In order to have a perfect balance in life – both in professional as well as personal affairs, a person needs to develop a healthy and positive body image. The first and foremost aspect for developing a healthy body image, is positive thinking. Therefore, you have to make sure to keep a positive thought process and approach, to have a perfect body image. Besides, it is also important to maintain a healthy regime, and as part of it, take up regular workouts and consume healthy food. In fact, a positive image of a person definitely impresses people around him and helps him progress at a much better pace than others. People look up to him and seek inspiration from his positive attitude.
1. Realize and appreciate the capabilities of your body
Well, your body shows several capabilities like walking, running, biking and lifting, which you generally take for granted and not realize that how amazing they actually are. So, rather than criticizing the looks of your body, try to show a gesture of appreciation towards its capability. Set objectives and goals so as to achieve and do something about them to feel confident about yourself.
2. Take care of health
Start your day by following a balanced diet along with fitness activity and make it a routine. In such a case, if you take an evening out with friends, you can manage to actually enjoy yourself rather than fretting over the amount of calories you have consumed. You just need to feel great about yourself and enjoy the time. Well – there you have defined Health! Health is all about that great feeling.
3. Forget usual ideas
Celebrities like Arnold Schwarchezenegger and Serena Williams, both are considered obese according to the followed healthy range. But neither of them is fat. Remember, that the built of a body varies from person to person depending on their height, amount of muscle, bone densities etc. Don’t copy the trend followed by your friend just because she is size 4.
4. Ignore clothing sizes
According to a study done by an article, clothing size varies from store to store and retailer to retailer. One store’s 12 can be another’s 8. So better don’t bother paying any attention towards that. You just feel bad when a quite adjustable size doesn’t fit you. So when you get home do not look at the size, simply cut out the label and wear it.
5. Stay off the scale
Sometimes due to fluctuations in the water weight of the body, the scale gets raised up to five pounds in the wrong direction, so you may get tempted to micromanage yourself. If you feel like checking your weight, for maintaining the right body weight, then set a bi-weekly or weekly time aside for it. Otherwise, just throw away the scale and go by the fitting of clothes.
6. Dress comfortably
Many times when you wear revealing or tight clothes, you tend to be greatly aware of the shape of your body, which totally strips away your total confidence. So, in order to feel comfortable and good about yourself in the clothes that you wear, it’s not harmful in going for an extra size upwards than squeezing yourselves in sizes of clothes that do not define you.
7. Move out the mirrors
A beauty blogger quite recently decided to avoid looking into the mirrors for an entire year. Her ambition was to live from within the soul rather than through the outer looks. Though you might find it quite difficult to avoid all the mirrors, you could definitely encourage yourself through negative monologues like – Am I fat? How big is my pimple on the cheek?
8. Interact with positive people
It’s wrong to rely completely on others to come to terms with your worth, but sometimes when a very close friend or a person appreciates you and your hard work, you definitely feel good about yourself. Your confidence achieves a new level and you find great positivism within you. So, try to be, and interact with positive people most of the time and let their positivism influence you.
9. Avoid dieting friends
It can be quiet difficult to cut off ties with a friend who is a great fan of dieting and is on constant trial to lose weight, but when he/she constantly keeps yapping about his/her diet and the amount of calories consumed, it obviously gets into your head. Try to change the subject of talk and if even that doesn’t work, then go out hanging with another group of friends.
10. Take regular meals
Make yourself habitual to consuming frequent meals and snacks throughout the day, as it is not only healthy for your metabolism but also decreases your hunger level which can lead to overeating and then feeling guilty later on. So plan your meals according to your needs, that will help keep you in great control and also make you practice self discipline.
