I am working on my nephews blanket today, so I thought I would play dumb movies in the background to entertain me. I turned this on because it look like it would be really dumb and I would not have to pay attention to it. Background noise really.

Because of a curse many generations ago, Penelope was born with a pigs nose. The only way to break the curse was to marry royalty. Some dude who thought he was disgusting agreed to marry her but at the altar she ran. Her mom was really upset, but Penelope said she didn’t care about breaking the curse, she loved herself, just as she was.

The curse was then broken. She had the power to break the curse the whole time. Her mom apologized “if only I could have loved you as you were!”

A great movie about learning to love and accept yourself. You’re the only one with that power!

“It’s not the curse, it’s the power you give the curse.”

I lived my whole childhood and young adult life believing that because of genetics, because of family history, that I was destined to a life of obesity. Because of that fear, I was a little bit batty just like the mom in this movie. I tried anorexia, bulimia, compulsive exercising… And literally every stupid diet trick in the book.

In the end, I needed to learn to love myself. I needed to learn to accept myself fully. I also needed to learn that processed foods caused an addictive reaction in my body but even with the right foods, the wrong attitude sabotages all my efforts.

Great movie in my opinion. It’s on Netflix if you wanna check it out.