Body Confidence

This weekend I flew to Toronto to celebrate Pride weekend with my friends.

I wore shorts (I NEVER do that) and tiny summer dresses all weekend long and never had a single moment of body-hatred. When we were out dancing and some cutie grabbed me from behind to dance, in my brain I was like, "Go ahead, grab my hips" and I didn't bother worrying about sucking in my stomach. It felt so liberating to be able to just enjoy myself without harboring obsessive and self-loathing thoughts about my body.

When I looked at the pictures later I was like, "Oh yeah, that was tons of fun!" Instead of agonizing about how fat my arms looked or how chubby my face was or a million other negative thoughts I usually have when looking at pictures of myself.

Although I'm not at my goal weight yet, I am finally at a healthy BMI and, more importantly, finally beginning to have a healthy self-image. I feel like a new woman! I feel encouraged to keep eating well and exercising because, wow, the payoff is REALLY worth it!

Here are some pictures of me being silly, having fun, and not giving a @&^$! about what I look like.