Thank Your Body Information

Those of us on the Thank Your Body team have spent a lot of our lives being consumed with health. Its been both good and bad. Our love for the human body has taken us all on an different incredible journies of discovery. From hours spent researching, learning, writing, and thinking about movement, nutrition, fitness, and natural living. Weve helped countless individuals learn how to eat, move, and live better and we are humbled by the response this little piece of cyberspace has had. Its our mission to keep helping as many people as possible. Like so many women, during those teens and twenties there was that yo-yo-ing effect of going through diets and fitness programs. We would think who doesnt want to look good in a swim suit, have a flat stomach, and feel beautiful. What did it do for us? Not a whole lot. Whether we moved 8 hours a day, ate lots of diet food, and spent every other minute worrying about our body the weight was at an all time high. We have all felt that self-esteem hit the bottom and be at that all time low. Healthy living became the mantra we all set to follow, but it really was just a reminder of the imperfections. Try harder, dig deeper, and keep searching for the elusive answer that would bring the kind of health we thought we needed to be good enough. For some of us it changed due to pregnancy, others due to a new job, others due to new relationships, others due to hitting that low. Suddenly the idea of healthy living wasnt about trying to reach some perfect version of ourselves. It was about nourishing the body, nourishing our goals, nourishing our relationship, nourishing ourselves. Just like that, each of our worlds shifted. Eating nutritious food was enjoyable and easy. Exercising and movement were about listening to our bodies and doing something that made it feel good. Avoiding dangerous toxins became second nature. When making healthy choices grew from a desire to nurture the body instead of trying to perfect it, we all were not only healthier, but so much happier. Weight loss. ...