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6 Tips for Nurturing a Healthier Body Image

The challenges women face when it comes to loving their bodies only make it more important to embrace a healthy body image. Here are some tips for doing exactly that and loving yourself exactly as you are.

By Chris DeePublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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Although some sugar babies may feel thrilled with their bodies 100 percent of the time, most of us aren’t that lucky. Everyone has fat days and ugly days. We all compare ourselves to other women sometimes, even though we know we shouldn’t. And it doesn’t exactly help that so many people out there feel entitled to comment on women’s bodies and how they think they should look.

However, the challenges women face when it comes to loving their bodies only make it more important to embrace a healthy body image. Here are some tips for doing exactly that and loving yourself exactly as you are.

1. Stop seeking outside validation

Everyone loves compliments now and then, but whether you get them should never make or break the way you feel about yourself. Flattering compliments from sugar daddies, strangers, Instagram followers, or even your friends and family certainly feel good, but the joy they bring is temporary.

You won’t feel the type of happiness and comfort you’re looking for until you learn to be happy with your body as it is now – not as you hope it will be if you lose 20 pounds or manage to pony up the cash for that boob job you want. Anyone who truly deserves to be in your life will love you just as you are.

2. Understand that size is irrelevant

There’s no such thing as one ideal size when it comes to a woman’s body. Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes, so waiting to feel good about yourself until you fit into a certain dress size or see a specific number on the scale is an absolute waste. Beauty is also in the eye of the beholder, and this is the case for everyone.

Banish the mindset that you need to fit into your clothes. Your clothes are actually supposed to fit onto your body, not the other way around. Plus, no sugar baby needs to be told that sizes are far from universal. It’s very common for someone to be one size when it comes to one shop or brand but not another.

3. Surround yourself with body-positive people

We’re all our own people, to be sure, but we’re also who we hang with to some extent. People influence each other for better or worse, so choose the people you keep company with very carefully. Fill your social circle with confident, body-positive women who build other women up instead of tearing them down.

And raise the bar way up when it comes to the men you date. Don’t date men who think they have a right to tell you how you should want to look. Your looks are for you, not them, so ditch the emotionally immature men. Find yourself a sugar daddy or other man who will spoil you rotten and worship you instead, just as you deserve.

4. Focus on whole-body health

Far too many people think adopting a body-positive approach to one’s life means canceling your gym membership and deciding it’s okay to live on junk food day in and day out, but that’s not it at all. It is about shifting your focus from your size, looks, or dress size to whole-body health and being grateful to your body for all the incredible things it can do.

That said, you should absolutely take care of your body and yourself. Exercise regularly, eat well, drink plenty of water, and make your ongoing health a top priority in your life. Just make sure your end goal is health, strength, and happiness, not achieving a specific size or weight.

5. Style yourself for yourself, not other people

At the end of the day, it’s all fine and dandy if your friends, your family, or the sugar daddies you date like the way you look. But it’s imperative to remember that your looks aren’t actually for them. They’re for you, first and foremost, so start styling yourself according to your tastes and preferences instead of other people’s.

Forget about following the trends or sticking to the rules when it comes to fashion. Shop the clothes you love, and put yourself together according to what really makes you happy. Do the same with your choices in hairstyles, makeup, jewelry, and all the rest of it.

6. Spread body positivity to others

Once you’ve got things flowing as far as body positivity goes, be sure to put it back out there into the world around you. Find ways to compliment other people that don’t also involve commenting on their weight or the way their bodies look. Instead, try telling people you like their look by complimenting their great taste in clothing or the way they wear their hair.

Ultimately, body positivity is a state of mind, and an infectious one at that. Cultivate it in all that you do, and it won’t be long before you’re loving yourself the way you deserve.

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