Recapturing Beauty: Day 6

Day 6 Challenge: No Fat Talk

"Refrain from talk about weight or shape of self and others. Be aware of how often you compare yourself to others, and evaluate how this makes you feel."

I did okay on this. There was some talk about ice cream and how I don't keep it in the house because I'll eat it all. And a discussion on how ice cream has the potential to make you fat.

However, we didn't call ourselves fat or talk about our shape...it was just our love of ice cream.

Going in to this, I thought it would be pretty easy to get through this day without fat talk. It's usually only once a month that I talk about feeling fat. But I realized today that even when I'm not specifically focused on my body, "fat talk" does still come up. It means that even though I like my body 26 (or so) days out of the month, my mind is still tuned into how I see myself physically.

In some ways, I think that is okay. It is my job to take care of my body...it's the only one I have and I do want to be healthy...but I think it's important to make sure that the focus is on health and not focused on judging my own body harshly.