I have always had a positive body image, hardly ever having doubts about my physical appearance. By the time I crossed my late 20s, I lost my slenderness and started piling weight around my midriff. I did not feel any less about myself. I knew my hormones had a huge role to play, plus my eating habits had changed. Compared to my childhood, my appetite had surged.
By the time I got into my 30s, I stumbled on an experiment to stave off abdominal fat. I noticed that with a diet high in protein and green vegetables combined with 30 minutes of brisk walking daily; I shed all that abdominal fat. I didn’t sustain the practice though, so before my very eyes, I piled the pounds again.