Thank you so much! your message is so positive and was an amazing start to my day. it made me feel gooey like Slimer inside. I am feeling more confident. my life is getting back on track. I’m finding more and more reasons to smile of late. and they are true genuine smiles too! not the forced kind that hides what’s under the surface. I feel good.

I hope you have tonnes of reasons to smile too!

**I do want to clarify, when I gripe about getting healthy/into shape I’m not saying so meaning I want to “be skinny” or conform to societal standards of beauty and that I don’t measure up. I have always been an extremely physically active person, and I felt best when I was in my peak shape. I could easily participate in activities I enjoy. I just want to get back to that fitness level again, so I can run as much as I did without getting winded so easily and have less back issues (I have scoliosis) because my core will be stronger.

I believe there is beauty in all shapes and sizes and Cosmo should definitely feature more of a vartiety, but whether your body type is thin, curvy, muscular, voluptuous… it’s all babe-status worthy ;)