Hiya, guys!
As I'm doing this post I'm watching
The Plump Pinay Show -- no, make it catching up with the episodes that I've missed. They usually air Mondays and Thursdays at 6pm and have their replay at 9pm, but most of the time I'm out of the house during those times (you know, school). It's a really good thing that they upload their episodes over at YouTube for their fans like me who could not watch their show on the set airing time.
You heard it right, I'm a fan of these twins and their
blog because I totally support their advocacy, and because I'm personally going through a journey towards self-acceptance.
Truth be told, it was a long and hard one. I won't get into much of the details, but to keep it a little short, my parents would ALWAYS pick on my body -- how my tummy would stick out like a pregnant woman, how I would be vulnerable to all kinds of diseases because of my fat body, how I can't wear certain clothes (body-hugging clothes, in particular) -- you know the drill. They would force me (emphasis on force here) to eat less and to work out for two hours, just so I could be as thin as the rest of my family (I'm the 'fattest' in the family, by the way). My sibs, in turn, would also mock me for being big and fat unlike themselves.
Out of frustration, I "tried" doing what they tell me -- I ate less and exercised more at one point of my life. I was feeling good about it until it started to affect some aspects of my life, because I became obsessed with all things weight loss that it has momentarily taken over my life. It has affected me so much that it started to take its toll on my law studies. And a day of The Plump Pinay blog-reading marathon (and a few more readings from other sites to supplement that) made me realize that
I don't need to be thin to be beautiful, healthy and happy.
