Finally learning to love myself after 29 years of struggle. Love this H&M dress I bought for NYE 2013. 36 x 31 x 41, size 12.
This was taken on my 27th bday and I fucking love this pic. It has been too long of never being happy with the way i look and feeling annoyed by my crazy weight that refuses to leave my body. I am always striving to be positive, but some days I am not. This year I decided to try my best to accept this body I was given… all the 5’3” (36-31-41) and 160-155 pounds of it. So what if I don’t have a flat tummy, the inside of my thighs jiggles and i am plumper than I would wish to be. What is important to me is that I AM HEALTHY AND FIT because I put the effort to eat well and exercise even when sometimes I don’t want to. I may not look as “skinny” as I would wish, but I am HEALTHY. The point is to love yourself more so that you want and strive to be your best self inside and out.
5’5” (and 1/4”)
34DD-31-44
I’ve gained about an inch on my waist and thighs since starting college and have recently began to focus on getting back into better shape. Even while being conscious of my weight gain and having certain clothing items feel a bit more snug, I still feel aware that my body is what I make of it. I am capable, confident, and curvy.
I’d been pulling a lot of Noir photos into my inspiration folder lately, and this is one of the photos that resulted from that inspiration.
I’m a photographer and I just graduated college this past weekend, so I’m trying to start this new chapter of my life out right by being motivated to make work.
Last time I checked, my measurements were 39-31-41. I think. You all are lovely and help me to remember that curves are beautiful. This summer will be my time to finally get back into better shape now that I’m not as incredibly busy, but only to feel better and healthier.
This is me. I have good days and bad days, days where I want to rip open my skin and slither out, and days where I want to gallivant around naked. Accepting that it’s perfectly normal to feel like that helps too. 41-31-41.
Erika Elfwencrona for Simply Yours
34DD bust, 31 inch waist, 41 inch hips
Curvy Kate Rio Ruffle Bikini Top and Rio Ruffle Skirted Brief available at Simply Yours
Tahi / 5’3” / 155 lbs / 36-31-41
Self acceptance & self love is not an easy task, don’t ever get tired of trying to love yourself more and more each day!!! I certainly don’t have a great self esteem, self acceptance or self love; but I keep trying every damn day!!! You are all amazingly beautiful so start BELIEVING IT!!! I shall do the same ;)
“There comes a time when you have to stand up and shout:
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me… or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don’t fit your idea of who I should be and don’t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”Stacey Charter
This is me damn it! I look the way I look, think the way I think, feel the way I feel, love the way I love! I am a whole complex package. Take me… or leave me. Accept me - or walk away! Do not try to make me feel like less of a person, just because I don’t fit your idea of who I should be and don’t try to change me to fit your mold. If I need to change, I alone will make that decision. When you are strong enough to love yourself 100%, good and bad - you will be amazed at the opportunities that life presents you.”Stacey Charter
