I’ve been taking part in Mel Wells Academy and one of the tasks we were asked to do was to write a letter to our bodies. I thought I would share mine on here as you may be able to relate to how I used to feel and also to give hope that this can change.

A Letter To My Body

Does self-love mean we cannot want change? Some of what we see on-line can make it seem as if self-love and body acceptance are destinations. They’re not. You don’t suddenly wake up one day and you’ve made it

re there things you’re waiting to do until certain conditions are met? Are you waiting to be happy? I was reading a Chrissy King article talking about how we often say I’ll be happy when, when I lose X pounds, I can wear a size x, I’m smaller etc

The effect of the words we use, on our sub-conscious, can have a significant effect on how we feel about us. I love words, I love reading, I love word-games and recognise how they can be a powerful tool in many situations.

So what is all the fuss around self-love? It seems to be a bit of a catchphrase at the moment. But why?

This week I’m taking part in Mel Wells, Self-Love week. It’s a great way of remembering to take actions just for us. Actions that honour us, that value us.

Cor, you’d think by the time I got to my age I’d be sorted! But I still get myself confused & tied in knots about things. I moved away from dieting and towards intuitive eating which was fine – but then I started to think I wasn’t doing that right either!

As I’ve written before my mantra for 2019 is “say yes, be brave”. It’s all to do with “putting myself out there” – to experience life. This was following on from 2018 when I started to push myself out of my comfort zone in ways I never thought I would.

So if I don’t diet, what do I do? I have stopped dieting and adopted a more intuitive and moderation approach to food. Does this mean I don’t think at all about what I eat? In short, the answer is no.

One of the hardest things about leaving the diet mindset behind was to stop dieting.

It was something I had been doing for so many years: – Weight Watchers, Slimming World, Atkins, calorie counting, You Are What You Eat, eating clean, even Slimfast (YUCK!) not giving a stuff!

Life can become busy & hectic. Therefore, anything I can do to reduce this I do. The principles of nourishment, self, consistency and simplicity lend themselves to a much less stressful and more chilled living experience.

In November I vocalized that I wanted to be more adventurous and the next thing I knew I was flying through the jungle on a swing! Way out of my comfort zone.

Well, not quite the next thing, but not what I thought I’d be doing just before Christmas.