The Body Warrior Pledge: (taken directly from the book)
I pledge:
To stop berating my body and to begin celebrating the vessel
that I have been given. I will
remember the amazing things my body has given me: the ability to perceive and express love, the ability to
comfort and soothe, and the ability to fight, provide and care for humanity.
To understand that my body is an opportunity, not a scapegoat.
To be the primary source of my confidence and I will not rely
on others to define my worth.
To let envy dissipate and allow admiration to be a source of compassion
by offering compliments to others.
To gently but firmly stand up for myself when someone says
something harmful.
To change the inner monologue in my head to one that sees
possibilities not problems, potential, not shortcomings, blessings not
imperfections.
To give my body the things that it needs to do its work
well: plenty of water, ample
movements, stretches, rest and good nutrition and to limit or eliminate the
things that do not nurture my body.
To see exercise as a way to improve my internal health and strength
instead of away to fight or control my body.
To understand that my weight is not good or bad. It is just a number and I am only good.
TO love my body and myself today. I do not have to weight 10 lbs less, have longer hair or
have a degree in my hand to have worth.
I have worth just as I am and I embrace that power.
To recognize my body’s strengths.
To no longer put off the things I wish to experience because I
am waiting to do them in another body.
To understand that a body, just like a personality is like a
fingerprint: a wonderful
embodiment of my uniqueness.
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