Your beautiful body

You are born to love your body – that is the way we werecreated. Just ponder a moment what your body does each day, it is not just anornament of beauty, it is an instrument of life! Handle it with care and letothers respect it.

Always respect yourself and judge yourself as a wholeperson, not just as a body with defects – moles, pimples, fats, etc. Act the asif you had the perfect body. Do not let your weight or shape keep you fromdoing things you enjoy. Count your blessings, not your blemishes.

Pamper your body, do something that will let you enjoy yourbody: stretch, dance, walk, sing, take a bubble bath, get a massage, have apedicure. Keep your head held high, be proud and confidence in yourself as aperson. Wear comfortable sexy and feminine clothes that you really like andthat feel good to your body - clothes that would give you feelings of power,strength, and comfort. Become the expert on your body – let your beauty andindividuality shine!

Find a method of exercise that you enjoy and do itregularly. Do not exercise to lose weight or fight your body -- exercise tolove your body. You must be your body's ally and advocate, not the enemy.

Let your body radiate the message, "I'm beautifulinside and out."

Remember this: "Beauty is only skin-deep."

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Why Is Self Worth and Body Image Important?

Selfworth and body image is important because to truly get the most fromself-pleasure and let’s be truthful to get the most from life you must haveconfidence in yourself and be comfortable in your own skin. Unfortunately formany women that isn’t the case. There are a number of factors for this.

Itdoesn’t help when you look in magazines and see skinny, airbrushed modelswearing expensive clothes looking glamorous; the modern world seems to worshipthe perfect body and if you have low self esteem it is easy to believe that youare too tall, fat or unattractive

Girls,we are own worst critics picking up every small real or perceived fault withourselves. We have all been a slave to the scale or checked the mirror moretimes that is healthy trying to work out why we look the way we do and if wethink we are attractive enough. If we are not happy with our own body then wecan’t get the most from it.

Whateveryour body shape you are attractive and you are beautiful. You don’t have to bethin to be attractive! Women the first step is to be confident, appreciate your own body. Whatever you believe is true there is someone out there who finds youattractive. Beauty is not all about looks but confidence and believing in yourown self-worth.

Thetrick to recognize is that your body is unique, enjoy and love it. Look atyourself and focus on the good details. People will focus on the good and notthe bad. Believe in yourself and then you will see that everything else willfollow.

ByHolly Franklin

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