For today's challenge I am to write about "Your opinion of your body and how comfortable you are with it".
I have so many flaws and things I hate about my body. But I also have a lot of good aspects, I think. In the past I've stressed out a lot more about the way I look, but nowadays I am not as bad.
I workout and lift weights a lot, so quite often my "freak outs" are thinking that either I'm gaining more fat or that I am not gaining enough muscle. It is so easy to just slip out of the workout regime and my body changes so quickly.
It's not really noticeable, but my body is changing all of the time. My fat on my stomach is really where you can tell if I am gaining weight or not. My muscle size changes often, too. In the past 2 months, I have actually gained an inch around my shoulders. In the past 5 months, I have gained an inch in my calves. But this is muscle, it's not fat.
So really, I see my body as this fine tuned thing that can change so quickly.
Overall I like my body. I'm fairly comfortable with it. My main concern is the amount of fat on my stomach, though. I need to eat REALLY healthy if I want that to go down, and I don't know if I want to do that. I want to be able to see my abs, but it's a lot of dietary commitment. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that.
I don't want to be one of these people that says "Everyone has flaws, we need to accept it and focus on the good points". Although it's mostly true, I think that if someone has a flaw that bothers them a LOT they shouldn't have to accept it. They can work on to change it. This relates to this article I read over a year ago, about kids getting plastic surgery for things like their ears, because their ears were so big they got surgery to make them look closer to their heads. If tweaking your flaw to make it better makes you feel more confident, then go for it.
I have so many flaws and things I hate about my body. But I also have a lot of good aspects, I think. In the past I've stressed out a lot more about the way I look, but nowadays I am not as bad.
I workout and lift weights a lot, so quite often my "freak outs" are thinking that either I'm gaining more fat or that I am not gaining enough muscle. It is so easy to just slip out of the workout regime and my body changes so quickly.
It's not really noticeable, but my body is changing all of the time. My fat on my stomach is really where you can tell if I am gaining weight or not. My muscle size changes often, too. In the past 2 months, I have actually gained an inch around my shoulders. In the past 5 months, I have gained an inch in my calves. But this is muscle, it's not fat.
So really, I see my body as this fine tuned thing that can change so quickly.
Overall I like my body. I'm fairly comfortable with it. My main concern is the amount of fat on my stomach, though. I need to eat REALLY healthy if I want that to go down, and I don't know if I want to do that. I want to be able to see my abs, but it's a lot of dietary commitment. I'm not sure if I'm ready for that.
I don't want to be one of these people that says "Everyone has flaws, we need to accept it and focus on the good points". Although it's mostly true, I think that if someone has a flaw that bothers them a LOT they shouldn't have to accept it. They can work on to change it. This relates to this article I read over a year ago, about kids getting plastic surgery for things like their ears, because their ears were so big they got surgery to make them look closer to their heads. If tweaking your flaw to make it better makes you feel more confident, then go for it.
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