Being healthy can open up your world, forever changing the way you feel, your body, your mindset and even how you view others around you. But being healthy has nothing to do with being beautiful or does it?
If women were beautiful (no matter what their shape or size), why, when we see a photo of a fat woman do we often make judgments about her beauty?
Sadly, that is because the first thing woman notice about each other is how fat they are.
For the study, 2,000 women aged between 18 and 45 were questioned about how they formed first impressions and this is what the study discovered:
What the majority of women think within 20 seconds of meeting each other:
How fat the other is 54%
Whether they are wearing too much make up 45%
Each other's dress sense 40%
And so the list goes on…
How they have styled their hair
Their smile
Skin and spots
How tall they are
If they have noticeable hair roots
If they have over done the fake tan
How they have done their eye make up
Their shoes
How big their boobs are
If she has tattoos
How short their skirt is
How straight their teeth are
Jewellery
What man they're with
Whether or not they have white teeth
Whether they have manicured nails
To stop those first thoughts is impossible for most of us (science confirms this) but if we continue to believe our bullshit first judgments, that have us size up each other in the first 20 seconds of meeting, what hope do we have of our daughters, our granddaughters and other woman seeing and accepting each other as beautiful? What amazing friendships are we missing out on? And are we contributing to a society that believes woman need to ‘fit the norm’ to be beautiful?
Being Healthy on the other hand is a completely DIFFERENT story and should spark concern in all of us.
The definition of ‘Healthy’ is being in good physical and mental shape and having a body without disease.
With 62% of women either not doing any exercise, or very low levels of exercise, and 62% of women classed as overweight or obese, woman’s health is at risk.
By losing those extra kilos and getting your fitness in order will certainly pay off.
Stop Delaying.
Here are 10 GREAT reasons WHY you should start back on your journey to health and fitness today:
Reduces your risk of osteoporosis
Reduces your risk of dementia and helps you improve your memory
Improves your sex life
Prevents muscle loss.
Improves digestion
Reduces stress, depression and anxiety
Enhances mental performance
Reduces risk of lung, colon and breast cancer
Helps reduce stroke severity
Improves skin
YES you are beautiful but are you healthy?
Following are your 3 easy steps to take back your control and feel all the awesomeness that comes with being fit, healthy and strong.
STEP 1 - DECIDE to be stronger than your excuses
STEP 2 - CREATE a plan
STEP 3 - START – take the first step, it is often the hardest
Final Thought
I, like you, am a work in progress. I am by no means perfect and YES I also ‘fall off the wagon’.
I am guilty of judging other woman in the first moments of meeting some one new and PRACTICE acknowledging my thoughts, have a giggle at what I thought and then continue treating every woman with respect, kindness and love.
As it turns out, this has proven to be very powerful. I am blessed to meet some incredible woman who has taught me many life lessons – some with tattoos, some old, some with pink hair, some who swear and others who are very overweight. They are all beautiful, intelligent woman to me and I hope together we can continue to work on our health, fitness and our future wellbeing.
Yours in health
Dana Eden.
