So, I've got a short story I want to share. And first off I have to say how grateful I am for my husband and the inspiration he receives.
My husband noticed that I was having a hard time with my self image. I wasn't realizing that there was something making it worse....Pinterest.
Now, I love Pinterest and I get TONS of ideas from it and it's where I find my dinners. But there is something on Pinterest that doesn't help your self-image by trying to help your self-image.
Yup! Ladies, it's your Exercise boards.
My husband suggested that I go through my Pinterest boards and take down all my pins that had inappropriate images of women. We are pinning pornography. That is a little bit of an exaggeration. But what are you really thinking when you see those images of women in their thongs showing off "how you could get a butt like her's" or skanky sports bras and sexy outfits?
Tell you what I was thinking. "I want to look like her and my body isn't good enough." It made me feel like I was undesirable that I didn't look like that. Now, woman who do look like that, way to go! Good job for putting in the effort to have a strong, healthy body. But you don't need to show it off to the internet with hardly any clothing on.
Here's what I did about my little Pinterest problem.
I got rid of all my pins that had scantily clad women and found better pins to replace them. It's made a world of difference. It really has.
We find that we love it when men turn away from images like that. But why is it that women don't think they have to look away too?
Try it. See how the difference feels.