Just be yourself
The human race is like licorice of all kinds, you never know what you’re going to get. There are as many personalities as people and there are a variety of shapes and sizes. It is therefore accepting who you are but at the same time changing what you can change.
You may not have control over your build, but you can choose what you put in your mouth. You may not have control over the talents you have been given, but you do have control over what you do with what you have been given.
The world places unrealistic expectations on people and especially young women. They are expected to look as glamorous as those featured in women’s fashion magazines. Is it any wonder so many women suffer from low self-esteem?
If women think that they have too much pressure on them to look as fabulous as a Hollywood star, many of them expect men to have the perfect physical body. Let me tell you my story:
I have always been skinny; Throughout my life I run into women from time to time who say to me, “You’re too skinny,” etc. Once a young woman was telling me about her boyfriend and how she takes care of herself. She had a good physical body. She was having a dig at me. At that time she was running over six miles a day and competing in track every weekend. Sometimes both Saturday and Sunday.
As with all the comments that have been made about my thinness, I have never taken offense or suffered from an inferiority complex or low self-esteem because of it. My shape has never bothered me. I just accept it for what I am.
Goal…
I can understand why women have their self-esteem attached to their weight when there is so much pressure on them to have a good figure, but what they are really doing is living to please others instead of accepting who they really are.
It’s important to accept who you are and not let the shape of your body determine your self-worth.
You should also not allow the comments of others to determine your self-esteem. If others can’t accept who you are, then that’s their problem, not yours.
The bottom line is that you can only live your life according to your own circumstances and not compare yourself to others because it will be similar to comparing apples to pears.
Your value is not determined by what others say about you. It is not determined by your dress size, nor by your achievements. You may see the achievements of high-profile athletes being applauded on television, but all this will pass. There are thousands of unsung heroes that society takes for granted but who do their job day in and day out without complaint or even modest applause.
My suggestion is to focus on a “healthy eating” rather than “lose weight” mindset.
It is much easier to achieve a goal based on what you eat and how much you eat than it is to lose weight.
Like all things in life worth striving for, losing weight requires effort and sacrifice, and only you can decide if the outcome was worth it.
