I’ve been having body image issues lately. Just the fact that Christina Hendricks exists and has embraced her appearance despite a myriad of people criticizing it reminds me to calm down. I’ve lost a little bit of weight recently and I feel this obsession to keep it going, but the truth is I have been exactly the same size for 4 years now and that speaks volumes about the natural way my body is supposed to look.
Two of my favorite people ever have told me recently that they wish I would see myself the way that they see me instead of knocking myself down at every opportunity. They recognize that feeling confident has to come from within, and for whatever reason I am way too focused on the magazines I read and the little needling comments people have made to me over the years instead of how I great I feel about myself sometimes when no one is looking.
I feel great when I go on a long walk with the dog or do cardio on my living floor or drink bottle upon bottle of water. But I also feel great curled up on my couch with a milkshake and fries. So this is what I need to do: accept the things about myself that are beautiful, recognize that working to get stick thin would deeply alter my quality of life, and pursue activities that make me feel the most healthy-physically, emotionally, and spirituality.
Balancing. Accepting that I’ve been made this way for a reason.
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