Honor My Body Day

In one of my "many-times-daily" health/fitness emails I received today, there's an article called "Celebrate Honor My Body Day". After reading this article I really dug deep to think about what I say positively to my body. Yup, pretty much nothing!

The article talks about how we've started this journey to treat our bodies better...eat better foods, practice portion control, get our bodies off the couch and moving. The trouble is, when is the last time you looked in the mirror and praised the work you've done so far? I'm nowhere near the person I want to be. However, I have two boxes, a garbage bag, and another garbage bag started all of clothes that are now too big for me. That should be something that I'm proud of...but I have yet to express that to my body!!

A quote from the article, which I've also heard in other aspects of my life, is this: "Action follows thought". Think about it. If you look in the mirror every day and continue to hate everything about what you see, are you really setting yourself up for success on this journey? Even if there are still things you may not like about your body right now, surely there is something you're proud of.

My personal look in the mirror: I hate my arms and I dread thinking of how much work it's going to take to get rid of my baby belly. I know, Josh is 2-1/2 so it hardly qualifies as a baby belly anymore. However, the scar tissue from my c-section has made parts of my belly feel like my abdominals are actually hard. That they are, but not because they're toned, but because there's scar tissue on top of them! Not sure what it's going to take to lose that, and that's the part that I dread!!!

Now for the positives: I've started wearing clothes that are more fitted and while I can still see all my curves, the good and the bad, it still feels really good to be able to wear clothes that fit...correctly!!! Not to mention seeing my husband's reaction when I throw on fitted clothes that actually accentuate some of the good curves!!! I can tell I've lost weight through my face...that I LOVE. I can now wear rings that I couldn't wear before because my fingers were too fat. The shoes I'm wearing right now I couldn't wear before because my feet were fatter and they were uncomfortable!

So you see, even I can find something (even the smallest details) I'm happy about when it comes to my physical appearance. Now my job is to point those things out to myself and remind me that, as a friend just recently said, this is not a sprint. I am so proud that I'm finally making the right choices in my life. My busy life is no longer an excuse. My thoughts about the positive results I'm seeing I will now allow to help feed my ego...a well fed ego (in a positive way) will stir that action that I need to continue on this journey until I become that person that I envision.

I thank the good Lord that my body is taking this journey with me and is not fighting me. My mind and my body will from this point on work as a team and build each other up.

How are you talking to your body? Negativity, in any aspect of life, will stop you dead in your tracks. I vow from this day forward to always find the positive in me. Will you join me?

PS-- Here's the website address to the article if you're interested: http://caloriecount.about.com/celebrate-honor-my-body-day-b597284?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_20130207&utm_term=title1