keira amelia

tinypinprick:

sometimes i have moments where i see my body and freak out. my brain screams, “you’ve gained weight!”

and i have. but something that has really helped me has been asking myself, when this happens, “so what are you going to do?” 

because in the past, i would have restricted and/or overexercised, etc., whatever, blah blah blah.

and where did that ever get me?

so when i ask myself this question now, i think, well. im not going to force myself to exercise when i dont want to. im not going to force myself to eat less when im hungry. this all just leads to over-exhaustion and bingeing anyways…

and if im not going to do any of those destructive acts to make myself smaller; to make my body into a size it so clearly doesnt want to be…then all im left with is to accept it. accept ive gained weight. accept my body for what it is. today.

and what a peaceful feeling it is, to notice your body has changed, maybe in a way you dont like or arent comfortable with yet…and accept it anyways. 

theworlddreamer:

I am not as thin as I used to be, and that is okay.

I no longer can feel my bones jutting out, and that is okay.

I no longer have a considerable gap between my legs, and that is okay.

It is okay, I am going to be okay.

thevelvetpelican:

If you don’t like your body and catch yourself getting caught in a thought spiral about how much you don’t like your body: get out of your head and do something with your body.

Draw a picture, take a walk, heck, throw some rocks around if you can.  Life gets better when you stop caring about what your body looks like and start appreciating what it can do.

imaginethisinstead:

your value is not linked to looking a certain way. you can find happiness and meaning outside your eating disorder.

recoversuggestions:

eating and weight gain aren’t the enemy. your eating disorder is.

thepowerwithin:

Wellbeing is not just one thing. It is not just working out, or just eating healthy, or just working hard. Establishing a sense of wellbeing treats all components as equal entities; Getting active vs. Meditation. Eating healthy vs. Positive self talk. It is like viewing a masterpiece in its entirety. Seeing yourself as a whole rather than just a single fragment. Hence, it is well-being. Wellness of your entire being. Nourishing of your entire self. Care towards every single part of who you are.

~Nicole Addison

(via ballerina-ana-recovers)

flowerais:

you have to get yourself out of bad places. you need to resist the temptation to let everything slip and become apathetic & cynical toward yourself and your life. you need to accept that it takes time to change and it’s ok to fall over as long as u get back up. every morning is a new start and things don’t have to be this way forever. you can heal and you can change.

(via ballerina-ana-recovers)