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What has your body done for you?

Posted: Apr 13th 2008 9:00AM by Jacki Donaldson
Filed under: Emotional Health, Fitness, Food and Nutrition, General Health, Diet and Weight Loss

When I need a little pick-me-up, especially in the self esteem department, I try to remind myself of all that great things I've accomplished with my body.

Like pushing out two whopper baby boys and enduring a miscarriage. Like running miles and miles and dropping a few pounds with an overhauled diet and more strenuous exercise plan. Like climbing a rock wall in college when I so wanted to give up and back myself right down to the ground. Like mowing our up-hill yard last summer, trying to keep a self-propelled piece of machinery from running off what seemed like nothing less than a steep cliff -- I should mention I'd never before touched a lawn mower. Most of all, I try to remind myself that no matter how much I eat, or how much I exercise, or how much I weigh, my body has conquered something both fierce and deadly: Cancer.

When I really think about it, I realize that my body rocks. It's powerful, strong, capable, and on a good day, it doesn't look so bad either. Sure there are some things I would change about it -- and one thing I will change on April 23 -- but for the most part, my body serves me well. Yours likely serves you well too.

Think about it. What has your body done for you?

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