Has being an athlete made you love your body or hate it?
Why being an athlete is good for your body image
Athletes are the best.
To quote Drake:
"You know a lot of girls be thinking my [blog's] about them, but...{athletes], this one's for you"
You've heard me talk about how water polo has been awesome for my body. I also think that athletes have a good shot at a healthy relationship with their bodies in general.
Even though, being an athlete can cause a few other issues with your body, it can also be really great.
Here's why being an athlete makes you good at being body positive.
Just because you were a size 2 once doesn't mean you should be there now.
I once was a size 2. Actually, if you go back far enough, I think I used to be a size 0-2 months.
Ba doom cha!
Seriously, though. This is the diet trap.
One time when you were "really really really good," you were able to be this size. This is your ideal size. It seems reasonable to you because you were there once. It's not like you want to look like OG Barbie or even like Taylor Swift, you just want to be this size again.
What to do when you feel crappy about your body.
Spring time is rampant with all sorts of "detoxes" and "cleanses" encouraging you to stress out about how your body looks. And, even though I like to think I'm immune to this nonsense, I'm not. Today, I found myself thinking WAAAAAY too much about my belly.
I'm a child of the 90s and during key developmental parts of my life, "midriff tops" were a super big deal. Can you say Hit me baby one more time? I've always been REALLY insecure about my belly.
I wanted to share what really works for me to get out of the body shaming funk so you, too, can stop the cycle:
I'm a feminist and I like the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
So Ashley Graham is on the cover on the 2016 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition.
I'm pretty excited that a "plus-size" model has graced the cover of this famed publication.
You're probably thinking, "Noel, you're supposed to be a feminist, right? What are you doing looking at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue?"