Let Yourself Be Skinny

****Please note this video was created 11 years ago. This goes far beyond being skinny. It's genuinely about us letting go of any upper limits in our lives. Whether it's how we look, how much money we make, or whatever our desired life experience is... we can allow it all.

We can ask ourselves...
Can I let myself be HAPPY? RICH? HEALTHY? FEMININE?

First of all, let me define for you what I mean by skinny.

I'm talking very healthy, very gorgeous, and very beautiful...allowing your body to reflect your desires.

Have you ever thought to yourself, "What if I allowed myself to have the body I desire?"

In most women I talk to, it doesn't matter what size they are; they always have this going on in their heads.

The first thing I'd like to address is Why the majority of women do not let themselves have the body they desire?

We are afraid that if we allow ourselves to have the bodies we want, someone else will be upset about it.

Another reason is that we are sometimes afraid of what will happen when we get there.
What will that attention look like if we allow ourselves to have a gorgeous body?

What will I have to work on if I allow myself to be gorgeous? What will I complain about?

******** This video is intended to support us in allowing what we desire into our lives without self-sabotaging. To let go of the upper limit that stops us from allowing the truth "the better it gets, the better it gets."********

[Cate-eswui]

You don’t find the video. The video finds YOU.

[Happy]

Why so many people got this video on their home page after 11 years including me in 2024 ?

[Hottestonthebock]

I allow myself to be pretty again and stop dressing down to make others around me feel comfortable, I allow all the attention and love from myself so I can truly be my best version of myself

[lavanyameena]

11 years ago i thought wow great video quality for 2000s then i realised 11 years ago was 2013

[azharkussainova]

"If i gave up on being pretty i would not know how to be alive" - Mitski

[lunar]

Honestly, came here expecting really problematic advice, but what she says actually makes sense.

[Godisfirst]

2024 and this came up. Okay, ill go get skinny.

[Als-nyzm]

I was skinny before, but didn’t think I was. I realise now that I was.

[CrowMagic]

This showed up in my feed 11 years later. I just did the journal prompt and had to come back and comment. I realized that I am afraid if I allow myself to be skinny I will no longer fit in with my boring, stressful, unhappy life. So if I allow myself to be skinny I will have to go out and live the life of my dreams. That would require so much bravery. I am afraid if I could not find the bravery within myself, I would be even more unhappy.

[my.hideaway]

It’s not just that I want to get skinnier, I want to get my life together in so many ways. I want to look better, yes, but I also want to function better too.

[beccaleigh]

Reminds me of part of a poem. "There is a lion in my living room. I feed it raw meat so it does not hurt me. It is a strange thing to nourish what could kill you in hopes that it does not kill you." Also, "Feel it. The thing you dont want to feel. Feel it. And be free."

[briaemmaa]

Mom comment really got me. Everytime I try to better myself my mom starts competing. Makes me not want to try because I don’t want to be apart of her competition. But this is about me not her. Will give myself permission to be better

[koridevereaux]

I watched this about a month or two ago, then I started journaling why I’ve been on the bigger side throughout my teen and adult life, since then I’ve lost probably 10-15 pounds, it keeps dropping too. I am a firm believer that weight is tied to trauma, working through it in a healthy way can definitely get those pounds down.

[goji]

What holds me back is the *fear* that I will become skinny and then gain weight again, bc that's happened to me before. I need to just let that go!

[iamPudding]

It's summertime 2024... we can all be skinnier by Christmas! Let's do this!

[jennifersuzanne]

"I started self-sabotaging. Have you ever done that?" YES. Every time. :(

[TimLines]

11 year old video, I’m not a woman wanting to get skinny and I watched the whole video anyways. Now I’m writing in my journal about setting goals about who I want to become.

[MyUsernameGoesHere]

If I let myself be skinny I would be more involved in my community and friendships. I would interact with everyone and say YES to every invite out. I would get dressed with ease. I would enjoy getting ready. I would not be fearful of being seen. I would actually enjoy compliments and believe them. I would feel accomplished. I could move on to other things in my life.

[jennifersuzanne]

What you're saying sounds ridiculous at first, but for the people who also think like me, this makes total sense. I've been obese my whole life. I've never been enormous, but large enough that I've never been the smaller girl in my group of friends. In my up-bringing, that was just the life style that I've learned. I'm actually trying to get some weight off so I can feel great on my wedding day and it's been so difficult. I know exactly what to do. It's been working, but I get complacent and I just can't seem to understand why. Some weeks ago, it occurred to me that I'm actually scared to be skinny and full of energy. That sounds so stupid when I type it out. I'm serious, though. Being more beautiful, fit and energetic actually scares me because it's means permanent life changes, unknowns and how much more attention am I going to get? I don't like attention because of the lifetime of insecurity. Weight loss is a real struggle on plains that I hadn't ever considered before until I started really trying. I know that I can't be alone in this.

[yessica]

I'm actually so happy this isn't some pro-ed stuff and it's actually reasonable and sound discourse. I find that everytime someone mentions how they notice I've been losing weight I always subconsciously revert back to my unhealthy ways. I don't know why I hate it so much when people point it out to me. I think it's because I don't allow myself to be skinny, as you say. Sort of like I punish myself in a way.