I thought I would share with you guys my thoughts on 'body image', itsnt it strange how probably 90% of us aren't happy with the way we look or I guarantee all of us have one thing we would love to change. We can all gain/lose weight and change our whole shape but we can't change our eyes, our nose, mouth unless having cosmetic surgery which im guessing not many of us would want to do that. So we pretty much have to work with what we've got and learn to love and accept ourselves for who we are.
I always thought the ideal body image was tall, thin, long hair and I have no idea why well I somewhat do I mean the media plays a big part or maybe because I don't have any of these traits. I could spend a countless amount of time in front of the mirror picking apart the things I don't like but nothing will change that so as I said before we need to love and accept ourselves for who we are.
It has taken me years to accept my body for what it is, only because throughout high school I was one of those people who worried to much about what other people thought of me. I felt like i needed to have that stick thin body, thigh gap, blonde hair, straight teeth to be accepted for who i was. Boy if i could go back then and realise that body image isnt everything! Most people arent even worried about the way we look its just ourselves putting thoughts in our heads, negative thoughts..
I've accepted my body, am I 100 percent happy with it no.. But it's only myself who can make a change and put in the time and effort to get to where I want to be.
In the end who will be there just us and our soul, so we need to love, learn and accept ourselves for the way we are.
Instead of pointing out the things we don't like about our body we should be pointing out what we do like. Positive body image is important as we can then accept, appreciate and respect our bodies.
We have the power to change the way we feel, see and think about our bodies it's all in our minds and thought patterns.