This semester I am taking an Intro to Nutrition class, and it's been a mind-blowing experience this far.
I decided to listen to a podcast called "BodyLove". The episode I chose to listen to was called
https://www.jessihaggerty.com/blog/blp17 "Katie Dalebout on Healing Through Journaling, Dealing with Bad Body Image Days, and Being Uncomfortable."
This podcast really spoke to me in several different ways, so I chose to break it down into a few smaller topics, based on my comparisons of what I got from the episode.
BODY IMAGE
In high school and growing up, I always felt a little inadequate when compared with other people. I was an average weight for my height. Not underweight, not overweight. Just average. And that was okay with me. I maintained an active teenage lifestyle and felt okay with life.
Now, as a 22-year-old engaged to the love of her life, my mindset has changed. I still fight the feelings of being inadequate in comparison to those around me. I still struggle with the cultural acceptance of what a pretty girl is.
I've learned that being pretty and feeling good about yourself is more about how you personally feel and not how others perceive you. As long as you're happy with who you are and what you are, that should be all that matters.
My fiance' Bryant has helped me combat those feelings of inadequacy. He has given me a sense of self-confidence back that had been destroyed before I met him. That had been shattered because of my failed relationships with other people, which egg-ed me on for self-pity. I thought that my failed relationships were because I wasn't the stereotype of what I was sure at the time every guy wanted.
Katie talks about how "being cognizant and accepting the realization of gradual progress of who we picture ourselves being is going to take TIME." I absolutely agree. It is something that isn't going to happen overnight and isn't going to happen without putting in the necessary work.
RELATIONSHIP TO FOOD
I can say that college has personally shaped how I feel about food. As my college years have progressed, I’ve found a healthier relationship to food than I’ve ever had before. I’ve realize that eating healthier has made me a brand-new me.
Now as I'm preparing to become a wife, I've found that I not only eat a lot healthier, but I have a strong desire to eat healthier. Bryant and I have fun making food in the kitchen together, laughing together, joking about each other's cooking, and genuinely enjoy one another's company.
I feel that I am beginning to feel like I can love myself again, especially as I start a new chapter and adventure in my life. I'm excited to start learning how to be comfortable with my body just the way it is.
Shout-out to Jessi with the BodyLove podcast for her awesome guests and for Katie for giving me the confidence to journal it out and be the best version of myself I know how to be.
