Quotes About Body positivity

The focus for me is always about health. That's why I talk about self-care rather than size or anything like that, because that's something we can all do that's relatable - this discussion of being healthy form the inside-out.

I realized that I had an eating disorder in which I controlled myself to a point that I would not let myself enjoy what I wanted to eat or eat what I needed to eat, all to stay a certain size.

I don't want to encourage eating disorders.

I'm comfortable in my body and I don't mind putting it on display. Honestly, I like how unique it is. My big arms, my bigger hands, these long legs - I love being different.

For me, I feel empowered when I use my body to exercise, play sports, and explore the world. My body allows me to sing, dance, talk, feel - and eat a damn good piece of cheesecake.

Fat people aren't just fat people; they have so many layers to them, just like anybody else, that I think should be explored.

I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at.

I like a man with some extra padding.

Even if you have some extra kilos, you don't need to kill yourself for that; you just have to look at yourself as a positive.

No one's ever told me I needed to get a facelift or anything.

Why should I dislike anything about my appearance? I came off the factory line this way. I am perfect.

It's my body. And I like my body. And I like my breasts. And no, they're not fake.

My legs are nice, my lips are shapely, and my breasts are pretty. They popped up when I was 11 and they weren't small then. I was teased, but now those kids wish they had what I have!

As a teenager, I had big breasts for my age, and my friends cracked on me a lot.

I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.

Swimmers provide much healthier role models for teenagers than the catwalk.

I'm not like recruiting people and starting a cult and telling people to be fat.

Growing up, I had my mom to look up to; J. Lo and Marilyn Monroe were notable curvy women. But I didn't have anyone with cellulite or back fat telling me they didn't care.

In the beginning I used to say, 'I'm healthy, my cholesterol's fine, I don't have high blood pressure, I don't have diabetes.' By telling people that you see a doctor, and telling people that you're healthy, it's perpetuating the abuse against bigger bodies and the mindset that we owe it to people to be healthy.

I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.

I'm a wild girl from a cursed line of women. I paw at the ground and run under the moon. I like the feel of my own body. I'm not a slut or a nympho or someone who's just asking for it. And if I talk too loud it's just that I'm trying to be heard.

It was not a curse to fully inhabit your body.

I believe in women. I believe in myself. I believe in my body.

If tomorrow, women woke up and decided they really liked their bodies, just think how many industries would go out of business.