Today is National Love Your Body Day and I thought it would be a great time to stop and reflect on just how awesome we are!
Here is my list:
1a. My smile and sense of humour because I am dorky, goofy, playful, and I love to joke around…
1b. Laughing til I cry because there are few moments in life when I am truly in the moment like that.
2. My body has no ‘imperfections’, just things that add character and make me unique. Freckles, marks, scars, stretch marks, cellulite, spots, wrinkles, etc. give us character and expression. I think one of the most beautiful things a person can have is laugh lines around their eyes!
3. My body never takes a day off, even when I do!
4. I have 206 beautiful bones and one heck of a sexy skeleton (trust me I’ve seen the X-rays. Meow.)
5. My small intestine is over 20 feet long and it still fits inside my body. Creepy, yet awesome.
6. I have a birth mark on the side of my stomach that is Eric’s favourite spot.
7. A number on the scale does not tell me how awesome my body is! The two aren’t even related.
8. I went from running for just a minute at a time and believing that I just wasn’t a ‘runner’ to running 13.1 miles at a time.
9. If I am injured or sick, my body works fast and furiously to heal itself and doesn’t stop until it is ok. When I am asleep it works the hardest!
10. I have super duper taste buds that give me a passion for food, eating, baking, cooking, etc.
11. My beautiful brain. The source of my passions, my emotions, my laughter, my pain, my creativity, my memories.
12. My body has a wicked ‘gut instinct’ and always whispers to me when it feels something isn’t right.
13. It helped me swim for 750 metres in the open water in just 12:54 minutes. It even kept going when my brain wanted to bail.
14. My body learned to trust me again, after over 10 years of disordered eating. My body allows me to eat normal amounts of food and maintain a healthy weight despite not counting calories, obsessing, or working out too much. It also forgives me when I have a bad day and fall back into old habits.
15. My eyes because they allow me to see beauty in everyday things and capture it with photography.
16. There is a ninja hiding inside of me and I believe I could kick some major butt if required. I also believe I may have had a black belt in a former life.
Ok…maybe a yellow belt… ;)
I posed the question on Twitter today asking you all to give me 1 reason why you LOVE your body! :)
Here are some of the replies:
- @katiehamilton, ‘Because it’s just like my dads….my hero.’
- @ohhealthyday, ‘I love my body because no matter how badly I’ve treated it in the past, it has never let me down.’
- @imadedinner, ‘I have a smile that makes my students feel at ease.’
- @blackcatkitchen, ‘I love my body because it adapts to whatever I throw at it, whether it’s 10k training or a weekend food fest with family!’
- @smittenkitten, ‘I love my body because I had a perfect pregnancy and gave birth to my beautiful, healthy daughter.’
- @marsGiovani, ‘only got one body, and it functions well (healthy)’
- @dianabydesign, ‘People pay tons of money to get natural curves like mine.’
- @Kimberly_FeLix, ‘I love that my body has stood the test of my brutality.. & given me the baby I was told I wouldn’t be able to have.’
- @Bethegoose, ‘I LOVE my body because it allows me to make everyday an adventure.’
- @Clarqui, ‘because I can run and jump, spin and move, skip and dance!’
- @Glorious_Greens, ‘I love my body, because after all the crap I put it through it is still strong & beautiful. It helped me complete 4 1/2 marathons.’
- @KatieHeddleston, ‘I love my body because it continually surprises me with new capabilities!!’
- @ThehealthyE, ‘I love my body, because it helped me run a marathon last year!’
- @sweeton, ‘I love my body because it takes me all over the world to see and do amazing things!’
- @demagenkigirl, ‘Strong swimmers shoulders! That’s why! Keep me going in the pool.’
- @dancersteph25, ‘It’s strong and has gotten me through 3 half marathons in 2010 :)’
- @alysamarsiella, ‘It does things I never in a million years dreamed it could do. And I LOVE my legs and arms. They’re pretty fantastic!’
- @ItAllChanges, ‘I love my body because it is mine. I’m unique. ‘
- @lifewithkick, ‘my body carried me through 32 hours on my feet at fsu’s dance marathon!’
- @runsonsugar, ‘I love my body because it’s strong and forgiving of me while I learn to run.’
- @jessicavogel, ‘I love my body because it’s strong, beautiful, and perfectly imperfect! ‘
- @aprilisfabulous, ‘I love my body because it has birthed and nursed two little girls!’
- @Ryeswmmr, ‘I love my body because it is strong and it gets me where I need to go.’
- @chasingthenow, ‘I love my body because it makes it possible for me to live a full, healthy life!’
- @Dana18_Brown, ‘I love body because I am in control of it. I choose what going into it and how I take care of it.’
- @missfitbliss, ‘I love it because it’s one of the most loyal things I have in life. Takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’
- @mariesha416, ‘I love my body because it’s MINE and no one else’s. There is not another body in this entire world like mine! :)’
- @TaraRunning, ‘I love that my runner’s legs can make me run til’ the cows come home on any given day!’
- @Michellesfood, ‘I love my fair skin! I never want to tan! Plus, I like my muscular legs. Hubs calls them shapely.’
- @klvanhorn, ‘my strong muscular legs can run a sub-20 minute 5K and 2 marathon finishes.’
- @Nikirunsinpink, ‘I love my body b/c it gave me my greatest gift: my now 2-month-old baby boy!!’
- @TastyTherese, ‘I love my body b/c after 27 years of neglect, it continuously surprises me when I push it!’
I love the wide variety of replies that I received. :)
Tell me, why is your body awesome?
My body is awesome because it can run 13.1 mile in 1:59:01 without stopping!
I love my body because it is strong and can get my through anything. I love how strong I feel when it comes to doing things that AREN’T working out.
This entire post just brightened my day. I love reading the positivity.
You are certainly a beautiful person! I love that you say you have no imperfections. What a great approach to have because we are all made unique and that makes us wonderful. :)
I love my body because it brought me to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro!
my body has flown off MANY ski jumps and FAST in ski races !! even WON a few. It has done “back scratchers” and “daffys” – and THOSE are fun!!
It has run across many tennis courts, and my arms have awesome definition to show it.
right now it is getting strong again, after injuries, and hopefully will let me feel that awesome runners high again…
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What a wonderful list!!! I love my body because it has taken me through some of the most amazing – yet challenging – races and events!
I love my body because it went through surgery on Monday, and I’m feeling strong today. :-)
I love this! I love my body because it is what I was blessed with. I have two working legs and arms, and I can move. Not everyone is blessed to move.
This post makes me so happy!! I love mine because it has hugged, kissed, traveled, cycled, walked, run, swam, hiked, flown (on a plane.. haha!) and done many other things, and it makes me ME!
My body is awesome because it is MINE!!!
It can do so much and it has stuck with me my whole life :)
During pregnancy I fell in love with my body…..after giving birth….I fell even more in love with it…
I love my body because it made my two beautiful children possible!!!!
Great post!
I love my body because I am a child of God, made in His own image. :)
Aweome, great post.
I love my body cause its strong, perfect in its own way, and one of a kind.
Ok, first of all, LOL at #4! hahahaha!
I love so much about my body… and I love that I can keep finding things to love about it! I am grateful!
love this! I love my body because it lets me work all day on my feet with lots of energy.
A reason I love my body and a reason for everyone to love theirs; Your body holds your precious soul safely, it may take a bashing and abuse it may grow old, tired, ugly and often break but your spirit remains eterally young, beautiful and glorious. And when our bodies appear to flaw and fail, our spirit shines out and reveals the real beauty lurking within. Sowhen we look at ourselves or others at a body thats had a hard life, we can remember what it is fighting to protect. :)
“My body never takes a day off, even when I do”. I love this one! It’s amazing to think that our bodies are constantly working, always improving itself and keeping us alive. What a beautiful thought from a beautiful lady :)
I love my body because it held up through reconstructive back surgery at age 18 and open heart surgery at age 32. It could have easily given up either time but it didn’t.
I love this post! Trust me i’ve seen the xrays.. meow.. LMAO