The Why: Weight Watchers
Before we begin, I'd like to throw in a little trigger warning: this post deals with weight loss and trying to achieve a healthy weight. So if you're struggling with an eating disorder or other body issues, please skip this post. Today's topic is one that I'm a little hesitant to write about, if I'm honest. These days, it seems like my social media feed is full of body positive messages. I love these posts and fully support the movement of women (and people in general) being comfortable with our bodies as they are, rather than being subjected to unrealistic and harmful body standards, to the idea that women's bodies should be constantly changed and sculpted to fit some impossible ideal. So... it's a bit of a weird thing to say I'm trying to lose weight. I don't talk about it much outside my close friend circle and, of course, the Weight Watchers app. I almost feel bad, or guilty, for wanting to lose weight. Like it's a failure to fully love a...