Day 3: Body insecurities (31 Days to Great Sex)

Today's book quotes:

"This ideal of super-sexed, voluptuous females has taken over."

"Anything that reminds us of our physical bodies also reminds us that we're inadequate."

"Love your body and you'll treat it better."

Today's challenge: Name 5 things that you like best about your body...

1. My hands
2. My eyes
3. My calves
4. My lips
5. My hips

Reflection:

Sure I have insecurities about my body. My baby belly is never going away. The stretch marks...yeah, they're here to stay. My thighs rub together, no matter how much weight I lose. And I'm starting to get wrinkles and sag in places I never did before.

But...my husband does an excellent job of reminding me that he thinks I'm sexy and that he wants me no matter what. I'm much more judgmental, not only of myself, but of him. I'm not sure why I'm so hung up on appearances. I guess being surrounded by messages telling us that we should be perfect and beautiful (in a certain way) affects us, even when we think we're smart enough to see beyond it. We're still constantly categorizing and comparing ourselves to an imaginary ideal.

I read somewhere recently that we need to think of beauty in a different way...that there are different ways of being beautiful - and each us is just one way of being so.