I was thinking last night.  Dangerous, I know.  When I look in the mirror I don’t really see myself in the holistic sense.  I see hair, or tummy or thighs.  I don’t see all of me.  So last night I tried to look at all of me.

What do I not like?

• Stretch marks - My skin is so pale that the big red smears across my skin stand out for all to see.  I feel bad about them.  They’re signs I’ve not taken as much care of my body as I should have.  If I’d had children that’d be different, but this is just because I got lazy and put on weight.
• Cellulite - I know we all have it.  I just don’t like it.
• Heavy Hips - I used to be quite well balanced but now I’ve gone rather pear shaped and up 2-3 dress sizes in trousers and skirts.

What do I like?

• My hair - It’s a really pretty colour and shapes my face nicely.
• My boobs - They’ve gone up a few cup sizes from gaining weight, but they fit my figure and are nicely shaped.  (Sorry if that’s TMI!)
• My waist - It’s reappeared slowly, and while I am working to shape it better I still like that I have one!

It was strange taking in myself as a whole rather than just focusing on the parts I don’t like.  While there are parts of me I’m not happy with, I am working towards improving them.  I don’t really know what I inteded to share with this post, other than the fact that I did this.

I’ll update later with foods and whatnot.  Oh and I must have averted the cheesecake disaster with drinking so much water.  I weighed in at 154lbs on the dot for the third day in a row!

Mango x