Improve Your Body Image

JUST FOR TODAY:  You can have a positive body image no matter what your body size is.  Create a sense of Self that feels good!

How is it that you can feel pretty good about your body one minute, and then feel fat the next?  Did your body instantly gain weight?  No.  But your body image gained weight.  Your body image is your perception of your body.  Because body image is a mental impression, you can improve your body image by changing your mind.  Try this experiment.  First, imagine your body as being very heavy, as if there are very heavy blankets on top of all of the parts of your body.  How does this feel?  Next, imagine your body as being very light, as if your body is porous and without substance.  How does this feel?  Now, return to your regular form.  How does this feel?  Which body image did you like the best?  You have the ability to create any mental image of your body, so why not create one that you like?

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado