Lunching on Saturday with four girlfriends, I got particularly disgruntled when two friends started debating how many laps of a nearby running track they’d need to endure in order to enjoy the delicious looking slice of cheesecake sitting in front of them. I immediately scolded my friends for even mentioning that we should feel guilty for enjoying such a wonderful treat.
So, you can imagine my sheer delight when I heard that today is International No Diet Day (INDD) - the annual celebration of body acceptance and diversity.
INDD originated in 1992, when British Feminist - Mary Evans Young - decided to fight the diet industry and raise awareness of the dangers of punitive and restrictive dieting, and to encourage people to accept their natural body shape. INDD has since been celebrated by body liberation, anti-diet, and other activists, groups and individuals around the world wanting to empower people of all sizes.
So today of all days, don’t count your calorie intake, enjoy a regular (rather than skinny!) latte, stop wishing you had Giselle’s washboard stomach, and LOVE the body you’ve been blessed with!
Cheesecake anyone?
For more information, visit The Butterfly Foundation http://www.thebutterflyfoundation.org.au/
- Steph
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