Your AMAZING body - yes YOURS!!!

Last night my fiance kissed me goodnight after another day of yo-yo emotions connected with my body (which normally go from utterly repulsed to feeling OK about it, but never really accepting, let alone loving it), and he said "You know, I don't care if you lose no weight before our wedding, I don't care if you put on 100 lbs, I love you just the way you are, and I wouldn't change you for the world. The only thing I would, if I could, would be for you to love yourself, for you to see your body the way I see it, and the way God sees it."

It left me thinking, and today, as I was lying in bed this morning I started to be very aware of my heartbeat. I was thinking about how it took the blood all around my body, then I got to thinking how the body fights disease and the amazing intricate ways in which all the parts are connected. Then I got to thinking about how it handles the stuff we put into it - think about it - the fat, the sugar, the salt. Your body deals with it all for you. It works hard to get what it needs to fix itself, to stay healthy. I started to think of my body as the thing God has given me to live on this planet in, and as I did so, I started crying. It's beautiful. There's so much more to it than FAT. There's an intricate array of cells and organs all designed to keep me moving about in this world. It does what it can with what I give it and the amount of exercise I chose to (or chose not to) put it through.

Your body only does what you tell it to. If you want it to be nice and rounded, sit on the sofa. It thinks you want more padding. If you want more muscle, ask it nicely, by getting it working. If you want to feel more alive, to have more energy, choose nice things to put into it so it won't have to work so hard in getting rid of the crap.

And most of all, love it. It's beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!