SS Fitness

“I hate my body.” I cannot tell you how many times I hear this phrase said in a day.

I am not going to pretend that it is a new thing to be insecure about your body, or hate the way that you look. I can’t remember a time before I looked in a mirror and couldn’t think of something that I would like to change.

I am here to tell you that I think it is okay to not like things about yourself. I actually think that it is healthy to not look at yourself and think that you are perfect. However, I find that many of us can get so caught up in the way our body looks or performs that we let it consume our life.

There are so many things that I haven’t done because I thought that I looked ugly or I didn’t compete or do a certain sport because I was afraid that I wasn’t in great shape as some of the others.

It is okay to not love your body, and it is okay to want to make positive changes. I believe that so many people attribute so much value to their body. Whether you are an athlete who wants to run faster, or a bodybuilder who wants to be leaner, or just someone who wants to look cute in a dress, you have to be careful of allowing your value to be attributed to your body.

You are so much more than the way that you look. And you should work to adopt healthy habits so that you can be beautiful on the inside out. I think that it is so important for us to be objective with the way that we look. This will not be perfect for everyone, but it is something that works for me.

When you look at yourself in the mirror and your head starts to make the little list about every little thing you want to change, I want you to go through it (if you are in a good mental place), and think, is this something that would be a positive change for me, and is it something I can realistically do and still be healthy. Sometimes change is needed. I know that my body fat % is higher than I would like, and as I slowly start to build muscle, I feel excessive pressure on my joints. So currently fat loss is something that I know that I can do and still remain at a healthy weight. Maybe that is something that you need to work on but you are scared because you’ve bounced through so many yo-yo diets or suffer with an ED. Be honest with yourself about changes, make them positive. Do not attach your worth to them, because this isn’t what you are it is just a piece of you.

Now I also want you to go through your list and look at the things that you can’t change and then accept them. You do not have to love your imperfections, but you shouldn’t hate them either. I have my own facial feature that I would give almost anything to change as well as my hip bone structure, but what is important is to let it go. If you can’t change it then don’t be worried about it. You are so beautiful and these “imperfections” don’t take away from that. Work on making the positive changes to improve the things that you can and let go of hating the feature that you can’t change.

We will always have insecurities and that is what helps us to be special. Be objective with changes and don’t be so hard on yourself. Always continue to grow to be faster, stronger, and smarter but don’t allow your value to be attached by what you look like and how you perform. Because you are so much more than that.