MOST days I’m super bloated with love handles. Everyday I’m happy though, because I don’t starve myself and I don’t give a shit about what others may think about my body image. I’m already hard enough on myself to even consider the judgements of other people. I have my flaws, but my body isn’t one of them.

Two weeks ago I had a patient who was complaining to me about not being able to gain weight due to her terminal illness. She was young, beautiful, discouraged, and sad. She literally had zebra cakes and snacks all over her room 🤦🏽‍♀️It was snack heaven in that bih. I instantly got salty because for lunch that day I brought two boiled eggs and a salad. I was focusing so hard on weight loss and trying to hit my 23 year old body goal weight by a certain time. After hearing her complain about the very opposite thing I was trying to achieve I felt horrible. Wow, some people have no control over their weight due to diseases, diseases I do not have to wake up everyday struggling with. I went straight to the cafeteria and bought me some Hot Flaming Cheetos! I know they aren’t healthy for my body, but I like them, and I’m going to enjoy them in moderation.

We focus so much on trying to get this perfect body that we forget how to enjoy life. It becomes “oh I can’t do that because I’m trying to lose weight, I’m not wearing that until I lose weight, when in all reality, some never make it to those goals. Of course you should eat healthy because it’s good for your body, but don’t starve or limit yourself to anything that you truly want. Life is short and yours may be shorter than others. That’s why I eat donuts with cereal on the top SOMETIMES, that’s why I’m okay with flaunting my pics with my bloated stomach and love handles. That’s why I’m happy with my body no matter what opinions other may have about it. ️ Eat the donuts (in moderation) and don’t feel bad about it.