Ep 112 - Do you Body Check?

<p>Welcome to How to Love Your Body - on today’s episode we are going to be talking about body checking. </p> <p>Before we dive in - we wanted to remind you that the 21 Day Body Image Intensive is closing Today - EOD - June 30th. We’ve been getting great feedback from women who have been currently taking the intensive.</p> <p>If you want to dive deeper into healing body image this intensive is for you. Go to <a href='http://www.thebodylovesociety.com/bodyimage'>www.thebodylovesociety.com/bodyimage</a> to get started on day 1. 50% of the proceeds are going to The Loveland Foundation, an amazing cause we are passionate about as it’s all about mental health. </p> <p>Okay so. Body checking.</p> <p>First, what is it? </p> <p>An obsessive behavior in which one focuses on a certain body part/s while looking in the mirror/ at their reflection multiple times a day.</p> <p>Behaviors include: </p> <p> </p> <ul><li>Looking in the mirror multiple times a day checking the size of x body part. </li> </ul> <ul><li>Obsessively weighing yourself </li> </ul> <ul><li>Obsessively taking measurements of your body </li> </ul> <ul><li>Constantly focusing on how your clothes fit/ feel tight etc </li> </ul> <ul><li>Always comparing your body shape to another’s  </li> <li>Checking your reflection in places other than the mirror </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>Body checking could be something that is on your mind A LOT throughout the day, everyday. </p> <p>Now that you know what body checking is - you may now be aware of how much energy goes into this and how much attention it takes away from your daily life. When your mind is ruminating it truly does feel like there is no room for anything else in your life and let’s be honest we don’t want our lives to ONLY be about our bodies and how they look. </p> <p>One of the things that we really dive into when working on body image is mindset but one of the best tangible things you can do to improve body image is STOP body checking!! </p> <p>When you commit yours