#ma

I wish my parents hadn't made me feel that how I looked was linked to how much they loved me. But I do also see how hard it must be to see your child pile on the pounds and trust they'll find their own way back to a healthy weight. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#back #child #feel #find #hadn

I'm the co-chair of the PTA at my kids' school, Ashmount Primary, in north Islington, London. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#i #kids #london #north #primary

My parents' generation's benchmark was simple: Fat Equals Bad. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#benchmark #equals #fat #generation #parents

Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#dieting #even #ever #extremely #fat

Sticking to a diet required me to have a permanently low self-esteem. But happily, I developed other skills beyond a fluctuating weight, eventually building up a different source of self-worth. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#building #developed #diet #different #eventually

The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#eat #got #likes #may #me

There is so much that is positive, wonderful even, about state schools. At a state school your kids will learn to live alongside and appreciate other kids from many diverse and different cultures. ↗

— Arabella Weir

#alongside #appreciate #cultures #different #different cultures

I've always had a love for making things my own. ↗

— Jennifer Hudson

#had #i #love #making #my own

The course is going to make you look silly sometimes. You have to be able to accept that and move on. ↗

— Mike Weir

#accept #course #going #look #make

The Masters is one of golf's greatest traditions and Augusta is one of the best courses in the world. They are synonymous. It's an event that every golfer, and golf fan, looks forward to. ↗

— Mike Weir

#courses #event #every #fan #forward