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Our mission: to love ourselves, every last inch! To support others, help build positive self esteem! This is The Body Peace Revolution!

This is a place of encouragement, a place to talk about body image, a place for feeling beautiful. No matter what you look like, what color, what gender, what size or however many "flaws", healthy, not healthy, working on it, we are all human, we all deserve to be happy, we all deserve to love ourselves. With this blog you will see all kinds of REAL bodies, REAL people, REAL stories.

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Trigger Warning: self-harm, self-hate, bullying.

Hi, I’m Lauren. My entire life I’ve dealt with my weight, my self confidence being non existent. I was bullied in high school which eventually led me to a deep depression and leaving my school to be home schooled. My grades were straight F’s when I left. I hated sports with a passion because my P.E. class was hell for me. I would refuse to dress down and get detention. I felt like I was being punished for being self conscious. When I did dress down, I would get laughed and and girls would tell me to kill myself. I would come home every day in tears and sleep until dinner. Then I would eat, shower, and go back to sleep. I was cutting and making myself throw up with the few moments that I was awake every day. When I started home schooling I was very lonely, which made my depression ten times worse. My time in Junior high was definitely worse than high school, but at least I was surrounded by a few friends then.

Eventually, my grades picked up. I realized how much of an outlet my school work was. I felt so happy when I got a good grade, almost like I was flying. I felt…smart. I had never really felt smart before. I was still facing the loneliness, but good grades seemed to fill the void. My friends had stopped talking to me so much, stopped calling, stopped texting. They started hanging out with each other more and leaving me out of things. Eventually, the prom was coming up. I asked my best friend at the time to take me, and she agreed. I bought her and I prom dresses (after a lot of looking to find one that would fit me) and flowers for our wrists. Prom night, how exciting is that? The one night you can be a princess.

See me smiling in that photo there? That was a genuine smile. That was the first time I remember feeling beautiful, well, ever. I felt like I stood out with my red hair and ruffled dress, and I liked it. I liked the attention because I know I looked good. That night, I didn’t want to hide.

Eventually my prom date and I stopped being friends. Things fell apart, but better things fell in to place. I now have a best friend named Jennifer who inspires me to keep going. She accepts me, and loves every single pound. She’s one of the most gorgeous girls I’ve ever laid my eyes on, yet I don’t strive to look like her. She makes me feel comfortable and smart. We don’t try to be each other, we make each other feel comfortable with being ourselves. We strive to better each other, and I love her deeply. Another best friend of mine is  Jacob. He’s such a sweet man and I adore him more than he could ever comprehend. He loves me for me. He says I’m beautiful at least once a day, and he makes an effort for me. He has a beautiful mind and he’s very handsome. Recently him and I have discovered that we feel more for each other than we once thought. He’s been in my life for a very long time, and he makes me smile without even trying. I feel so lucky to have these people in my life, and I’m starting to love myself as much as I love them.

Your weight doesn’t define who you are, because no matter how you look or how much you weight, rude people will always try to put you down. All you need is people who love you for you, and you’ll be just fine sugar. If you feel like you don’t have anyone, my ask box is always open. You’re beautiful. Never forget that.

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