5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Body Image Right Now

It's one of THE HARDEST things to do . . .   Reportedly 86% of
women have a poor body image.  Based on personal and
professional experience, and including adolescent and teen girls, I
would say that number is a lot higher.  We could talk for days
about the origins of our collective self-hate and probably should,
but I think it's more productive right now to have a
conversation about what to do about it.     Your body
image is comprised of 4 parts: Perception: how YOU perceive your
body (not how it actually looks to others) Emotion: how you feel
about your body Cognition: your thoughts and beliefs about your
body Action: the actions you take based on your perception,
emotion, and cognition   If you really want to improve your
body image you must always think about it from those 4
perspectives, work on changing all 4, and consider how they all
affect each other.   For example: I perceive that my
thighs are too fat and have too much cellulite compared to her.
 My constant thoughts are that it's so unfair that I
have to deal with this and she doesn't and I hate my legs.
 I feel frustrated, sad, ugly and stuck.
Therefore I refuse to wear shorts in the summer even
though I'm hot because I want to hide my horrible legs.  See
how that works? All 4 aspects reinforcing each other, and forming
your negative body image.    It can feel like a double
edged sword: I think my body image will improve if I lose weight,
but losing weight is much harder without a better body image.
 The truth is, that if you can improve your body image NOW,
right where you're at, extra weight and fluff and cellulite and
stretch marks and all, then your chances of ACTUALLY reaching your
health and weight loss goals goes up SIGNIFICANTLY!  You can
love yourself at ANY size, and I would argue that you MUST if you
really want to move forward.  Listen up for 5 simple
strategies you can start implementing RIGHT NOW to get you on track
to a better body image.   XOXO Tara   PS. if you like
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