Disclaimer: very delicate as well as possibly TRIGGERING topics will certainly be gone over extensive in this video pertaining to weight, consuming disorders, body dysmorphia, exercise dependency, social stereotypes as well as preconception, calories, and bad body-image. All viewpoints are my very own. THIS VIDEO CLIP MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU & THAT IS OK!
Hi individuals, since it's AAPI heritage month!!! @gymshark set up an extremely awesome AAPI recognition shoot as well as meeting that I was so honoured to be invited to. It made me think about how being Chinese as well as growing up in North America has actually impacted my relationship with food, body photo, and health and fitness trip. After excavating into my past, I found a lot of resentment in the direction of my background and also heritage for many years. I wished to share with you guys my tale. As well as what lead me right here. This is simply a sincere and open chat of my life approximately this point. This is a very individual tale, as well as I wish it instructs you a bit more regarding why I am so passionate about paying attention to my body, honouring my hunger, and why I do what I do.
Love you men constantly.
& thank you Gymshark for offering me this possibility to truly reflect on exactly how my society makes me that I am as well as realizing exactly how honored I am to be Chinese. Beyond grateful to be component of this family ❤.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION.
How old are you? Born in 2001.
What video camera do I use? Canon m50.
Where do you live? Ontario, Canada.
Exactly how tall are you? 5' 4 (163 cm).
What do you use to modify? FINALCUT PRO.
Where are your exercise clothes from? Gymshark.
What type of pet do you have? His name is Milo and also he's a Maltese.
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PHASES.
– 0:00 – Hi I'm Linda.
– 1:18 – The Start.
– 3:13 – The Food lover.
– 3:55 – The Fat Woman.
– 5:43 – The Identity Crisis.
– 7:01 – The Blogilates Period.
– 8:04 – The Eating Disorder.
– 11:26 – The Recuperation.
– 12:42 – The Relapses.
– 13:51 – The Puppy love.
– 14:56 – The YouTuber.
– 15:21 – The Fatigue.
– 16:03 – The Acceptance.
– 18:53 – The Clickbait Thumbnails.
– 19:13 – The Future Me.
– 20:21 – The End.
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I’m so glad that you have opened up about these topics. It helps a lot of people including me 🤍 So proud of you
SO SO PROUD OF YOU!
I completely agree with you🤗🤗
Your my icon!!
❤️
When I was 8, I was hospitalised for my eating disorder. I hadn’t eating a single thing for about 20 days straight and the doctors told my parents I would die within the next few days. But after a lot of help from my parents, I ate something. I chose recovery too! It’s amazing to hear your story about your relationship with food, exercise, and identity. Thank you for sharing this.
“I’ll never have this version of myself so let me slow down and be with her ” -someone
That’s something Linda said and got me thinking everything I want to starve myself to loose weight faster, for my birthday party that coming up. But then I get reminded of Linda and if she was my friend she would comfort me and talk to me and say “you’re not gonna die if you eat that, you’ll just feel happy”. Linda’s messages alwyas bring me joy. So thank you for that Linda.❤️ 🥲💖
WHEN SHE SAID ” I put living on hold until I got the right body ” I FELT THAT.
You and Linda are literally the ones who helped me recover from an ed and build back my relationship with food! Love you two so much, you don’t know how grateful I am for you guys, your content changes lives!
I cried my eyes out hearing about what you were dealing with around that time of your life because it’s literally exactly the same as what I’m going through right now and it’s just SO hard, so though to let go, I’m losing myself and everyone around me, wanting to recover so bad but unable to let myself go… Thank you so much for sharing your whole story, you inspire us literally so much! Hope one day I can let go of these habits and recover for good ❤️
The ending comment, “to all the Chinese parents who called me strong, thank you. Because I am strong & strong is beautiful”. A real tear-jerker!
Thank you for spreading your light on this platform✨✨
put this into words better than i could’ve imaged❤️ ONLY LOVE FOR YOUR LINDA
“words can’t even describe how hard recovery is” it’s. so. damn. hard. especially when no one has a single clue what ur going through. hearing the comments people make about what ur eating and having to remind urself they don’t know what you went through. watching everyone not eat lunch and talk and how they never eat. it’s truly the hardest thing i’ve ever experienced and each time i relapse my mental health and binging/obsession w food and calories gets worse. i wish i never experienced this.
So proud to both of you 😍
girl I found you when i almost started having a serious eating disorder. U made me rethink my relationship with food and u made me understand that it’s okay to have some cookies or chocolate whenever i want. Food is not your enemy. I love you for that💞💫
i remember clicking on her videos years ago because of the clickbait thinking it would be my way to get skinnier, i’m so glad that the actual content was not about losing weight and getting thinner, definitely saved me from myself :):):):):):)
I’m 37 and I’ve always struggled with my body image, growing up in the 90s/early 2000s when heroin chic skinny was the standard, and Xtina and Britney were considered “fat” until they reach skeletal status…it’s been a long journey for me to be ok with a belly, big boobs, and thighs that touch. I just hope I can teach my daughter that she’s more than her body and not spend her whole life chasing the perfect body, and just be in love with HER perfect body. I don’t want her to not love herself until she’s 37.
Linda, I must be totally honest with you. Six months ago, deeply insecure and surrounded by ED, I did click on your video only because of a clickbait looking for next ‘wight loss tips’. You actually did trick me into watching it, and thank God! because it changed my mindset forever and started my recovery. At that time I thought to myself (or I should rather say my ED suggested that thought).. ‘No wonder she looks like that if she eats like that’. Then very slowly, video by video, I’ve realised how much I’m missing out. How much freedom you have. Imagine how I treated myself if I criticised you so badly in my mind. How deep I was in my ED. Perceiving wrong, not only myself, but also people around… I am really glad I have changed, thanks to you. Since very long time today I’ve enjoyed delicious ramen without counting, guilt and restricting afterwards. I know you make people understand. Keep doing that, spreading awareness, love, self compassion. And thank you <3
@Siham Sheikh you’re
wishing you all the best, strength and health💕
exactly, the feeling of “wanting to recover but cannot” is the WORST !!!!! i dont know either how i’ll ever feel good seeing food or feel genuinely happy after eating something but i really want to, one day… i am losing everything to keep this one thing with me but i just cannot stop. its so hard, i know it is but know that you are doing so well and i am so proud of you… one day, you will feel that you do deserve food and you deserve to eat everything you want to without feeling guilty about it. please dont lose yourself, you are too precious to hurt your body… i love you 💗
@Hannah Malu thank you so much I really appreciate it 🥺❤️
@archismita chaudhury oh my god thank you so much for this you’re such a precious human being and i love you too 😭🫶💓 it’s a long journey but i truly believe things will turn out for the best!
Hi, Maria Luisa, just wanted to say: you’re so brave for even writing this comment and for recognising what is not going as you wish.
I hope to start my “recovery” soon too, but wanted to share that it already feels so much easier to speak up about this with your doctor and specialist. I haven’t started anything yet, but boy, does it help to get it out of your head.
It’s no one’s fault, just like other conditions, and even though eating disorders always carry an enormous amount of guilt, please just be aware that it’s not coming from you but it’s coming from IT.
Sending you lots of strength ♥️ and hope you find people along the way who will support you 🤗
Completely agree with every word you said. Linda has changed my toxic mindset about food & fitness and helped me with my ED and body dysmorphia. I couldn’t be more grateful.
Im Taiwanese- spent the last 21 years if my life being called 壯 and hating the word more than anything. Literally started crying when you said ppl call us “strong” and how messed up it is. I didn’t necessarily grow up in an environment where no one looked like me, but I relate to the consistent paralyzing fear and shame of not being enough in my community. Thank you for sharing your story, and I’m so proud of baby you (and baby me) for growing up beautiful and loving and STRONG inside and out despite all that has happened! You are a diamond in this world 🙂 加油！
“I put living on hold until i get the right body ! “
This sentence hits me so hard
That I think i did experience it in a time of my life
there was a line someone said ages ago and still holds a special place in my heart it says: if everyone, every single bloody person on the face of this planet, ate the same, exercised the same, we would still look different.
And that quote still to this day gave me a whole different perspective to body image than the media could ever do. You do you Linda! x
Know this from my experience …😔
that’s amazing!
same 🙁
Thanks so much for sharing your story. I’m grateful for YouTube because we have voices like yours sharing stories like these to help young impressionable people.
Damn! That’s so sad… I thought life would get better as you get older/wiser🤦🏽♀💔 imagine being in your 70s and still struggling with food, that’s not a good life
That was my life since I was 13.I learned how to be ok with food at 46.Still a work in progress at 48.
Yess!! So much messaging that “I won’t be happy until I have I new body” but it’s BS. Love life and be happy now!
I relate so much to the “too tired to live” feeling. I remember having a strict schedule like that too and repeating it everyday to maintain a sense of control. Same with feeling so cold all the time and wearing layers. Losing hair too. Recovery is hard. My lowest weight was 86 lbs, and now I’m back up to 105. I’m still working on it and I struggle sometimes, but I am also falling in love with life again. I look forward to meals, and I have a much healthier diet. I still have hard days and relapse slightly, but I’ve been pretty good about making sure I feed myself a proper amount of food and not overexercising because it’s not worth ruining my own life and relationships with others.
I got goosebumps while heard your story. Honestly i feel that in different case. Eating disorder and body dysmorphia haunted me for the past 3 years. I really wanted to go out of it. But every time I try, I make plan, I fail it a bit, and then I ruined it all, and repeat. This got me realized that I don’t listen to myself. I’ll try to find a way to reach my goal which is to lived my life. The ending made me cry. Thanks for sharing this, sis❤
😭🥺 i cried and she is honestly a God given Gift❤️ thank you linda
Me right now like I refuse to hangout with friends until I lost weight
That was literally me my ED made my life so miserable