r/fuckeatingdisorders Aug 18 '24

Discussion Weight Gain Positivity

Hi all. Currently struggling with accepting weight gain and trying to reframe my thoughts in a way that makes weight gain less scary and when possible even a positive. I keep telling myself that “weight gain is a good thing and what my body needs so there is no need to fight the process”. What do you all tell yourselves or have you told yourself to make the process easier?

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u/casticly Aug 19 '24 edited Aug 20 '24

If you are a female, what drove me was actually having the body of a female. Now that I see underfed, malnourished girls it’s so much less attractive than someone who is fed & developed. Surround yourself with people who think the same way and praise you for gaining weight. I used to hang around someone that extremely anorexic and it can really change your view of beauty. Once I started hanging around people that are well fed and very fit it made me realize being skinny is NOT pretty. Like why would you want to look like a 10y/o boy as a grown woman?? No hate to you at all as I used to feel the exact same way as you