Your body—whether it is straight-sized or plus-sized, able-bodied or disabled, young or aging—is not an ornament to be admired. It is an instrument of your life. It digests your food, heals your wounds, carries your hopes, and holds your heart.

You will have days where you fall back into old patterns. You will catch yourself pinching your waist in the mirror. You will skip a workout and feel lazy. This is not failure. This is the echo of a lifetime of conditioning.

When you pursue wellness from a place of body positivity, you are not trying to shrink yourself to fit the world. You are expanding the world to include you.