I’m a consistent complainer about one thing: my body.
I frequently talk about food, my weight, the things I don’t like about myself. I’ve blogged about dieting, giving up ice cream, hiring a trainer, and losing a certain amount of poundage. And if I’ve devoted a smidgeon of this online space to those things, you’d better believe I’ve devoted far more time to it in real life.
And I’m over it.
It’s time to start focusing on the things I do like about myself…and to OWN them.
I’ve got good skin…it’s a gift from mother nature because I sure as hell haven’t done much to make it so.
And I love my lips; they’re definitely my favorite feature.
I also have bitchin fingernails. I was a childhood nail biter and my mom let me get acrylics when I was in 8th grade (much to my piano teacher’s chagrin). In college, I decided to take them off and what would you know?! They grew super fast, super strong, and super long.
I’ve got a great clavicle. Is that a weird thing to like?
I don’t have freckles, but I do have moles beauty marks. I like how they make my skin unique.
Lastly, and this one may sound silly, but I think I’ve got a pretty good rack!
Now it’s YOUR turn to be bold! What do you like about the way you look??? Write out a few things…it’s good for the soul, I promise!
Image courtesy of Kelly Sauer
yah you do! this is a great exercise (and often much more effective than you know . . . exercise . . . in getting through to the brain!)
i like my eyes and my pale skin
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thanks for the encouragement to appreciate that today.
I love everything about you! I like my eyes and my smile…and my now forming smile lines. I like them! I want to be that older woman who smiles with her whole face, even when her grin is not turned on. ~Kristin
I like my hair — it has body and it’s a great color. I like my shoulders and clavicle too!
And lately, I’m liking my arms and legs as I’ve been working out and they are taking a much better shape. I think you’re right — we need to focus on what’s good and stop beating ourselves up about the bad.
My husband tells me almost daily that I have a very nice ass. There ya go.
If we put your top and my bottom together we’d be smokin hot.
That almost made me pee! : )
Gosh, this is so hard for me. There’s not much I really like about my outside appearance at all. Maybe the color of my eyes? I’m working on runners legs so that is a good thing…I’m a constant work in progress. I’ll check in a few more months down the road!
The only reason I tried running was because runners have such great legs!
It makes me sad that this is hard for you, Lemonjello! You tan easily, have thick bouncy hair, and have a great smile!
This is AMAZING. Love it, love it, love you.
At a time when I have the very least reasons ever to love my body – I’m starting to do just that. Is it a 30′s thing?
There may be many more pounds on the scale than is healthy (although that number is going down, without me being obsessive) I have a naturally nice shape. And that’s a big deal. Some people, even thin people, are just a weird . . . shape. Does that make sense? But I’ve got that pear thing going for me. And an ass to be proud of. Plus good hair and nice full lips.
I think confidence and comfort build with age!
An ass to be proud of…NIIIIIICE!
I cannot express to you how I’m struggling with this very same thing. So much more that I’ve ever struggled before. It’s good to say it: I like my lips and my eyes. My Mama gave me some good stuff.
You’re a gorgeous woman, Amber. When I first saw you, I was prepared to seethe with envy. But your warm spirit made me love you upon first sight!
You do have absolutely flawless skin and a nice rack, hotness. I think celebrating the good stuff is always the way to go when we’re talking about our lives or our bodies or whatever. This is a great post for a Monday morning! xo
What a great idea – but I’ve gotta say, as I read through these comments, I CANNOT BELIEVE that any of you absolutely gorgeous young things can find even one tiny thing NOT to love about yourselves. Please do this every day – list them out in your head. And let the list grow and grow and grow. Because believe me, from where I stand – you are, every one of you, TO DIE FOR.
I’ve battled my weight my entire adult life and now have the vericose veins and sagging boobs that go with being nearly 70 years old. But I have a good face, a welcoming face and I like that it’s lived in. I have strong hands, age spots and all. I have decent ankles (at least early in the day before the effects of liquid-pooling gravity take over.) I have a shape – it’s a little too full, but it is a shape and I’m grateful for it. And I love my white/blond/gray hair, though not so much in my ever-shrinking eyebrows. ::>)
Diana, just your smiling avatar makes me smile. You are what we all hope to be.
Yes. What Kelly said.
Strong hands…me, too! And I’m proud of the degree in which I use them. I’m handy, I can cook with them, and I can comfort with them! : )
focus on the positive let go of the negative self talk. definitely been working on this a LOT this past year.
I like my smile and my eyebrows are pretty on point these days. and I dig that i have moles &freckles that make me unique!
I LOVE your freckles, too!!! : )
We love everything about you!!!!! xoxo
1. You are HAWT.
2. I like my curves. More so when I’m nursing.
I like my legs and my freckles and my green eyes! And I just got a new hair cut that I love!
Green eyes?! JEALOUS!!!
I got my hair cut, too. Doesn’t that always make you feel fabulous?!
yea I feel pretty lucky with my eyes and yes hair cuts are an instant mood/body image booster!
This is so bitchin. I love it. And you.
I like my hair. It’s thick and full and long and easy to style.
I like my legs. They’re long and strong.
I like my eye color. Grey is unique.
You have KILLER hair. And I just saw a pic you posted with soft waves and I resented my three strands of hair even more.
And your eyes are gorgeous with or without cool specs!
What a great post. Why is this so hard for us, generally speaking? Ok, I do like my smile, partially because people compliment me on it but mostly because I like to use it. I will also say that as much as I hated being tall in high school, I love it now and only partially because I don’t have to wear heals and brake my legs.
Thanks for sharing.
heather
SUCH a good one! I love that you like to smile and own it and I totally get the long legs thing. I was taller than all the boys in junior high. Thankfully, they caught up! : )
Thanks for participating!!!
This post was passed on to me today. What an awesome testament to beauty in all of its forms! Any step to destroying the myopic mythic image of the airbrushed-photoshopped-overly-made-up “beauty” queen is a great step.
I like that I’m slender. I like my shoulders, especially when my triceps are toned. I like my hair; it’s thick and long and it defines me in so many ways. And I like my butt – and my husband loves my butt. #FTW
And may I also say, as someone who just crossed the 40 threshold, I even like some of the signs of aging I see: I see laugh lines around my eyes and weathering in my hands. And I’m OK with it, because they are marks to me of a life well lived.
P.S. You do have a killer rack. And your lips are GORGEOUS. And I love your smile. And the way you eyes light up when you laugh. And the way they narrow when you are about to tell a secret.
oh gosh I wish i could say I had a great rack (however, since having my second…the one good thing about being uncomfortably engorged is it adds a bit of volume to the boobies ha)
I would say I like my freckles, and I think i have pretty good teeth (thanks to my parents who paid for braces back when I was a little one lol)
This is a gorgeous, gorgeous post. I have a hard time naming things I like about my body right now, but I do like my eyes. My eyes are gray too.