{"id":9491,"date":"2013-03-14T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/?p=9491"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T20:16:39","slug":"the-belt-march-14-2013-daily-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/the-belt-march-14-2013-daily-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"That Belt, March 14, 2013 Daily Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My old belt<\/p><\/div>\n

I took a deep breath closed my eyes opened them again and looked at the worn and broken belt. I spoke these words out loud \u201cI am NOT going to let my self image be defined by a belt! Yes, it fit me 14 years ago and it doesn\u2019t anymore. But that is not who I am!\u201d I walked to the nearest garbage can and threw it away.<\/p>\n

I work out 5 times a week either running or doing aerobic DVD\u2019s at least 30 minutes each time. I am not overweight. I am healthy and I feel good with how I look. But this very morning I decided to look for a different belt to wear in my closet. I found this leather one crammed up on a shelf (I think that\u2019s why it was crammed there). I wore it to work 14 years ago when I was a part time photographer for about 6 years. Those were the years I had my 4 children. Over 4 pregnancies I gained and lost and gained and lost weight. Between the last 2 pregnancies I started running while nursing. Oh yeah, I fit into a size 4 juniors shorts (the smallest I think my body has ever been). I had a tiny waist, no butt and was big in all the right places from nursing. But life moved on. I no longer run 7 miles\/day and then do an hour work out video as well as nursing a baby. My priorities and goals shifted.<\/p>\n

As women in America we live under a microscope causing us to question everything physical. Our self image started as girls watching our moms and shifted to supermodels 6 feet tall wearing size 0 jeans, always airbrushed to perfection on magazine covers. Over the years we women have put ourselves under the microscope and rarely is there a day that goes by that we don\u2019t condemn our bodies in our mirrors.<\/p>\n

This morning I said NO MORE! I am happy with myself. I exercise. I eat right. I refuse to let this old belt define me!!!<\/p>\n

I invite you to do the same. It has taken many years of affirming positive statements and God\u2019s grace to get here and tomorrow I maybe cursing my abs. But it is enough in this moment to accept me for me not for my size!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We women should do this more often!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9492,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[22,765,1269,332],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithfilledmom.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}