Life's Whirlwind Adventures

State of the Union May 30, 2014                In                                         Out Healthy Eating                      snacking on junk food 30 Day Squat Challenge                                                  30 Day Butt Challenge              30 days of watching TV 30 Day crunch Challenge Loving my body                  focusing on the number on the scale (211) Enjoying my time with my boys      stressing about what I can't control So I have started all three of these 30 day challenges. I...

To be perfectly honest, I've always had issues with my body image. Not as bad as some people, I've never suffered from anorexia or bulimia, but there has always been a love hate relationship with my body.  I think most people go through this, they look in the mirror or see pictures of themselves and automatically start dissecting what they don't like about their body.        I've had these thoughts and more it's unfortunately not the best mind set to have, it's very discouraging always focusing on the negative aspects of ones body image. And let's be honest many of the issues people have with their body come from genetics versus the image of beauty perpetrated by the media.  There is no fighting genetics and the amount of airbrushing that happens within the pages of the glossy magazines makes those body images unattainable.  I've started looking at the magazines as really great comics, at least the pictures, because they just aren't real and quit...