"Fat" Tuesday

For the past few years, I’ve given up dietary items for Lent; pop, ice cream, chocolate, French fries, and meat (that was last year, and I thought I was going to die). Instead of giving up food, which when you think about it seems really unnatural and kind of harsh, I decided to give up something that’s actually bad for me: Fat Talk. In case you don’t know, Fat Talk is when we say negative things about our appearance. Body Sense, an OSU club dedicated to promoting healthy body image, held a Fat Talk Free day last week, and due to the positive response, I have decided to give up Fat Talk for all forty days of Lent and document different stages of the season. I know it’s going to be a challenge (for example, I just ate a ton of Wendy’s, so I naturally want to complain about how huge I feel), but I really want to get something from this. I hope you get something out of it too! I also want to come up with creative ways to relate the lack of Fat Talk in my life to my Christianity. After all, the Easter season is about what Christ gave up for you and celebrating what we received in return. So I’m going to give up Fat Talk, and it’s going to be really hard….but SO WORTH IT!