Thin does not equal happiness It really doesn’t! Sadly this is something we have the learn with age and sometimes re-learn over and over. It comes slowly with the realisation that diet culture does not and should not dictate the way we live our lives. I spent my life wishing my body away. Wishing to be smaller. Wishing to me thinner. Wishing to be so unwell that I wouldn’t be able to eat or to lose weight quickly. Then what I’d always wished for, happened. And it came in the form of stage 4 cancer. Weight-loss came... with a side of chemo, operations, transplant, hair loss, injections, pain, sadness & time lost. Turns out, that isn’t what I wanted at all because I lost weight but I realised, I wasn’t happy. Obviously. Ironically, it took getting what I wished for in the form of the worst possible thing that would ever happen and massively regretting it to learn that happiness does not come with how much I weigh or the size of my clothes! Happiness came from learning that life is about so much more and what a privilege it is to simply, LIVE. So please, take this as a lesson. From me to you. To stop wishing your life away until you’ve lost weight and to start living now. Life is magical. I’ve tagged some amazing humans that taught me the meaning of life and how weight loss does not equal happiness. I highly advise you following them: @thebirdspapaya @sydneylbell @alexlight_ldn @jaimmykoroma @isabelladavis6 @julesvonhep @sophthickfitnesss @bryntstagram @i_weigh @shannonalxndra @tiffanyima @kenziebrenna @hayleymadiganfitness @danielleisanxious @sierranielsen @georginacoxpersonaltraining There are so so many more 💜 fill your feed with humans that empower you #lifesforliving #livebig #free #selflove #lifelessons #cancer #stage4cancer #hodgkinslymphoma