Love Your Body Day is Wednesday, October 16th, and my goal is to get ALL of you to sign a pledge to making a conscious commitment to be your own body champion. Below, you’ll find The Body Warrior Pledge that I drafted five years ago and is featured on Day 2 of Beautiful You.
Pledge your desire to champion yourself by hitting the comments section below, sharing with us which statement you are making the MOST conscious commitment to embrace, what your first step will be in that journey, and then signing off with your name. Then, share this link with all of your girlfriends who should also be championing themselves and start a mini revolution amongst yourselves.
Sign the pledge by midnight EST on October 18th and you will be entered into a Love Your Body Day drawing for a signed copy of Beautiful You.
Let’s start our journey to body warrior amazingness!
The Body Warrior Pledge
Because I understand that my love and respect for my body are metaphors of my love and respect for my self and soul, I pledge to do the following:
To stop berating my body and to begin celebrating the vessel that I have been given. I will remember the amazing things my body has given me: the ability to experience the world with a breadth of senses, the ability to perceive and express love, the ability to comfort and soothe, and the ability to fight, provide, and care for humanity.
To understand that my body is an opportunity not a scapegoat.
To be the primary source of my confidence. I will not rely on or wait for others to define my worth.
To let envy dissipate and allow admiration to be a source of compassion by offering compliments to others.
To gently but firmly stand up for myself when someone says to me (or I say to myself) something harmful.
To change the inner-monologue in my head to one that sees possibility not problems, potential not shortcomings, blessings not imperfections.
To give my body the things that it needs to do its work well: plenty of water, ample movement, stretches, rest, and good nutrition, and to limit or eliminate the things that do not nurture my body.
To see exercise as a way to improve my internal health and strength instead of a way to fight or control my body.
To understand that my weight is not good or bad. It is just a number, and I am only good.
To love my body and my self today. I do not have to weigh ten pounds less, have longer hair, or to have my degree in my hand to have worth. I have worth just as I am, and I embrace that power.
To recognize my body’s strengths.
To no longer put off the things that I wish to experience because I am waiting to do them in a different body.
To understand that a body, just like a personality, is like a fingerprint: a wonderful embodiment of my uniqueness.
I am embracing “to stop berating my body”…..baby steps! I am going to stop daily saying mean things to myself about myself.
Carolyn Johnson
“To be the primary source of my confidence. I will not rely on or wait for others to define my worth.”
That’s lovely. I’m going to start telling myself that I’m awesome in the mirror every morning to try to start the day on the right foot. Great stuff.
To love my body and self today. Starting today, and then again tomorrow.
I pledge to be the primary source of my confidence. I have spent my whole life reacting to how other people view me and I want to change that.
To recognize my body’s strengths!
Robin
So many great things to choose from! Will start with giving my body what it needs to be nurtured, leaving the rest and to leave envy at the door.
I commit to loving and accepting my body right now, as I am, perfect and whole, and to treat my body with respect and love by nurturing and nourishing my body.
Iam so happy to love myself !!!
To see exercise as a way to improve my internal health and strength instead of a way to fight or control my body!
Today I am going to be courageous. Today I am going to be beautiful. Even though I might wish my body were different, today I am going to hold that wish in my arms like a tender, young child and ask, “Sweetheart, what are you needing?” And am going to tenderly care for myself and hold space to love my body just as it is.
I pledge to start living in this body and not wait until I have a different one. I pledge to start treating my body with the respect I deserve.
“To be the primary source of my confidence.” I will!
Joanna
I commit to no longer put off the things that I wish to experience because I am waiting to do them in a different body.
One way to do this is to gently care for myself, as I would for a child. If I’m sore I’ll stretch, if I bump or bruise myself I’ll apply a calming healing ointment, if I’m tired I’ll sit down for a cup of tea or a sparkling fresh glass of water. I’ll listen to myself with love.
Where do you sign the pledge?
Hello Ceanne! You sign the pledge by noting which statement you are prioritizing in your approach to self-acceptance and then signing your name as a comment. You can look at the other comments to see how people have done it (and to get inspired!). Glad you are joining us!
The site wouldn’t let me post a new post so hopefully this will work. Because I understand that my love and respect for my body are metaphors of my love and respect for my self and soul, I pledge to do the following:
(most important to me at this time)
To stop berating my body and to begin celebrating the vessel that I have been given. I will remember the amazing things my body has given me: the ability to experience the world with a breadth of senses, the ability to perceive and express love, the ability to comfort and soothe, and the ability to fight, provide, and care for humanity. And to recognize and celebrate my bodies strengths and uniqueness!!
Thank you!!
Because I understand that my love and respect for my body are metaphors of my love and respect for my self and soul, I pledge to do the following:
(most important to me at this time)
To stop berating my body and to begin celebrating the vessel that I have been given. I will remember the amazing things my body has given me: the ability to experience the world with a breadth of senses, the ability to perceive and express love, the ability to comfort and soothe, and the ability to fight, provide, and care for humanity. And to recognize and celebrate my bodies strengths and uniqueness!!
Thank you!!
“To stop berating my body and to begin celebrating the vessel that I have been given…” means so much to me. I have a chronic illness and it is so easy to get down on what’s wrong with my body. It’s important to recognize all the amazing things it can do!
Congratulations to all of you for making the commitment to be a Body Warrior and to Shelly for winning the signed copy of Beautiful You! So glad you all are working on being kinder to yourselves!