Do You Love Your Curves?

It makes me roar to hear a very skinny woman say how much she just loves her curves.  While she may indeed love them, there are far less curves on her than there are on a supposed “fat” girl or what society views as someone who is overweight. I’m not saying that skinny chicks have no curves or that they are ugly or that they are not accepted because everyone knows they are much more socially accepted than us “big, fun chicks” are.  What I am saying is that, no matter who you are, what size clothing you wear, how big or skinny or flat chested or big busted or how much junk you do or don’t have in your trunk, the one thing you want is to love your body. 

To stop the hate on our bodies is a lifelong journey that some, realistically, will never achieve.  Does this make you sad?  There is nothing I want more with regards to my body than to stop loathing problematic areas: “My stomach is getting fatter”, “Look at the red stretch marks around my belly button”, “If I look like this now when I haven’t had children yet, imagine what I’ll look like when I do!”, “My thighs are huge”, “My face is too fat”.  We all do it and it feels impossible to stop or to even accept when someone sends a compliment our way.  It’s not so easy as to be selected for “How To Look Good Naked” where you get an ultimate confidence boost at the end.

We are all real women.  We are not ugly, plain, dumpy, hideous, lumpy or gross.  Just because we don’t fit in size 0 jeans does not mean we are not beautiful.  Even if we don’t always see it, we are beautiful.