You Have to See This Anorexia Survivor's Badass Body-Positive Instagram

Updated on 11/7/2015 at 12:30 PM

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Megan Jayne was diagnosed with an eating disorder at 14 and battled anorexia for the next two years. At her lowest point, she weighed 61 pounds and was told by doctors that she had weeks left to live. She was kept alive by a feeding tube and eventually became accustomed to a regular diet. These days, she can be found blogging about body positivity, feminism, and the cathartic power of social media.

On her website, Body Posi Panda, Jayne details her recovery journey and her initial fear of falling back into the same unhealthy patterns. She explained, "My weight never relapsed back down to dangerously low, but my mind never truly recovered. Being weight restored and being recovered are two very different things, and in a culture that's so fixated on what our bodies look like, it's no wonder that so many people never feel truly recovered." Everything changed when she stumbled upon the body-positive realm of Instagram.

Like those who inspired her, Jayne's own Instagram is adding to the conversation about body diversity and acceptance. In it, she posts fearless photos, quotes, and commentary on certain narrow ideals of beauty for her 40,000 followers.

Click through to see some of Jayne's inspiring snaps and profound captions.

"For everyone else who wants to get a sweat on - let's collectively stop giving a crap what we look like while we're working out. Fitness isn't exclusive, everybody is entitled to move without judgement, and without the assumption that we're trying to lose weight - I don't want to lose a single pound of this glorious jiggle. Forget the red face, forget the sweat, just enjoy yourself."

"I'm not trading in any more pieces of myself for an empty promise of happiness hiding in my bathroom scales. We deserve better. Let's take our happiness now, just as we are. No more self loathing. No more comparing ourselves to photoshopped ideals. No more believing in the lies."

"When you stop using exercise to torture your body into weight loss submission, you might just find ways to move that you actually enjoy. Ways that feel good, without pressure, without obligation, moving for the joy of moving. And if not, that's cool too!"

"We've all been poisoned by a world that profits from us hating our bodies, and if they had their way we'd be tied down forever. Paying for their impossible idea of perfection with our money, our self esteem, our happiness. But I know that you can break free. Because I did. You just have to believe that you can. You have more strength inside of yourself than you will ever know."

"Holidays completely changed when I found body positivity. No more crash diets before leaving. No more bikini fear. No more fear in general, of doing or wearing anything that might make me look less than perfect to anyone who might be looking at me. I'm not there for them anymore. I'm there for me."

"One day you'll see, that it was inside you all along - the power to smash the mirror into pieces too small to ever pierce through your self esteem again. One day you'll see, that you could have lived unburdened by lies about your worth residing in your reflection. That you could have laughed with your whole body shaking. That you could have devoured every bite without shame. That you could have lived every moment, for yourself."

"To all the pictures we've deleted. To all the ones we've avoided. To all the spotlights we've hidden away from. To all the outfits we've been too worried to wear. To all the moments we've been too scared to embrace. 'That's my bad side.' 'The camera angle is all wrong.' 'Always dress for your shape, remember to disguise your flaws.' 'When I've lost the last 10 pounds, then I can finally be happy.'"