Quick and Easy Ways to Boost Your Body Confidence

People who yearn for the perfect body tend to set unrealistic goals for themselves. This can lead to certain levels of emotional distress and disappointment when these impossible results cannot be attained. Which in turn leads to even more guilt and the vicious cycle continues. In order to break this cycle of feeling bad about yourself and setting yourself up for failure, you just need to embrace the body that you have, feel confident in all of it, love and appreciate all of its assets and imperfections, and recognize the truly miraculous beauty that is every human body. We are all beautiful and unique and amazing just exactly the way we are. But if you are struggling with finding ways to gain confidence in your body, try some of the following tips.

Fake it until you make it

Body confidence is attractive and if you are able to love the way that you look then everyone else will, too. Ditching your negative mindset may seem impossible at times, so I highly recommend faking it until you start believing it yourself. Still, this doesn’t mean you can’t make subtle improvements. For example, many individuals, including men, commonly have issues with self-esteem, sometimes fixating on aspects like penis size. The visible outline of a man’s penis through his trousers has been a point of discussion in the growing world of fashion and fitness, and for those concerned about appearance, there are nonsurgical ways to enlarge the penis to create a visible penis line to boost confidence. When you look at yourself in the mirror, rather than focus on your flaws, deliver yourself a message of self-love and highlight all the good parts that you do love. Positive affirmations about yourself and your appearance will quickly become second nature and true body confidence will be the end result.

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Be your own best friend

When that malicious little voice in your head starts feeding you negative messages about the way that you look, take a moment to consider whether you would deliver these same messages to your best friend. Would you be so cruel to someone else? If you heard another person talking about themselves in the same negative manner, would you allow them to continue on or would you stop them and rephrase all of their messages into more positive affirmations? We all need to give ourselves the respect that we deserve, the same respect we give to others. When you can begin to treat yourself respectfully and lovingly, your body confidence will grow and you will gain long-standing self-love and appreciation.

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Trade negativity for positivity

If your friends or family members are consistently bombarding you with negative messages, limit your association with them. Clear that type of ugliness out of your life so you have more room for the positive aspects. People who project nastiness and negativity tend to do so out of their own insecurities. By bringing others down to their own negative levels, they have a misguided belief that this will uplift themselves. But it doesn’t really work that way because negativity merely begets negativity. However, the same is true of positivity. It will feed more positivity. So surround yourself with people who project a more confident energy. You will find that by socializing with positive people, the mindset becomes contagious and you all continue to uplift one another. It boosts everyone’s confidence!

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Express yourself

If you are struggling with low self-esteem, you may tend to hide yourself beneath oversized and unflattering clothing. The best time to put on clothing that makes you feel is when you may be feeling insecure. Don’t shy away from wearing clothes that make you feel fantastic. Consider a closet clean out and discard items that don’t make you feel amazing. If you have items in your wardrobe that are not comfortable or they are outfits that you wear only when you want to hide away from the world, get rid of them. They serve no good purpose and just clutter your life with reminders of poor self confidence. Treat yourself to some new wardrobe pieces that make you shine when you put them on. Perhaps checkout the Findot Boutique, it is a fantastic place for you to start.

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Be grateful

Becoming too concerned with the way that you look can become a huge waste of your valuable time. It is also a waste of energy and it is exhausting. Shift your perspective instead to the things that make you feel gratitude and thanks. Make a list. It could be your job, your friends, your family, your home, your health. By focusing on the positives in your life, you can finally dismiss that negative mindset once and for all. Focusing on gratitude also makes it much easier to break that cycle of negativity inside your head. Life is short, start living it in the best way possible.

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Have you been kind to yourself lately? If you are lacking in this regard, what are some other ways that you find helpful to boost your own body confidence?

Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee

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I am a 40 something Army wife and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats named Dave and Frankie. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

9 Comments

  • Gail

    Some very wise and achievable tips here Shelbee. I suffer from negative body image at times. I’m carrying a few more pounds than I would like, but can’t get into the mindset of doing much about it at present. I find that if I make the effort to style my hair properly and wear makeup, and choose an outfit that makes me feel good, then I don’t focus on it. If clothes aren’t fitting very well, I banish them out of sight – don’t need them adding to the little voice! Thanks for joining #WowOnWednesday.

    • shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com

      Gail, thanks for reading! I think we all struggle with body image at times that why it is important to always send positive messages out because we never know who may be in need of uplifting. And I always want to feel great in my clothes. There is no time for feeling blah and bland and boring in our clothing. Life is way too short for that!

      xoxo
      Shelbee

  • Mica

    These are good tips! Thanks for sharing! 🙂 My body has certainly changed since having kids but I don’t mind, I still rock my bikinis and wear the same things I did post baby, we need to be grateful for what we have and not compare – although sometimes that’s easier said than done!

    Hope that your week is a good one! It’s a cold one here, winter has definitely arrived, brr!

    http://awayfromtheblue.blogspot.com.au

    • shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com

      Mica, thanks so much! I struggled for so long with how my body changed after psych meds and then after kids. But I am owning it now and loving it. I still have some insecurities, but who doesn’t it? Oh, I am ready for cooler weather already! Keep styling your layers, my friend!

      xoxo
      Shelbee

  • the real cie

    I spent 33 years trying to hate myself thin. I developed bulimia at twelve. Fortunately, I discovered Health at Every Size and Size Acceptance at 45, or I’d still be trying to hate myself thin at 54.
    I no longer put up with people telling me how my body should be. They do not live in my body. I have a myriad of endocrine problems which mean that I will probably never be thin unless I do what my great-grandmother did. She developed acute myelogenous leukemia, dropped from 300 pounds to 95 in the space of a year, and died. But, hey, at least she cut a svelte figure in her casket, amirite?
    People who scrutinize and judge other people’s bodies are not worth my time. I refuse to participate in diet culture and all of the promotion of eating disorders and self-hate that it gives rise to.

    • shelbeeontheedge@gmail.com

      Cie, thanks so much for sharing your journey here. It took me until 45 to start loving my body the way it should be loved. We only get one so we better enjoy it, embrace it, and appreciate it for the miracle that it is. I hear you on your great-grandmother, too. My mom got colon cancer in her 50’s and dropped from over 300 pounds to about 180 in the space of a year. And died. Okay, she looked a bit thinner in her casket, too. I’d rather be fat/curvy/lumpy/bumpy/alive/happy than skinny, hungry, and/or dead. So yes, you are right! I am working on a huge project right now that has to do with body positivity and embracing ourselves in whatever form we are in! It’s a bit intimidating but it needs to be done. Stay tuned!

      xoxo
      Shelbee

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