So relatable, also so glad we’ve both done the work to not be in that situation now. I don’t think the pressures ever go away, but with practice it gets easier to tell those intrusive thoughts to F off 🙌
YESSSSS!!! GOD, how I related to this. I had a very similar experience where I was at an Italian restaurant and I LITERALLY SOBBED because I was forcing myself to get pounded chicken instead of the pasta that I really wanted. Obviously, my sobbing was a real bummer for everyone else at the table. Like - why do we put ourselves through this misery?! When you look back on these times, it feels SO ridiculous! I guess we have to go through it, though, to get to the other side! Thank you so much for sharing this. ♥
I agree. Most millennial women I know have a complicated relationship with weight and food. The way magazines, TV and media talked about the women's body during our teen years was impressionable. We still have lingering internalized feelings about looks that at least to me, has been impossible to shake out completely.
So relatable, also so glad we’ve both done the work to not be in that situation now. I don’t think the pressures ever go away, but with practice it gets easier to tell those intrusive thoughts to F off 🙌
yes!!! f off, thoughts, and give me another marg.
YESSSSS!!! GOD, how I related to this. I had a very similar experience where I was at an Italian restaurant and I LITERALLY SOBBED because I was forcing myself to get pounded chicken instead of the pasta that I really wanted. Obviously, my sobbing was a real bummer for everyone else at the table. Like - why do we put ourselves through this misery?! When you look back on these times, it feels SO ridiculous! I guess we have to go through it, though, to get to the other side! Thank you so much for sharing this. ♥
yes. sometimes we have to get to that point to realize how ridiculous it all is. i’m so glad you could relate!!!
Amen, sister! Life is too short!
I agree. Most millennial women I know have a complicated relationship with weight and food. The way magazines, TV and media talked about the women's body during our teen years was impressionable. We still have lingering internalized feelings about looks that at least to me, has been impossible to shake out completely.