One of my favourite books of all time is a book called "When I loved myself enough" by Kim McMillan. Kim lists things that she sees as self love toward herself. I highly recommend it if anyone is looking for a thought provoking book.
One of Mish's podcasts is her lesson "Your body is perfect". In it, she talks about how our bodies are actually perfect. When I put good nutrition into my body, when I exercise it, my body loses weight. When I put poor nutrition into my body and don't exercise it, my body gains fat. If I do the same exercise day in day out, my body begins to burn less calories to save energy. There's nothing wrong with my body. In fact, there never has been! My body does exactly what it is meant to do. It is, in fact, perfect!
I can't believe I've spent so long at war with my body, hating on it, thinking it was "less than"!
I had a bit of a breakthrough this week. I realised that living a healthy lifestyle (that is: good nutritious food and exercise) is something I now do not because I have to, or because I should. Instead, I do it from a place of self-love because I am worth it.
It has become more of a willing conscious choice, than a forced one.
When I loved myself enough I realised that my body is perfect.
When I loved myself enough, I chose to live a healthy life style as a gift for being the wonderful person that I am.
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