Pleasantly Plumply

I recently started by online weight loss album and made it public for all to see.  This wasn't a decision I took lightly.  People can be cruel and words painful.  Almost all of the pictures I have taken over the last several years have been face shots, rarely ever do you see a pic below my shoulders.  I began to contemplate on this.  The reason is clear, I was embarrassed for others to see me.  I was ashamed of my weight and my appearance.  This really started to trouble me.  If I can not be happy in my own skin there is something very wrong. 

Then I started scrolling through pictures of my friends and family and noticed several with nothing but face shots, some have never had a picture of themselves posted at all.  I began to wonder why this was.  Sure some may not have access to change their pictures, but I can't help but wonder how many are bothered by their own appearance.  Perhaps they feel too fat, too thin, too short, too tall... too anything that causes them to shy away from showing others themselves. 

Our society places a heavy emphasis on appearance, yet how someone views another person's appearance is completely subjective.  A person can be pretty when you first meet and after you get to know them their beauty somehow fades as their not so nice inner appearance takes over.  Beauty truly comes in all shapes, all sizes, and inner beauty can certainly shine through.  We all see beauty in different ways.  Billy sees me as beautiful, he sees me through his eyes in a way that I sometimes don't see myself.

I thought on this for awhile before deciding to post my fat pic, or pleasantly plumply pic, as I prefer to say.  I wanted to show the real me, completely raw and exposed.  I have my "pretty" days and then I have those days where I just feel hideous. I am a real person and I want other real people to know they are NOT alone. They can join "Team Michelle" (thank you Lisa) and be happy with yourself and motivate to change what your are not happy with.  So please join me in this journey and don't be afraid to post pics of the real you, the beautiful you!

~ Chelle
    12/3/13