Excerpt From the Revised & Updated Edition of
My Feet Aren’t Ugly
“I started watching my weight and the things I ate because I thought I was overweight. My friends said I wasn’t but I thought they were lying so I kept dieting. I got so skinny that I had to go to the hospital. I realize now that I stopped eating because I didn’t feel good about myself. I take really good care of my body. Now and know how important eating healthy is.”
If our self esteem isn’t in tact, our body image could be skewed as well. This was such an important comment from a teenage girl about her body because it just shows you how feeling bad about yourself can affect the way you see yourself. One way of taking care of ourselves is to love our body and appreciate it for what it is and what it does for us.
Developing our self esteem or learning how to love our self from the inside out, strengthens our sense of self so that we feel good about ourselves. When we feel good about ourselves, we make better decisions. When we make good decisions, we create a better life for ourselves. When we create a better life, we are happier. Everything is tied to our self esteem.
So, take care of your body, eat the right foods and enough of them. Give your body a break, don’t expect it to be perfect, love it the way it is. If you do this, you will be strengthening your sense of self and will create an environment in your life that is joyful.
