Alex Lights explains some simple ways we can learn to embrace weight gain
“Growing up, I was chubby – and hyper-aware of it. I strongly believed there was something wrong with the way I looked,” recalls Alex Light. And so began a toxic relationship with diets from the age of 11.
"Weight loss=good. Weight gain=bad. Right? That’s certainly what we’ve been taught – idolise the skinny and condemn the fat…It occurs for many reasons: recovering from an eating disorder or disordered eating, mental health issues, stress, sleep issues, medication, physical illnesses, physical injuries, menopause, pregnancy and many more. Sometimes, it’s for a simple reason – maybe you no longer walk to work or you’re socialising more and are enjoying eating socially.
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Weight gain was the external proof of this and I was damn proud of it. He responded with: ‘OK but ur still ugly’. Needless to say, I left it there!”Turn to self-compassion. It’s OK to be struggling with weight gain. Pushing those feelings down by pretending that it isn’t challenging can make it even more difficult in the long term. Allow yourself to grieve your previous body or your fantasy of yourself at a lower weight.
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