Every inch of you is perfect…….

A very popular song right now is "All about that base" by: Meghan Trainor.  Incase you don't know the song, it is about how it's ok to have curves and not to worry about your size because  "Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top".  There is power in those words.  I sing them at the top of my lungs in my car. LOL!

I've heard over and over and OVER again that you need to love your self the way you are now. It isn't that you can't lose weight not loving your self. But they say if you don't love you now you won't love you after the weight is gone either.  I used to think these people were nuts.  I can never love my body right now because I can't stand the way it looks or how it makes me feel.  After I read "Choose to Lose" by Chris Powell it started to sink in.  In a previous blog I reviewed the book (see it HERE).  For a quick refresher in the beginning he explains our bodies as machines and about how our fat is a perfect example of our machine working. He said that it our fat is proof that our machine is "beautifully efficient". That book really helps to change your thinking and I highly recommend it.  I had really forgotten about it until today and I was returning to those thoughts. Realizing that when I learned that my fat is a product of my perfect working body I was able to put aside how I felt about my fat.  Now don't get me wrong I still hate it but I need to remember it doesn't define me.

Looking back on what my body has accomplished and my body is truly amazing.  It has gone from non runner to runner. It has fought against the family history of Type 2 Diabietes (so far), in spite of my eating habits.  It has allowed me to stretch my thinking by proving my brain wrong. The most amazing thing my body has done is been the home to new life as my boys developed for 9 months.

I have a long way to go to reach my goal but the long way is the only good way to get there. Taking short cuts never work out. I have taking more time that I needed to get going but I feel that I am truly fixing my thinking and that is how you keep the weight off.