I feel like I am posting a lot lately but I feel that I just have a lot to think about. Growing up my mother was overweight and so am I and so is my sister. I have a six-year old little girl and I so don't want to pass on bad habits to her. I have been talking a lot about my weight lately and how fat that I feel and she has picked up on it. She asked me the other day if her belly looked fat or not and it hit me how much of an example that I am to her. I want her to look up to me and be proud of me and I also don't want to put myself down because of my looks. She will scrutinize herself and she is beautiful!! I am speaking for myself of course and for all of you others who have children especially girls we need to teach them that the most important thing is to be healthy and strong and not necessarily WEIGHT!! I need to realize that I am her example of what a woman should be and what a HUGE responsiblity that is and what a "weight" on my shoulders. I vow to speak kinder about myself so that she can learn to love herself later in life as well....no matter what her weight.
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Great post! And, your daughter is beautiful :-)
That is such a good thing that you have realized that is one of my biggest goals is to not pass down my bad habits and not to say unkind things about my body infront of the kiddos.
Amen to that. SHe is gorgeous by the way.
I agree. This challenge has been good for my kids as well as myself. WE're eatting a lot more veggies, and learning how quickly sugar makes our body fall apart, and the kids like to exercise with me a lot. It's fun. I'm the same as you. My mom was a size 2 when she got married, then never got above a size 8 with my older 4 sisters, and then stayed big after me, and since i've known her, she's been between a size 14 and 22. My sisters have all been between size 10 and 16 as well. And I was a size 12 all through high school...not fun! I'd love for my little Kam to not have to worry about it everyday for the rest of her life like I've had to.
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