Giving Yourself A Break

Yesterday's post was all about giving your body a break. Making sure your getting enough sleep to recharge and be ready to go the next day. But, what about giving ourselves a break? I don't know about the rest of you, but I have a pretty poor body image of myself. I know I'm currently overweight and have been for a while. My little sister and I went walking last night and somehow we ended up discussing this very thing. We both talked about how we were unhappy with our body image, but until recently did nothing about it. We would complain (which drives our husbands nuts) but were obviously pretty complacent with where we were. Because that's all we did, complain. No plan of action, no goals, pretty much no motivation. Like the rest of us that are currently in the competition, I'm starting to make strides. Well, in my case, baby steps, but hey, it's a start! However, not only do we need to work on our bodies, we need to work on ourselves. We should be proud of who we are and even what we look like. Sure, we all have flaws. But maybe next time your tempted to start complaining about your body, think of five things instead your proud of. Maybe your personality, your outlook on life, talents you have and goals you've accomplished. EVERYONE has something to be proud of - we just need to focus on the positive more and let go of the negative. I found the above quote on another blog and loved it so much I put it on my personal blog. I'm also going to post it on this one. I think it's a great reminder of taking charge of our lives and not letting the little things get to us.