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@Iona-RO these are all really great points! I really like the third one about adding movement into your week and framing it around moving your body to feel good, instead of looking a certain way. Sometimes I just don't have the energy to do a high-intensity workout and instead I'll do some more relaxing yoga or just go on a walk and I always get the thoughts of "you're not working hard enough" or "you're not burning enough calories". I like to counter those thoughts with "this is better than doing no movement at all" which I find does help since it's true! 

Expanding upon your first point of seeing a whole range of bodies, I find that I've been seeing a lot more TikToks with woman of my body type and others who don't fit the Euro-centric beauty standard who are so confident in how they look. It's really reassuring to see that since those women, although they don't fit the beauty standard, are still beautiful and if I look like them that means that I can also apply that to myself.