The Perception of Ourselves

I was talking to a friend recently and she had an epiphany. She realized her beautiful slim 15 year old daughter was the same weight she was when she got married and several times in the past. Okay, not so much yet but... she always viewed herself as fat at that weight! Can you imagine what that says about her perception of herself?

I talk to women all the time that view themselves as "fat". I am guilty of it myself, I view my fat parts and feel unhappy with them as well. But, I have come to realize I am the only one viewing those parts as fat. This is true of the women that tell me they are fat or flabby too. It is our own distorted perception of our bodies.

My message here is let's try to ease up on our criticisms about ourselves. We are definitely more beautiful and slimmer than we see with our own eyes!