Peterborough Woman Posts Inspiring Message About Eating Over Holidays

Peterborough's Celestine Patricia Helen posted an empowering message to her Facebook page along with a photo of herself (see below) encouraging people to eat over the holidays and not to be self conscious about their bodies.

Here was the Facebook message Celestine posted...

This was the selfie she posted with her message...

photo on Facebook page post

The Facebook post garnered lots of positive response from women, such as "We need to hear this more often" to "Yes! It's not always an obvious thing to remember" to "I got up in the middle of the night twice to eat cheese."

Celestine (photo via Facebook)

Celestine tells PTBOCanada what motivated her to write this post on social media...

"I posted it because I have a history with a variety of eating disorders," she tells PTBOCanada. "The big family dinners are always nerve racking for me, and I know that they can be for a lot of others too."

"I just wanted to let people know that they're not alone, and that they possess the strength to survive the holidays without the guilt or the shame or the fear."

Kudos to Celestine for her honest and inspiring words.

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