strongbodybeautifulmind:

Thursday, someone overheard me at work talking about the fact that I have been running lately & going to the gym.

Then the same guy saw me making a fresh smoothie out of mango, banana, & orange juice & said, “Oh, you are doing this whole dieting thing, too, how much weight are you trying to lose.” I responded with my goal weight & told him I love eating healthy because it tastes better than junk food. He replied, “See, that’s the problem with white girls they are always trying to get skinny,” to my boyfriend who is Dominican. To which I retorted, “I am not trying to get skinny, I am trying to get fit.” His response, “Let me ask you one question: what does your man think about how you look?” Mine, “It doesn’t matter what he thinks, I am doing this for me & no one else.” My boyfriend applauded.

I love who I am & I love my body - that is why I am trying to treat it better & give it the nourishment & exercise it deserves. I will not let anyone make me feel bad about taking care of myself.

Reblogging myself because I feel like this is relevant to both of my tumblrs.

"Being called ugly and fat and disgusting to look at from the time I could barely understand what the words meant has scarred me so deep inside that I have learned to hunt, stalk, claim, own and defend my own loveliness and my image of myself as stunningly gorgeous with a ruthlessness and a defensiveness that I fear for anyone who casually or jokingly questions it, as my anger and rage combined with my intense and fearsome command of words create insults meant to maim, kill and destroy."