Throughout this quarantine, I've been bombarded with the same type of posts. Posts on making sure you lose weight in quarantine, working-out for hours during quarantine, and fearing the "Quarantine Fifteen". Because god-forbid you gain a couple pounds, because that's the end of the world and not the global pandemic happening outside our windows. I understand exercising for your own mental health and to feel connected and good about our bodies, I do it too! However, this fear and shame being injected into women to make them terrified to come out of quarantine looking a couple pounds heavier, or not having lost any weight is ridiculous.

Your body is beautiful the way it is. Take this time to learn about it, look at it, and get comfortable with it. There is so much pressure to come out of this looking the best we've ever looked, and for a lot of us obsessing over our physical appearance isn't the goal right now. Don't shame yourself or beat yourself up over needing to come out of quarantine looking like you went through a second puberty. You don't need to obsess over what you're eating and how many calories you're burning to the point where you feel ashamed. These are trying times, and gaining a couple pounds, or not, is okay. You'll get through this.