My oldest daughter Mylee heard a woman a few weeks ago, tell girls her age that when they become women their hips will get larger. Mylee was upset as she knows it is not true and was worried the girls would believe this. It of course made me furious how easily others say these things to others, especially young kids, not realizing the damage it does. So right then and there, I had Josh take this picture on the right so I could do a comparison picture and a post about it. 
This was the same crap I heard growing up. I heard it all constantly. Everything from "You take after the Worsleys and they have big hips" to "After kids you will never fit into your high school clothes" to "Hips grow with childbirth and you will never be small". Well that just kept anchoring in the belief that I was screwed because I had 8 pregnancies and 5 live births on top of the side of family I apparently took after.
I believed the programming for years. I believed that there was no way I could be smaller. Until one day at 240+lbs, I literally wrote down and declared "SCREW THAT! MY BODY IS NOT THEIR BODY. I AM NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THEIR RULES. MY BODY CAN BE THIN IF IT WANTS TO. MY BODY CAN BE SLIM EVEN IF I HAD CHILDREN AND EVEN IF ......" the list went on for several pages as I literally spewed all my anger out of all the programming I had been given and all the anger at myself for believing it.
Most of you know what happend next. My body transformed alot in just a year. My hips now are smaller than they have ever been (right picture). My entire body now is slimmer than it was in high school (2 top left pictures) and even AFTER 5 babies that I birthed from these hips and after carrying an extra 100+ lbs of weight for years(bottom left)!
Your body is beautiful and doing amazing things right now and is capable of amazing things regardless of what society, family and others say. You can go against what others believe and have taught you about your body. I did it and you can too!
Also, lets stop telling children and even adults that they can't be or have what they desire.
Are you ready yet to work on your emotional, spiritual and mental weight and the beliefs/programming that are keeping you and your body stuck? I am here and would love to help you with your transformation!
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