Remember how the "
goal for Project 10 is to create a support group that encourages and inspires women to make healthy choices?"
One way I can encourage and inspire healthy choices
in myself is to
stop comparing my body to those of other women.
Take for example Samantha and myself.
Samantha is the
fitness advisor for Project 10. She just started a brand new
personal trainer business, runs marathons, and eats super healthy food. Sam is very fit, and at a healthy weight for her 5'5" frame.
It would be so easy for me to compare my body to Samantha's and allow negative thoughts to take root.
Thoughts like: "I'll never be as thin as Sam is." "If I were as tall as Sam, I'd be thin, too." Or "If I didn't have kids, I could work out every day and run marathons."
Once those negative thoughts took root I'd turn to a giant bowl of chocolate chip cookie dough to comfort myself.
The truth is Samantha and I are both unique. We have very different body frames, lifestyles, and metabolisms. We've also made different choices.
It's hard to tell from this photo but Sam is 5'5" and I am 5'0." Seriously, 5 inches is a big difference. An extra pound or two on her frame is not as obvious as it is on my frame. Don't believe me?
We both weigh right around 135 pounds. Yep. Samantha and I weigh the same amount. Boy, do those pounds look different on the two of us!!
Here's another interesting bit of information:
both of us ran a race for the first time at the Cox 5k in May 2010. In the last 2 years, Samantha got serious about running and has completed half marathons and full marathons. Me? I've exercised off and on but am still taking
baby steps to a fitness lifestyle.
Why am I telling you all of this?
Because I want you to join me in resisting the comparison game.
When those self-destructive voices start whispering lies in your ear, I want you to banish them with truth.
Your body is unique. Your choices are unique. Instead of comparing yourself to another woman's unique body and choices, think about your healthy goals and the steps you are taking to achieve them. That is truth.
Once you start resisting the destructive comparison game then you'll be able to inspire and encourage healthy choices in yourself. And that's what Project 10 is all about - making healthy choices so we become healthy women.
Do you struggle with the comparison game? How are you going to kick it to the curb?
Go read what Samantha has to say about
our mutual weight and comparisons.
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