Your Body Doesn’t Want You Skinny — It Wants You Safe - Wellbeing Magazine

Your Body Doesn’t Want You Skinny — It Wants You Safe - Wellbeing Magazine

We’re told that being thin means being healthy, lovable, successful — even worthy. So we chase it.Diets. Workouts. Juice cleanses. We try to shrink ourselves into the version of us the world might finallyapplaud. But what if the extra weight isn’t failure? What if it’s protection? Your body is not obsessed with aesthetics. It’s obsessed with survival. And sometimes, it holds on toweight — not because it’s broken, but because it’s wise. For many …