It doesn’t seem to matter what our age or station in life, we seem to continually be concerned about what we look like; the consequence of this – a constant battle over our weight. Similar to women, eating disorders come in all shapes and sizes. With Anorexia we starve ourselves. With Bulimia we binge and purge. With overeating, food is our “comfort.” Whether we are underweight, overweight, or appear to be at a “healthy weight” but have an unhealthy relationship with food, the best thing we can do for ourselves is to befriend our body. We are so often our own and each other's worst enemy! If we’re not critical of ourselves, we are sizing up (literally) someone else. Why is this?
REMEMBER…
We are special.
We are beautiful.
We are individual.
We are wonderfully created works of art!
Julie,
ReplyDeleteReading your post I think of an article that I need to find for you.... Orthorexia Nervosa/
Health Food Junkie--http://www.beyondveg.com/bratman-s/hfj/hf-junkie-1a.shtml
I've finally reached a point in my life where I love Me. My body is a big part of "me" and I see feeding my body as loving "me".
Such a beautiful truth! That is a great "Warning" sign though, haha...I should get one.
ReplyDeleteI wish there was a trigger that could just be switched in me and all women that we would be resistant to pressures, body image, size...the whole deal! But it does make us each more empowered and confident when we each decide, in our hearts, that we are beautiful creations made in a perfect image that is far stronger than social pressures.
I love this post! I think one thing that women worry about is their weight. One common line is "does this makes me look fat" proves that.
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