What has your body done for you?
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Fitness, Motivation, Nutrition & Supplements
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?
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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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Judy 4-13-2008 @ 12:34PM
My body has carried, birthed (naturally, no less), and then nourished my 3 children.
My body has certainly done many other things, but those are the most important.
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Jacki 4-13-2008 @ 12:48PM
Indeed, your body is wondrous!
Jacki
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Vishaal 4-14-2008 @ 2:53PM
My body has allowed me to do my favorite thing in the whole world, DANCE. It's just my escape. I also never take advantage of my abilities by playing with things like crutches and wheelchairs. I get so annoyed when I see people playing with those things.
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