Trust and Accept Your Body Just As It Is Today

Your body has a natural range it works to settle into and function best in — sometimes called a set point — the same way it regulates your temperature or heart rate without you having to think about it. Health At Every Size (HAES) starts from the idea that health isn't a size, and that people across a wide range of bodies can be healthy. Fighting your body toward a size outside that range usually backfires, because your body is built to work its way back to where it runs best. Trust starts with letting it settle there.

A Little Body Gratitude

Tap through and notice what your body does for you, not how it looks.

My legs

For carrying me through today, even the hard parts.

My hands

For everything they've helped me hold, make, and do.

My lungs

For breathing without me ever having to think about it.

My heart

For beating quietly in the background, taking care of me.

My eyes

For letting me see the people and places I love.

My whole body

For showing up for me, every single day, even on hard days.

Affirmations

Tap a card to save it. Swipe sideways to keep going.

My body is not a problem to be solved.

I deserve to take up space.

My worth isn't determined by my size.

I can trust my body to know what it needs.

My body has carried me through every hard day so far.

I don't owe anyone a smaller version of myself.

My body is allowed to change.

I am more than how I look.

Health comes in every size.

I can respect my body even on hard days.

My body deserves kindness, not punishment.

I am allowed to feel good in my body right now, not just someday.

My body is not a before picture.

I get to define what feeling good in my body means.

My body is doing its best to take care of me.

I don't have to earn rest or food.

My body is mine, not open for public comment.

I can be grateful for my body without loving every part of it today.

My value doesn't shrink or grow with my body.

I am allowed to take up space in every room I walk into.

My body has never been the enemy.

I can care for my body without trying to change its size.

I am learning to listen to my body instead of fighting it.

My body is not something I need to apologize for.

I can feel discomfort in my body and still choose kindness.

I am worthy of love in the body I have today.

My body and I are on the same team.

27 affirmation cards — swipe to see them all.

Live Well Pledge

From Health At Every Size

Today, I will try to feed myself when I am hungry.
Today, I will try to be attentive to how foods taste and make me feel.
Today, I will try to choose foods that I like and that make me feel good.
Today, I will try to honor my body's signals of fullness.
Today, I will try to find an enjoyable way to move my body.
Today, I will try to look kindly at my body and to treat it with love and respect.

— Adapted from Dr. Linda Bacon, Health At Every Size

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