Feel Better About Your Body Right Now
About two months ago I was feeling really down about my body. After two years of living a very healthy lifestyle, my mother’s diagnosis of cancer threw me into an emotional tailspin and I calmed myself down with “food”, and by food I mean junk food. What made matters worse was that I knew EXACTLY what to eat to stay healthy and chose the junk food anyway, because emotional eating makes no sense.
I felt out of control and guilty…and shame when I had to buy bigger jeans. To make matters worse: I’m a fitness blogger! I’m supposed to have all this under control, right? I didn’t know how to pull myself out of this bad cycle of self-soothing with food and then beating myself up after.
One night, when I was feeling particularly down and I was crying about everything going on in my life, I decided to get out of bed and just go on the elliptical machine in my garage. I wanted to find anything that would make me feel better immediately and I stumbled upon this: 29 Celebrities Who Will Actually Make You Feel Good About Your Body.
Below are the quotes that made me feel better in that moment and helped me get a handle on my body image issues. If you are having a low body image moment, I hope these quotes help you too.
Beyoncé
Drew Barrymore
America Ferrera
I liked those quotes because they reminded me what I already knew to be true: a woman is more than her dress size. Over time when I was feeling stressed and powerless, particularly on my mother’s chemo days, I started reaching for my phone to do Google searches for quotes to make me feel better instead of the three pack of chocolate chip muffins I had been reaching for the previous weeks.
My mother is still going to go through whatever cancer throws her way, but I’m not going to let the sadness I feel drag my health down too. I finally feel like I’m getting back on track.
And if you are feeling a little low, I hope these quotes gave you a little pick-me-up. How about you? What are your favorite quotes?
Lisa 
Lisa Traugott is a Mom’s Choice Award winning writer, fitness blogger, wife and mom of two. You can read more about her in her new book, “She’s Losing It!” available at Amazon.com.
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