I’ve become fixated on dressing in clothes all over again.
The Science of Fitness special edition magazine has an article titled The Power of Body Neutrality.
The key takeaway of this featured article is that you don’t have to think positively about your body every hour of the day.
You might like your hands and not like your thighs. The Body Neutral movement espouses focusing on the parts of your body you really like.
Yes–I’m obsessed with my arms–one with its “kitchen scars” and all.
A surprise suggestion in The Power of Body Neutrality:
Rethink your clothes by sticking with styles you’re comfortable in.
To wit:
“It’s a simple step, but when we’re self-conscious about what we’re in, it just brings more awareness of ourselves to our bodies and what we don’t like about them.”
I for one cannot wear regular blue jeans and feel good.
The quote above from the Science of Fitness hammers home why it’s a mistake to buy clothes that have become popular without thinking of whether you’ll like wearing them once you’ve taken them home.
As I live on the cusp of 60 I’ve taken to rethinking how I want to dress. It might be that I will always dress like I’m a teenager regardless of my chronological age.
Proving that our real age is just a number and the size on a clothing tag is just a number.
If you like how you feel dressed in jeans that’s all that matters.
Loving our bodies is possible.
It’s a radical idea that fits into the Conscious Chic and eco-conscious clothing ethic: save money by buying only the clothes you’re comfortable in. In turn we save the planet and S.O.S.–Save Our Sanity by quieting the internal critic.
How a person dresses often reflects what’s going on internally. Another great reason to choose and use clothing items carefully to either amplify or alter our mood.
It’s true we should like what we’re wearing.
I’m going to take The Science of Fitness mantra above to heart.
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