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How a trip to Saint Lucia helped me to love my body completely
10.11.2023 - 19:31 / lonelyplanet.com
St. Lucia's body-positive environment was a confidence boost for Stephanie Yeboah; who now recommends the Caribbean island to fellow plus size travelers.
Growing up in a plus size body doesn’t come without its negatives. From the polarizing treatment I would get from strangers, to lack of access to basic facilities, everywhere I turned I would be made aware that my size was an issue to others. This was to cause me develop a self-hatred of my body that manifested itself in a variety of ways; including not taking the opportunity to travel or be seen in public.
When I’d open up travel brochures or see vacations advertised on TV, I would be met with images of models with smaller, super toned bodies living their best lives on holiday. I convinced myself that travel and beach vacations were not for the likes of bodies like mine, and that I was too fat to enjoy myself abroad.
It sounds silly as I recall these moments, but at the time the lack of body diversity in the marketing of travel made me think that you could only visit these beach destinations if you had a body type that was presentable to society’s standard of beauty.
Throughout my early twenties, I embarked on a self-love journey of sorts. I was maturing, and needed to shake off trauma as well as unlearn the toxic narratives surrounding body size that I had internalized while growing up. This was essential in my bid to live my best life.
Part of doing so included taking the leap to start travelling solo in a bid to help with my confidence. I started travelling in 2016, and while I had an amazing time doing so, I stuck to cities and rural spots: places that didn’t require me to wear bikinis, shorts, skirts or spaghetti strap tops. Even though I could slowly feel my confidence rising, I wasn’t at the point where I felt comfortable in my body.
Then in 2019 everything changed for me. I was invited to visit Saint Lucia for a few days in honor of Black History Month and whilst I was filled with excitement, a part of me was also filled with dread.
Visiting a Caribbean island could only mean one thing; hot weather and beaches. The thought of having to wear pieces that would keep me cool gave me feelings of anxiety. I had come so far in my self-love journey, was I ready to go all out and wear a swimsuit? All of my old insecurities resurged with a vengeance: "What would people say if I did? Would I need to work out before going? Should I have a ‘bikini body’? Would it be acceptable for me to wear leggings on the beach?"
I decided to go out on a whim and buy three string bikinis, just for a laugh. My intention was never to wear them publicly, but to just see what I looked like in them.
Fast forward a few weeks later and I arrived in Saint Lucia. It’s no hyperbole
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