I had several different things I wanted to do for our challenge this month, most of them physical as it’s almost bathing suit season.  But then I decided that we needed to focus on our bodies in a different way.  And thus, the May 2011 Challenge of the Month was born!

No Hate

This month’s challenge is to identify one thing you love about your body every single day. You are beautiful just the way you are and I want you to reinforce that knowledge with this challenge.

We’ve got to stop these ridiculous standards we’ve set ourselves to, friends. Every time you say something negative about your body, you not only put yourself down, you put down everyone around you.  WHAT?!?! What do I mean by that?

Let’s see.  How do you think it makes me feel when you, at 5’2” 135 lbs complain about your body in front of me?  Hmmm? Or that you hate that you’re a size 10 and not a 6 or 8.  Really?

This is a picture of Princess Beatrice from 4 years ago. She was ridiculed for being too fat.  Umm, I wish I looked that good in a bikini!  Why do we need to publish photos like this and make fun of people?

How about loving where you are? If you want to tone up, tone up.  If you want to change your shape, do it through exercise and eating well.  But don’t let a number define your happiness.  And don’t spread that kind of negative self-talk around.  Your children, especially your daughters, are listening.

So NO HATE!

The Rules:

1.  Leave your comment on this post to announce your intent to commit to the challenge.  You must do so by Friday, May 6.  If you can’t commit to this one, don’t worry – there are 7 more coming!

2.  If you have a blog, it would be great if you could do a weekly summary of what you did for the challenge.

3.  If you don’t have a blog, I would love to receive a weekly summary via email of what you did for the challenge.  OR, you can always do a guest post for me (meaning you write it and I post it here) about what you did.

4.  On May 31, I will enter all of the participant names into a drawing.  The winner receives:

• One (1) $25.00 gift certificate to Amazon.com AND
• Gets to choose a charity to which I will donate $25 in her/his name.

Okay?

Ready, set, GO!

Related posts:

1. March 2011 Challenge of the Month WINNER!!!
2. February 2011 Challenge of the Month: Try Something New
3. March 2011 Challenge of the Month: Give It Up
4. April 2011 Challenge of the Month Winner!
5. April 2011 Challenge of the Month: Walk It Off