It has begun

flaws-dissolve-in-love:

curveappeal:

Erika Elfwencrona 

34DD bust, 31 inch waist, 41 inch hips

for Simply Be

Would love to have this body. Thick but sexy!

losingeliz:

My final Before & After Photo!

5’11”

Starting Weight [Sept. 2011] : 230 lbs.

Ending Weight [May 2012] : 174 lbs.

Set my UGW @ 160 lbs. but am very content with where I’m at now and am looking to just tone and build muscle from here :] I wish I had complete measurments from beginning to end but the photos I think speak for themselves! This was such an amazing journey and I never plan to stop eating healthy and staying active. It has changed my life <33

weight-a-second:

sherbetstraw:

Denise Bidot, pear

I like to think I’m her size now because she’s a hot lady.

Woah guys, look! It’s my body! 

afitterlife:

kristinbecomesfit:

This girl looks amazing! Inspiration for sure

I’m obligated to reblog this every time it’s on my dash; not only is her progress AMAZING but she’s from Indiana <3

lost-penguins:

Food porn?

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keepcalm-countcalories:

This is my best friend, Berlina.

Since kindergarten, she’s been bullied over her weight. She’s had health complications because of it. She’s changed schools because of it. And when I met her in year 7, she was still so bubbly, so full of life, you’d never believe that someone this strong was hiding so much pain. 

She’s always been there for me as a friend. Last year, she sat by my hospital bedside for hours and hours and hours after my overdose. She literally wouldn’t leave until the nurses forced everyone out. And the sacrifices she’s made for not only me but all of my friends amazes me, because she’s taken on everyone else’s pain as well as her own. 

Recently, she’s been through a lot. It’s our final year of high school and all our teachers are harassing her for ‘not putting enough effort into her studies’ despite the fact that she’s not going for an ATAR (final exam rank). She cuts the words fat and ugly into her arm. She’s dealt with death threats from one of her ex best friends. She’s had guys treat her like shit and been called a slut and a fat bitch. And so she’s starting to believe it.

Please, please reblog this if you think Berlina is beautiful, inside and out. Reblog if you have a friend who’s amazing who you want to tell all of tumblr about. 

Reblog because no one so good should feel so bad that they want to end their own life.

interludeofwhitney:

Omg yum

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lacigreen:

stophatingyourbody:

wheeliewifee:

Glamour Magazine Body Size Stereotypes Survey:

What the Glamour Magazine poll shows about the assumptions women hold

Heavy women are pegged as…

“lazy” 11 times as often as thin women; “sloppy” nine times; “undisciplined” seven times; “slow” six times as often.

While thin women are seen as…

“conceited” or “superficial” about eight times as often as heavy women; “vain” or “self-centered” four times as often; and “bitchy,” “mean,” or “controlling” more than twice as often.

Even the “good” labels are unfair.

An overweight woman may be five times as likely to be perceived as “giving” as a skinny one. “But it just fits into the stereotype that thin women are not that way,” explains Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D. “It’s still putting women in a box based on their body size.”

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This is so interesting… and really sad. The fact that heavy women ALSO judge heavy women and thin women judge other thin women is so disheartening.

Hopefully places like Stop Hating Your Body can help change this even a little bit at a time… 

(click on the image for the entire article, it is worth the read!)

It’s very interesting that the article is about stereotypes, and yet both the women shown here, while their body sizes are different, are both white, blonde, and what the media would like to push as being ideally ‘beautiful’. 

That being said, however, the article does make a good point. People are far too eager to place people in a box strictly on what the shape of their body, and it’s not okay. The only way to change is to question what you’re made to think, and why.

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