Hello everyone!
I don’t always practice everything I preach when it comes to
this particular topic, but I think it’s important that I start, TODAY. I hope that after watching the attached video
and reading my post, you will try to do this with me. A little bit each day makes a difference.
Here is the video:
So you know how you wake up and immediately decide it’s
going to be a “fat day”… where nothing you put on looks good and you think
everything makes you look fat? Then you
proceed to talk down to yourself during breakfast, getting ready, the whole
drive to the office, and WATCH OUT when you finally get home from work and take
those jeans off!
Do you understand how detrimental that is to your
health? Mental and physical. I’m not saying it’s not okay to have an off
day – but I am saying it’s not okay to bully yourself about it.
OK fine, maybe those jeans are a little tight – rather than
bashing yourself about the muffin top make a healthy decision to do something
about it. Are the jeans actually just
too small or did you just eat a few extra slices of pumpkin pie over the
holidays? If the jeans are from high
school and you just don’t want to let them go – PLEASE DONATE THEM! You aren’t a teenager anymore. Buy some jeans that fit and flatter your
body, you deserve it! If the pie is to
blame for the tight jeans – take a deep breath and make a plan. Tell yourself that you are going to make sure
you do these three things every day to help get yourself back on track:
1.
Stay hydrated!
2.
Fuel your body with healthy foods and do NOT, I
repeat DO NOT withhold food from yourself – that will not help you!
3.
Get as much sleep as you can (7-8 hours if
possible!)
If you can add in some exercise too, even better, but don’t punish
yourself. Please. Just commit to being healthy and getting
yourself back on track. You are allowed
to enjoy life and the delicious treats that come along with it ;)
Fat talk is something I don’t quite understand – I mean I do
it – but I don’t get it…
Why on earth would we sit here and rip ourselves to
shreds? It doesn’t even sound
productive. You certainly wouldn’t tell
another person that they looked really fat and ugly today, would you? So then why do we feel that it is okay to say
it to ourselves?
If your daughter (sister, cousin, friend etc.) came home and
told you that someone told her that she had a disgusting muffin top and she should’ve
just stayed home in bed today – would you accept that? Absolutely not is what I’m thinking…
We need to shut down fat talk.
We need to start loving ourselves just the way we are. That isn’t to say that you can’t make
improvements (in a healthy capacity of course), but we need to accept that the
body we have right now is worth just as much love, adoration, and respect as
the body we might be working toward.
Even if you HAVE the body you worked hard for, it is time you start to
appreciate it and love it unconditionally.
You are still the same person deep inside (heart,
personality, humour etc.) no matter what package it comes in. Don’t wait until you are “there” to start
loving yourself. Love who you are now!
Take a moment and think of all the young girls in your life
- you are a role model to them whether you know it or not. Every time you talk down to yourself you are
teaching them that it is ok. Kate Winslet
recently said in an article that she makes a point of talking about all of the
things she loves about her body, in front of her daughter so that it becomes
NORMAL to her. This is what we should
all strive for. Right now the norm is
trash talking your own body… Ugh look at
my muffin top, ugh my thighs touch, ugh blah blah blah.
Break the circle - love your body - start speaking words of
love and respect to yourself about your body.
For example: I love the way my
bum looks in these jeans!
If you have a sister or daughter (or anyone - boy or girl)
in your family, make sure they hear it.
It is important that we show people it is OKAY to be proud of your
body! We have become a world of thinner
is better and talking about your muffin top makes you cool in some twisted
way. We need to change that!
Can you imagine how this world would change if we just
starting loving ourselves unconditionally and decided we no longer accept the
current, unhealthy, definition of beauty?
Oh how things would change!
Anyway, this is starting to get long… I don’t want you to
feel like you are reading a novel ;)
I posted a challenge on Facebook Dec 16th asking
everyone to choose LOVE today – Dec 17th. I am now challenging you to Shut Down Fat
Talk. If you start talking or thinking
negatively about your body – recognize it and turn that bullying behaviour
around and say something nice to yourself about your body. If you hear someone else bullying themselves
about their body, compliment them instead.
I truly believe if we start to practice positivity, we can change the
way women all around the world think of their bodies. So, will you accept my challenge? I encourage all of you to try :)
Guys, I am not purposely avoiding you – I know men have a
lot to deal with too when it comes to body image and what is considered “sexy”. Please read this with him/he/etc. in place of
any her/she etc. mentioned above – this is for you too!
Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post!
If you enjoyed it and you accept my challenge, please like
the post on Facebook so I know! I will
check in with those who “like” the post to see how you’re doing :)
Lots of love,
Kayla
Kayla
