It should be said that I just spent the last 20 minutes writing a post about all the things I hate about being fat...all the things I hate about my body, all the things I hate about how my brain works. I've been feeling a bit sorry for myself lately.
Then I remembered the story I posted about the wolves and how which ever wolf you feed, grows.
So to try and offset the past 20 minutes of negativity brewing inside of me, I'm going to share with you the things I love about myself...right now, not 50 pounds from now.
1) I love that I have strong legs
2) I love my hair
3) I love my eyes
4) I love that I'm a great swimmer
5) I love that I'm a good friend
6) I love that I'm an over-sharer
7) I love that I don't really care that I'm an over-sharer
8) I love that I chose to seek counseling and make myself better
9) I love that I'm artistic
10) I love that I'm sometimes too emotional
11) I love that I can write about this weight loss journey
12) I love that I keep my husband on his toes, like how the other night I went into a 30 minute tirade about how women are so great and how we could rule the world if only we stopped picking at each other for 10 minutes. I got all women's lib on his ass and he was like woah who did I marry? He generally likes to keep me locked up in the kitchen making pies and doing laundry. All of this is to say that I love how I am passionate about certain topics. Topics like "turn the f-ing tv off if that ASPCA Sarah McLaughlin commercial comes on one more time" I can't handle animal cruelty, I'm half cat ya know.
I challenge all of you to write out some things that you love about yourself. Yes, it feels a bit strange, but I think that we all focus too much about what we're doing wrong or what we dislike about ourselves. Especially vulnerable are us weight loss bloggers. We spend a lot of our energy calculating just how much guilt we should be feeling for weighing X, not losing enough in a particular week etc. So, write out some things you love, and if you're feeling extra spicy...post it for the world to see!
Love,
Katy
This list was too cute. It made me smile & i know i don't know you, but i love all those things about you too! I think i will join you & make a positives list. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the direction you ended up taking with this post. Way to feed the right wolf!
ReplyDeletelove love love this post - you know what else takes twenty minutes.........the shred ;-).
ReplyDeleteDucking for cover ;-).
but in all seriousness isn't it great to see the positive and see how far you have come and that there actually are things that you like. I bet when you first started there was nothing, if you are anything like me.
The more positive changes I make for myself the more self esteem I build.
Congrats on finding the positive!
Great post!
What a positive uplifting post! I now know what I will blog about tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE THIS POST!
ReplyDeleteI think that this is exactly the kind of thing I need to do more regularly.
Thank you for sharing!! :)
I am totally gonna follow your blog. you seem like a fun type o' gal!
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