The Beauty of Body Confidence

Body confidence is a rather rare thing, especially amongst women. However, if women spent less time worrying about their looks and their supposed flaws, they would probably enjoy life a bit more. As it is, there are women who are permanently on a diet; there are women who are on a mission to roll back the years using cosmetic surgery; and there are women who continually moan and groan about the physical attributes they loathe. It is all a waste of time, really, when the focus should be on what you can do with your body, rather than what you look like!

Virtually everyone has certain physical attributes which they're not too keen on, but having confidence in your body is so much more appealing than if you continually grab at non-existent flab or whine about how you dislike your legs. There are so few women who embrace their curves and who give the impression that they don't care what anyone thinks about the way they look, that it is a breath of fresh air when you encounter such a woman. This kind of woman isn't interested in conforming to what the media portrays as beautiful, and this automatically makes her more attractive.

After all, it takes quite a bit of courage to stand up and say that you don't care what other people think about your size or the fact that you dress differently or have something about your appearance that makes you stand out. When you have confidence in your body, people are drawn to you because they actually feel less self-conscious about their own appearance. They know that instead of being judged for looking a certain way, they will be appreciated for their personality and for the way they carry themselves, which means they can relax about not conforming to a prescribed ideal.

Unfortunately, it is much easier to talk about the idea of body confidence than it is to actually possess it. In a world where you're surrounded by images of perfection it can be hard to be content with the way you look, especially if you have had your flaws pointed out to you in the past. Even when you try to have body confidence, there will always be someone there to point out that you're fat and could do with losing weight or that you're too skinny and look as though you could do with a few good meals inside you.

If you're not able to shake off negative comments about your appearance, you may well internalise them and become evermore conscious of the aspects of your body you dislike. However, it is worth remembering that individuals tend to be much more attractive when they have confidence in themselves. There is more to you than just the way you look, so you shouldn't allow your confidence to be dragged down by some insensitive comments and a very specific ideal of what constitutes a beautiful body, when everyone is beautiful in their own way.