body pledge!

While looking at Pinterest the other night, I found a Pin called the body pledge and I liked it, so I decided to talk about it on today’s post.

Body pledge:

- I vow to start loving my body, however I am feeling, however I look and wherever I am.

Everyone has those days where you just don’t like the way you look. I definitely feel like that sometimes. It doesn’t matter if you are skinny, short, tall, curvy, fit, fat, most people have days where they don’t feel they look and feel good about their body. Lately, I have been trying to block out negative thoughts.

- I promise to stop the negative self-talk and fight back against my negative thoughts- not everything I think is true.

 Sometimes I can think of myself in a negative way. For example, I’m not done with school yet; it has taken me longer to get it done, especially now that I have Liam. I think that makes me unsuccessful. I feel I’m behind in life. I need to remember that as long as I get done with school it doesn’t matter how long it takes me. I still want to achieve that goal for myself.

- I pledge to never participate in body group bashing of others and myself. This includes snide remarks towards other girls and picking apart myself.

I saw a quote the other day, “girls compete with each other. Women empower one another.” I have engaged in such negative behavior in the past, which I’m sure most girls have done. We all have personal issues and we don’t need to talk bad about other people to make ourselves feel better.

- I promise to refrain from hurting my body by-doing violence to it, not feeding it right and not taking care of it.

I want to live a healthy lifestyle, and the only to accomplish such a thing is by eating right and taking care of my body. My family has a history of health problems. I know I might not be able to prevent some things from happening, but I can definitely try to prevent it by taking care of my body.  A healthy life is a happy life!

- I promise to try not to compare my body to others.

This I think is probably the toughest one. It’s hard not looking at others and not thinking, “oh I wish I looked like that” but we have to remember that everyone has different bodies. Own what you’ve got!

- I promise not be affected by the negative appeals of the media. I know the media does not set the standards on beauty and perfection.

Media likes to play with women’s minds and they are good at making us think that we need to look a certain way, well guess what? Those celebrities in the magazines don’t look like that either; it’s called airbrushing and editing. Stop comparing your body to what the media puts out there!!

- I promise to recognize that different body types can be beautiful.

 No one in the world has the same body and all of us come in different shapes and sizes. I know several girls that are beautiful and most of them have different body shapes. Like I said before, own your body! No one else has what you’ve got.

- I vow to recognize my strengths, achievements, and attractiveness. I am a wonderful unique person.

Sometimes I struggle with this one. Some people might see my situation in a negative way, but I need to remind myself that what matters the most is to never let myself down. I can achieve anything that I set my mind to, as long as I believe in myself. Having a baby doesn’t mean that I will never accomplish any of my goals. On the contrary, it motivates me even more!

- I promise to not get down on myself when I make a mistake. I am human, and I know that mistakes are how I learn.

 You live and you learn, you are bound to make mistakes. They can only make you a better/stronger person if you learn from them.

- I pledge to not change my personality or how I act no matter how I feel around other people. Those who do not respect my true self and me do not deserve my friendship.

I like this quote because you shouldn’t change your views, or how you feel about anything just to make someone like you. Be yourself and if someone doesn’t like who you are then do not waste your time, remember that time is the only thing in this world that we cannot take back!

- I vow to stand up for myself, and others, when I hear something harmful or mean said. We all deserve respect and love.

I need to work on this quote, sometimes I have a hard time speaking my mind and I really hate conflict. I want to be able to stand up for others and myself in a respectable way.

I hope you can take the body pledge and believe that you can accomplish whatever it is you want!

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