After reviewing my first post from yesterday I recognize I was pretty vague in explaining why I finally bit the bullet and created this blog...Long story short, a person who I thought was a very close friend, who I trusted, and loved, said some incredibly hurtful things about me, my weight, and basically told me that my self-esteem is too high considering the way I actually look. In the moment when I heard these criticisms I was enraged. I was surprised. I was devastated.
I thought long and hard about what this friend said, and I realized he couldn't be any more wrong.
I'm not sorry that I'm confident. I'm not sorry that I love myself for the things that make me beautiful, for the things that make me me. I'm not sorry that I focus on the good, recognize the bad, but refuse to let the bad bring me down. I'm not sorry I refuse to lock myself in my home until I come out a size 2. I'm not sorry that I am over the top and extravagant sometimes. That's me.
But I am sorry that I was foolish enough to believe he was actually my friend.
So to all you girls out there--when someone says something hurtful or just plain mean, remember the things you love about yourself. Remember the things that make you special. Turn that negativity into inspiration! Heck, it inspired the birth of big girl living in a skinny world!
xoxo-Tiffany
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