Living A Life Worth Remembering

Hi (-: My name is Da'Twan but my friends call me Guru. I have a wide variety of interest but this tumblr will be mostly about my quest to get as close as I can to my full genetic potential while still having fun on the way. (-: DC & beyond...

: The one thing I’ve always let define me.

thatchicmichelle:

Being overweight.

I’ve been overweight my whole life. I honestly can’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t “watching what I was eating.” My mom would have me on diet after diet and I could see and hear her frustrations when I didn’t succeed. I was always active and involved in sports…

Reading this post reminded me why I decided to become a youth fitnes coach. Being healthy does not mean being a size zero. Despite what society wants us to think beauty comes in all shapes and sizes.

  1. pursuingmypeace said: Have you read Geneen Roth? I suggest reading Women, Food, and God (not religious) first, then Breaking Free From Emotional Eating. Both are real eye openers, and Breaking Free has fantastic thought exercises that are helping me so much.
  2. little-by-little-inch-by-inch said: I relate so much to this!
  3. sparkgrrl658 said: i want to heart this a billion times. i hear you. also? i see pictures of me @my thinnest, when people even said i was too thin, &i remember thinking then that i was so fat, that i still needed to lose another 40+ pounds. that little voice is a turd.
  4. marienotmaria said: I love you. And Chad is an ass.
  5. lexxieviolin said: You’re beautiful.
  6. futurelotterywinner said: Being fat is a new thing for me. I give u props yo.
  7. travellingphoenix said: Thank you & it’s the 1st post that has had me with tears in my eyes. You are beautiful inside & out, words cannot express how I adore this post x
  8. jokersatx said: YES!