The “body positive” movement aims to put an end to appearances and beauty canons to focus all attention on feeling good and loving oneself as one is.
At this point, you have surely hated to talk about thousands of miracle diets that help you lose weight: paleo diet, keto diet, dissociated diet, Mediterranean diet, flexitarian diet… But, what about loving and accepting yourself as yourself? The body-positive movement emerged as an initiative in search of acceptance and visibility of all types of bodies.
It is increasingly common to see happy people with their perfect bodies on social networks, exposing beauty canons that do not reflect reality at all. Daily exposure has created a need to associate a healthy body with exercising, maintaining a healthy and balanced diet, being active, and taking care of yourself. While overweight and obesity are always associated with laziness, lack of will, neglect, and eating all kinds of food.
The body-positive movement aims to put an end to appearances and beauty canons, to focus all attention on feeling good and loving oneself as one is.
Being exposed to social networks can end up causing major psychological problems. For this reason, the role played by some influencers such as Beatriz Maestre, with whom we have spoken from Estetic.es, is so important.
“The first step to being happy is to accept the body as it is. Be aware that we are not perfect but we do have things that make us different and special. I love to tell myself something good about myself every day, ” explains the influencer.
The “body positive” movement aims to put an end to appearances and beauty canons.
Social networks are one of the main sources of impact. Thousands of people connect every day to upload their photos and brag about their life, their body, or their work. However, many times, such a “perfect” lifestyle makes other people start to feel bad about themselves, at that moment it is essential to “recognize what it is that makes you feel bad and run away from it. If something does not represent you or harm you, it is best not to see it. Imagine that you constantly have a stone in your shoe that makes you chafe, would you always leave it there or would you try to remove it?” explains Beatriz Maestre.
And what can we do to change it? In addition to loving yourself as you are, not letting yourself be influenced by other people’s lifestyles, and knowing how to respect yourself, many influencers, including Beatriz, highlight the importance of eliminating clothing sizes. “Sizes are just a number that does NOT represent us. In addition, each store has different patterns and the fact of not always wearing the same size can create harmful thoughts in people who are going through a bad time”.
The most important thing is to love yourself as you are. “Because the only person you’re going to wake up with every morning is you. Perhaps we are not always happy with ourselves, but it is necessary to know how we want to be and try to always look for our best version”.
Due to the great impact, it is having, many brands are lately betting on including models that belong to the “body positive” movement in their campaigns. There are those who consider that it can mean a big step for the future of fashion and those who see it as pure posture. “I post pure and hard. I am not going to mention anyone in particular (although I do have several in mind), who uploads photos “betting” on diversity and physically do not go beyond the L… But, beware, we will continue fighting to change it! concludes Beatriz.
