BODY ACCEPTANCE, CONFIDENCE, & POSITIVE SELF IMAGE, FINDING COMFORT WITH YOUR NATURAL BODY, AS A WOMAN... (A Look At The Myth Of Body Perfection, From The Reality Perspective, The Perspective Of, Real Life, Through The Lens Of An Outside Observer & How I See Things As A Man.)
Does it matter what you look like physically? Do you need to fit the image in the magazines? What defines beautiful or sexy? Now, I would answer that question by saying proportional symmetry. It's not your volume or mass, but how it's laid out and what it looks like aesthetically. It comes down to overall appeal to the eye and everybody's eye is different. There is no one set standard as some would have you believe. It's not slim that's in, but healthy.
You don't have to look like the images in the magazines. They aren't practical reality for most women. You need to realize that the body's weight, size, and shape fluctuates. The only thing fluid about it is change. You can be bloated or have water-weight gain one day and the next day be a slimmer version of you. With those natural fluctuations of your body, you can't be consistently one size or weight. The important thing to consider is does your body shape fit you and is it healthy. The only question is are you at a healthy weight.
The fact you need to remember is beautiful, sexy, attractive is not a one size only thing or concept. The concept of beautiful is different for different people. YES, YOU CAN BE TOO FAT, but YOU CAN ALSO BE TOO SKINNY!!! The question one needs to ask, when it comes to and as it concerns the physical attractiveness of their body is how is it proportioned and does it have aesthetic symmetry. But these are just surface things concerning the outward veneer. The first question one should start with is am I healthy. Yes, you want to have confidence about your body and how you look physically. You want to accept yourself as you are and accept your body as it is. You want to have a positive self and body image. But you also want to be healthy. You don't want to accept and be confident about an unhealthy body and weight - decreasing your quality and comfort of life and overall lifespan. Healthy is what's most important.
Yes, body confidence and acceptance is important. It is important to establish a positive image about yourself and your body, although it might not be the ideal and what you'd ideally like to look like in a perfect world. Peoples body's are different, as so the styles and dimensions thereof. There is no such thing as the perfect physical dimensions, so find what is healthiest and most natural for your body and accept that incarnation of your anatomy and be comfortable and confident in your own skin and physical form.
So, what is body acceptance and body confidence; Body Acceptance is about treating your body with respect and care. You don't have to love it all the time, You can still have your insecure days, but you don't let those insecurities drive you, define you. You accept your body as an ever changing work in progress and embrace the fact your body's healthy. Body Confidence is feeling good overall about yourself as it concerns your body. Whether you feel fiercely sexy and beautiful one day or a little less attractive, you still appreciate you and the body your in imperfections and all.
Your love of yourself and your body shouldn't be defined by a magazine. Your self-image and self-esteem shouldn't be beholden to what they protray as perfection. No made up ideal should determine ones love of one self. Understand that beauty has a sliding scale and perfection is a moving target. Get yourself to the place where your body feels most comfortable and what is a natural physical dynamic for you, and appreciate how it all works on you. Your proportions may not be that of another's. Your body may not look like another's, but physically attractive has multiple sizes and shapes, so embrace yours and all those natural, beautiful, curves.
