I know, I know. It's been a new year for a month. However, I am half Vietnamese and today is actually the Lunar New Year, so Ha!
In college, I had this idea to write a book called "Beautiful at Any Size," which was going to be partly about my journey to better health and a resource on how to dress for your body, highlight your best features, cultivate inner beauty, and be beautiful no matter what size you're currently at. I think sometimes our culture says that "You're not beautiful unless ______" and you can fill in the blank. Well, my intention with the book was to counteract this myth and turn the focus of weight loss to being healthy, not becoming beautiful.
Clearly, the book never came to fruition, and even though I'm lighter now than I've ever been college, I still have a long way till I'm at a healthy weight. So, I'm going to bold and open up about my own struggle and journey in hopes of encouraging others. I'm taking my ideas for my book and putting it online instead. Obviously, I'm still in the beginning stages of this, but I will get organized. Ideally, I will post my food journal for the day, mostly for my benefit so I can keep track of my own intake, and for accountability in a sense. Maybe if I force myself to post every day what I'm eating, I'll be able to watch what I eat a little better. I'll also post an exercise log. I'll have weekly weigh-ins for myself and pictures of my progress. My dream for this is to be an exercise in accountability and encouragement. Knowing that I'm going to post everything I'm eating each day in my Food/Exercise Journal will hopefully keep me from being tempted to overeat and encourage me to exercise. Then, additionally, I'll comment on what works for me, what keeps me going, and what inspires me, so that maybe you'll be inspired and encourage in your own journey. I'm taking the weekend to regroup and figure out what I want this to be, and hopefully, things will be up and running next week.
Until next time!
Hello Kimberly!!! Thank you for the inspiration! I too seek out the true meaning of being beautiful and you know what I found in my search… Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I also thought small meant pretty but the more people I talk to and the more articles that I read…I am finding that not everyone think small is more beautiful. Beauty is inside and out.
ReplyDeleteThis journey reminds me of going back to my natural hair texture. Straight is better…natural too Afro-centric! Yet, I have a professional job and hope to one day be promoted! We all have our battles but don’t get discourage! You can overcome what society teaches us as pretty!! On a funny note remember that all magazine pictures have been touched up:):) and all famous people have bad photos taking at the worst time:):)
Tia