Chapter 11

1. What are your attitudes to your body? Take some time to study your body and become aware of how you look to yourself and what your body feels like to you. Try standing in front of a good-sized mirror, and reflect on these questions:

Look at your face. What is it telling you? What are your eyes conveying to you? Can you see yourself smiling? Is your body generally tight or relaxed? Where do you feel tension? Which parts, if any, of your body do you ashamed of or try to hide? What about your body would you most like to change? What do you like the most? The least?

For the most part I like what I look like. When I look in the mirror at my face there isn't much I would change I think I am fairly good looking. My favorite part of my entire body are my eyes, I have very blue eyes and I am complimented on them all the time. I also, love smiling I have been asked if I have had braces before because my teeth are so straight, which I haven't. I generally have a tight back, I have had back problems for as long as I can remember and I always have knots in my back and in my shoulders. I tend to hide my stomach, I would love to get rid of my love handles and belly, I have tried numerous things and nothing works. My legs are average and I love them. I don't think there is a shape for my body, it goes from tiny to round to tiny again. I have a big chest, which I enjoy most of the time, I also get the back problems from it. The number one thing I would change would be my stomach flab.
2. Is your weight a barrier and a burden?
I would most definitely say yes. I am so concerned with my weight that I fail to see the good parts about my body. I try so hard to watch what I am eating and work out, but nothing seems to help.

3. What actions are you willing to take to become more invested in taking care of yourself?
I am willing to do anything. I would really like to feel healthy and have more energy.
4. Tell me 6 (yup, six- up one from last week) good things that have happened to you this week.
I am learning to budget my money, We finally settled in to our new place, I keep picking up hours at work, I got a part time job that pays in cash, I am doing really good at staying ahead in all of my classes, and lastly, my boyfriend and I moving into our own place has helped our relationship so much, I think he may be the ONE.