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A Thought For The Day... Body Image & Self-Esteem ♥
in I Want... Life!, I Want... Change!14 Sep 2010 | 9 Comments
As someone who spent a tremendous ridiculous amount of their teenage years feeling as minx-like as a dugong at their leanest weight and attractive as a warthog the rest of the time, I appreciate the following visual sentiment immensely!
SERIOUSLY! If you want to lose weight, terrific! If you don't and couldn't give two hoots about the calorie content of a Bulgarian pot pie or Italian breadstick, superb! But whatever your preference, you absolutely don't have to buy into the whole ''I'm-going-to-think-crappy-thoughts-about-myself-until-I'm-this-or-that'' philosophy. (Surely there are many more magnificent things to expend mental energy on? Like how cute kittens look when dressed in frog costumes?!)
Hear, hear!
♥
xoxo
(Image thanks to Post Secret. Where I could spend hours. But thankfully don't.)
P.S. A huge congratulations to Ellie Di, the winner of last week's Chaos Apparel competition! CONGRATULATIONS, Ellie Di! (And thank-you so much to everybody who entered!)
Comments (9)
I always say that I care and I'm going to exercise more and blah blah but I never do and I couldn't give a dam about it.
I love PostSecret!
15 Sep 2010, Julie, http://juliettemaxwell.com
I LOVE PostSecret! Great post & reminder. It's not something I think about so much anymore but I still get the occasional bout of the "ugh, I'm so fat" disease.
15 Sep 2010, Michelle, http://whollyafool.wordpress.com
It's so true, as much as I want to lose a few kgs, I always feel pretty good about myself - I LOVE MY LIFE, honestly I think being fit and healthy and having a body that does eveything it was made to do is fantastic :)
15 Sep 2010, Jade , http://jademusing.tumblr.com/
Melanie - You're so welcome, and thank-you so much! What delightfully kind words you write! :) (And psst! I'm going to subscribe to yours, too!)
15 Sep 2010, x Corrine/Frock & Roll x, www.frockandrollonline.com
Agree completely! As long as someone is healthy and happy with their size, they shouldn't feel bad about being some sort of "ideal" size.
Awesome blog by the way! I'm definitely subscribing :) Thank you for visiting me blog!
15 Sep 2010, Melanie, http://www.adorability.org
Em - It is! Although sometimes some of the secrets (and the things that people choose to keep secret, instead of actually sharing them or living them out) make me feel kind of sad.
Nicola (Pointy Pix) - Exactly! :D
Vanessa - We DO!
15 Sep 2010, x Corrine/Frock & Roll x, www.frockandrollonline.com
I'm with you on this one! It doesn't matter what you look like (or what you WISH you looked like). We all need to give ourselves love.
15 Sep 2010, Vanessa, http://chickensoupforthedorkysoul.blogspot.com/
Couldn't agree more - although admittedly some days I follow the notion that nothing tastes as good as being thin feels and other days actually that pizza tastes bloody lush and so what if I'm not a size 8 for my wedding in 9 weeks - agggh! But, whatever my mindset or body weight, at the end of the day, I've got a man who wants to grow old with me and two pups who jump all over me adoringly when I get home - what more do I need!
14 Sep 2010, Nicola (Pointy Pix), http://www.pointypix.blogspot.com
I love that picture! Post Secret is the best.
Em xo
www.ihategracefulpeople.blogspot.com
14 Sep 2010, Em, www.ihategracefulpeople.blogspot.com
