As a girl, this is something I have faced my whole life, my weight. It sounds really stupid typing that sentence, I'm not overweight and the only time I was nudging overweight was at boarding school, that's why the first sentence felt odd to type.
But I'm a girl. Who likes fashion. Who likes to look nice. Who dresses up for the occasion.
So when people comment on my weight, like most girls I'd imagine, my mind goes crazy. In the past 24 hours I've had 3 people ask me if I've lost weight. Its summer here and naturally my body does tend to loose some weight (eating more salads and fruit, swimming, chasing after nieces and nephews at the beach or the park), but never before has anyone commented on the 'seasonal' weight change.
So then it gets me thinking, the niece who lives 2 minutes from me is 2.5, so she's very (hyer)active and we're constantly moving, her brother is only 4 months old and is in the "its lovely to be rocked to sleep" phase. On top of the odd skipping meals over weekends cos I'm just too darn busy, it probably has amounted to more weight loss than is seasonly overlooked.
But then the insanity starts, I'm thinking about the chocolate that is part of my daily diet, the frozen yoghurt with ice magic drizzled over eaten straight from the container, the ham and cheese rolls when I can't be bothered to eat healthier. And insanely trying to imagine how much more weight I would have lost if I had cut out those 'bad habits' in the past few weeks, or imagine if I'd just walked down to my local supermarket instead of driven down, or or or...
So, I'm stopping the insanity, I'm thanking people for their compliments (if indeed they are complimenting) and accepting that things change. I am choosing not to get caught up in trying to be too skinny, I am choosing to make healthy decisions (I'm choosing to include chocolate for its excellent antioxidant properties!), I am choosing to be happy with my body.
The End
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