Self Hate is Poison, Even if it Motivates You
I just read a post here on Medium that started with a woman saying that she’s never been overweight, in fact, she’s always been thin. But one day she got disgusted with herself and went on to lose 20 pounds over the course of a summer.
She wanted to inspire readers to use self-disgust as a impetus for change — specifically, as a way to push past whatever laziness and excuses are standing in the way and actually lose weight.
I’m not even going to link to the post, because it pissed me off too much to drive traffic to it.
Let me put this in very simple terms.
A thin woman got disgusted with herself and lost 20 pounds she didn’t need to lose. And now she wants to teach other women how to do the same thing.
In case you’re curious.
If self-disgust was the key to weight loss, there would not be a fat woman on the planet.
