Just the other day, I had a wave of well-being wash over me: It said “I’m fine just the way I am. No need to work on changing.” Well, that feeling lasted all of a minute, and I was back to scheming about, you guessed it, how and when to lose 10 pounds.
Based on my experience alone, I think women automatically think of their bodies as a project, something to constantly improve or shape. They may or may not change eating and exercise habits in response to the impulse, but they are always thinking about it.
I worry that thinking about one’s body as a life-long project takes needed energy away from one’s development in other areas: social, civic, philanthropic, personal, and intellectual. In our book, we quote an author who asserts that “Your body is not your masterpiece; your life is.”
I don’t have any advice on how to silence the constant clamor in one’s head about how to improve or change one’s body. I hear it in my inner dialogue every minute of every day. I just wanted to write and alert you to it, in case too much of your energy is going into this relatively small facet of your life.
Stop Losing and Win 