Go visit this new and much needed Portal! http://www.bellesplus.com/ will help you find stores offering Plus-sizes throughout the World!
Whether you are travelling to another city or just looking for something local, http://www.bellesplus.com/ will help you find shopping resources including stores, addresses and products that they offer. Help me in making this portal even more complete by providing links to stores offering plus-sized products. To do so, please click on “Register a Website” and submit a store offering plus-sized products.
I want to honour all Plus Size women who struggle with their weight because of their health or because of their environment. Forget what others think! Cherish yourself like no one can, buy the clothes you deserve, and make yourself feel good. BIG Women should feel beautiful, attractive, and sexy!
I want you to discover the positive perceptions and realities of being overweight! Did you know that in parts of the world, being BIG is synonymous with beauty? I have created this website so that we BIG women will have a place to feel welcomed and accepted as they are. This is a place for the negative to transform into positive because life is short and we all need to live it to its fullest. Let’s make your life as pleasant as you can! My goal is to make it easy for you to find the plus-sized products that you are seeking! Help me in making it happen
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Catherine's Corner November 1st 2008
I am BIG. Use the word you want, plus-sized, full figure, voluptuous, fat – politically correct or not – I am BIG!
During all those years that I have attempted to lose weight, diet after diet (I have done them all), I have learned to live with the body I have and actually now love it with its imperfections. I even find it kind of artistic.
At age 18, I had the chance of leaving my home of France, where most people resent extra body fat, to Senegal, Africa, where most people prefer full figure women. After having been ignored by the young men in France, suddenly all eyes were on me! Imagine my shock. That was the first time in my life that my self-esteem had been given a boost.
Look at the picture of me when I was 18. And I thought I was obese!. Through this experience , I have learned that you can be perceived as “ugly” in one place and beautiful in another. What really matters is how you see yourself and how you feel from the inside.
I know the words that make you feel less beautiful and ashamed; I have heard them many times. But most of the time, the negative comments actually come from ourselves. “Negative self-talk”, brings us down. And all too often, it gets worse. We succumb to those negative thoughts by not going to the gym because we think everybody is staring at us. We feel ashamed with our doctors, hairstylists or aestheticians. We’re buying clothes that hide us, or avoid shopping altogether. Sometimes we are our worst enemy.
Have FUN, enjoy life however you are, wherever you are. You deserve it as much as anybody else.
Be present to your life and “Remember that we have only moments to live.” (Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.) Make your life beautiful from the inside out!
And..... Welcome to my Plus-sized world!
Ottawa, November 1st, 2008Catherine LG
During all those years that I have attempted to lose weight, diet after diet (I have done them all), I have learned to live with the body I have and actually now love it with its imperfections. I even find it kind of artistic.
At age 18, I had the chance of leaving my home of France, where most people resent extra body fat, to Senegal, Africa, where most people prefer full figure women. After having been ignored by the young men in France, suddenly all eyes were on me! Imagine my shock. That was the first time in my life that my self-esteem had been given a boost.
Look at the picture of me when I was 18. And I thought I was obese!. Through this experience , I have learned that you can be perceived as “ugly” in one place and beautiful in another. What really matters is how you see yourself and how you feel from the inside.
I know the words that make you feel less beautiful and ashamed; I have heard them many times. But most of the time, the negative comments actually come from ourselves. “Negative self-talk”, brings us down. And all too often, it gets worse. We succumb to those negative thoughts by not going to the gym because we think everybody is staring at us. We feel ashamed with our doctors, hairstylists or aestheticians. We’re buying clothes that hide us, or avoid shopping altogether. Sometimes we are our worst enemy.
Have FUN, enjoy life however you are, wherever you are. You deserve it as much as anybody else.
Be present to your life and “Remember that we have only moments to live.” (Full Catastrophe Living, Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.) Make your life beautiful from the inside out!
And..... Welcome to my Plus-sized world!
Ottawa, November 1st, 2008Catherine LG
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