As I’m sure most women on the planet can relate to, our relationship with our bodies, particularly our weight, is something we struggle with since the moment we played with a Barbie doll. At a young age, we were surrounded by images from magazines and movies that made us believe being thin was somehow a sign of our worth.
Luckily, progress has been made in recent years to celebrate the curves, bumps, divots, jiggles, wiggles, and every other part of women’s bodies that is not only natural, but as it turns out, has helped us survive.
Suggest editors stumbled upon a powerful video from Chelsea Hart, a social media guru. Hart’s Instagram page is full of stories and commentary on a plethora of social issues, and in a recent post, they encouraged us to love our curves.
Hart says that Hart was approached by a woman to ask about their workouts. She said she wanted her body to look like theirs, and called them. “so lucky.”Hart is tall and thin. He has an athletic build.
“I did not like this!”Hart said this in an Instagram video. “This energy where you compliment me at the expense of yourself—I rebuke it!”
Hart explained that genes are the main factor in determining body types and that Hart and his mother inherited the physical characteristics of their biological father, who was a tall, lean man. Hart stated that their mother is “one of the healthiest eaters [they] know”Yet, he has not yet a “voluptuous”frame and is often “gaslit”a result of her body type.
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Hart continued the video with a history lesson. “Many of your ancestors survived unimaginable famines and droughts,”They agreed. “And the only kind of [feature] that survive climates like those is an ability to retain fat—the very feature you are demonized for made you possible against impossible odds.”
They’re not wrong. They’re not wrong. This 2019 study was published by Cell ReportsAnn Marie Schmidt, professor and study author, stated, “We discovered an anti-starvation mechanism that has become a curse in times of plenty because it sees cellular stress created by overeating as similar to stress created by starvation—and puts the brakes on our ability to burn fat.”
The trick our bodies used to prevent us from starving can now make it difficult to lose weight, even when we have enough food. Hart was correct. We should be grateful for this bodily phenomenon that saved the lives of our ancestors and allowed us to live. OurToday, we live extraordinary lives.
Hart ended her video by saying, “You are a walking, talking victory; your body is a miracle.”We could all use more positivity in discussing our bodies.