Understanding Body Image and Its Impact on Self-Esteem
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Your thoughts shape your actions, which in turn influence your habits, character, and destiny. Body image refers to the mental perception of one’s physical appearance and encompasses feelings and beliefs about the body. Your self-esteem, the sense of worthiness, is influenced by body image, relationships, and personal achievements. Unhealthy eating habits can stem from societal pressures and personal experiences. To cultivate a positive body image, it’s essential to recognize that true value comes from more than appearance; it's about thoughts, values, and accomplishments.
Understanding Body Image and Its Impact on Self-Esteem
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Your thoughts determine your actions. Your actions determine your habits. Your habits determine your character. And your character gives birth to your destiny.” – Author Unknown
What IS Body Image? • It is the mental picture one has of his or her physical appearance and the associated attitudes and feeling towards it. • How you feel about your body • What you believe about your body • How you see yourself • How you thing you look to others • Body Image is constantly changing and doesn’t always reflect what is realistic
Self-Esteem • Describes how valued or worthy a person feels • Your opinion of yourself • Components that determine your sense of self-esteem: • Body image • Relationships with others • Personal achievements
Factors that Influence Body Image • Impact of the Media • Family Influences • Friends affect how you see ourselves • Life changes us
Exploring Set-Point Theory • What is the Set-Point Theory? • Says that each of us has a weight that our body is “programmed” to maintain • Says our body will regulate itself to prevent weight loss or weight gain by either slowing down or increasing metabolism • Theory may be too simplistic: people lose weight and gain weight all the time
Unhealthy Eating Habits • Being preoccupied with food or body size/shape, having frequent thoughts about food, eating, and body size/shape • Restrictive eating: not eating enough food to feel satisfied • Not eating enough food to maintain a healthy body weight • Frequently feeling unhappy with one’s body size/shape
Binge eating: eating large amounts of food in on sitting and feeling a lack of control over eating • Purging: using various techniques to try to rid the body of calories (self induced vomiting, laxative misuse) • Over- exercising: exercising for the sole purpose of ridding the body of calories
What Causes Unhealthy Eating Habits? • Having Family members with a history of unhealthy eating • Certain personality traits such as perfectionism, obsessiveness, negative self-evaluation, anxiety, and/or inflexibility combined with an overvaluation of appearance • Engaging in a profession/hobby that involves pressure to be thin • Living in a society where a thin body is seen as ideal • Childhood adversity including abuse and death among close relatives or friends • Being overweight and/or having people making critical comments about weight, shape, or eating
Creating a Healthy Body Image • Many images presented by the media do not reflect the way most people are in reality • Physical appearance is just one aspect of your being: your thoughts, values, beliefs, and accomplishments also represent very important aspect of who you are • Instead of valuing your body simply for the way it looks, remember that it’s a useful tool that can help you enjoy life’s opportunities • Learn to say no to experiences that you know will make you feel bad about the way you view your body • Eat well, be active, and love you that you are!!
“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement (~ Jo.Zee, 21, dance instructor).”
