BellaNaija· 1h ago· 1 min read
A few weeks after I had my son, I convinced myself that I should be able to bounce back quickly. There was a popular celebrity who had recently given birth, and somehow, I had made her my measuring stick by comparing myself with her. I told myself that if she could lose the weight so quickly, I should be able to as well. But my body didn’t respond the way I expected. The weight didn’t disappear. The scale refused to move. Every time I looked in the mirror, I wasn’t just seeing a body that had changed. I was seeing someone I no longer recognised. With every passing week, I became harder on myself.
At first, I thought I was simply disappointed that I wasn’t losing weight. But somewhere between comparison, unrealistic expectations, and trying to become someone else’s version of success, I slowly lost sight of the woman God had created me to be.
And I believe I’m not alone.
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