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Weight Loss and Self Esteem
T he funny thing about writing an article is that you may have every intention of writing about one topic, but once your pen takes over you really are at its will.  The older women get, the harder it is for us to look in the mirror and be content with what we see. This oh so sensitive topic is weight loss. It’s a topic that all women, unless you’re a super model, doesn’t like to even think about. But we are reaching that time of year, the dreaded bathing suit season, that makes us all think about it whether we want to or not. We have no choice, it’s everywhere. These skimpy suits are in our face as soon as we walk into most stores, they’re in all This oh so sensitive topic is weight loss. It’s a topic that all women, unless you’re a super model, doesn’t like to even think about. This is the time of year that tanning parlors and gyms make the most money. Women are scurrying to get into shape and get tanned so they can go searching for that perfect suit that in their hearts they will never find. Do you know why they will never find that perfect suit? It’s not because of the suit, it’s because it doesn’t exist. Women will never be satisfied with the outcome, never quite tanned enough, or just a few more pounds. So in their head the suit will never fit the way they want it to, so therefore their perfect suit will never exist until they are satisfied with themselves. That within itself is a catch 22. How can a person convince themselves to be satisfied with what they see when they look in the mirror? I’m pretty sure there are psychologists around the world that wish they had the answer to that. The older women get, the harder it is for us to look in the mirror and be content with what we see. It doesn’t matter if we are single or married. If we are married, we worry that our significant other will find someone prettier, thinner, or younger. If we are single, maybe we’re worried that we won’t find anyone because there are prettier, thinner, and younger out there for the men to choose from. Here’s the only thing that I have learned, no matter what we change about our physical appearance, it’s only temporary and before long we will find something else that we want to change or fix. The only women, who are truly satisfied with themselves, are the ones that haven’t altered their appearance in the first place. Most of them haven’t dyed their hair, tanned, plastic surgery, etc. The only thing they may have done is exercised, and their reason behind that was probably more for health purposes than physical appearance. So what can we, as women, do to become one of these content women? If I had the answer to that I wouldn’t have just spent a fortune at the hairdressers and tanning parlor last week, haha. I believe all we can do is keep telling ourselves that we are the best that we can be. A very good friend suggested that I put a post-it note on the bathroom mirror so that every morning I would get up and see it. She told me to write on it: “I am beautiful and I love myself. I will accept myself for who I am and not care what anyone else thinks.” I haven’t done that yet, but I do keep meaning to. The only advice I have is even if you want to invest in tanning and gyms, maybe you can try looking in the mirror and telling yourself some positive things about yourself.The only advice I have is even if you want to invest in tanning and gyms, maybe you can try looking in the mirror and telling yourself some positive things about yourself. Even if you don’t really believe them, if you keep telling yourself these things you will actually start to believe them. Besides, what have you got to lose, you’ll still have your gym membership and tanning package if it doesn’t work -right? 
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