Via @isabelladavis6 I was told by past partners that I needed to alter my body to be attractive to them. That I needed to shrink if I wanted to be the one by their side. That my body wasn’t easy to love. Since I was constantly being told by the people I dated that I needed to be thinner and smaller, I started to believe it. I began to think that my weight determined my worth, and if not thin, I was worthless. How sad to think now that I used to base my worth on my looks. How sad to think that society bases a woman’s worth of her beauty. In my early 20s, I was conditioned to believe that when someone’s body changes in their relationship, this is seen as letting yourself go or failing your partner. So when I gained weight in my current relationship, I feared the worst. I feared my partner would see it as letting myself go. But he never negatively commented on my weight before and after my body changed. He only showed my body love and affection. That’s when I realised that I am more than my body and the right person will love you for more than your looks I just had to believe it. I had to believe that my body is the least interesting thing about me and my worth is not based upon my looks despite what I’d been told. Because when I truly started to believe it I made myself open to accepting love exactly as I am. So let me tell you this. Don’t shrink yourself to please another. Don’t settle for less than you deserve. You are worthy of love at any weight or size. Your worth is not based upon your looks and the right person will love every inch of you and never forget you are so worthy of healthy love regardless of your weight or size.