<p class="p2"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-1-4.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2062 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-1-4.jpg" alt="" width="259" height="194" /></a>I’ve just finished watching the documentary Embrace. If you haven’t watched it yet; I highly recommend it. It’s the story of a woman named Mary Brumfitt on a journey to teach people the value and power to love their body from the inside out.</p>
<p class="p2">As a woman, I know all about that ongoing struggle we have with our body’s appearance. Most people are unhappy about their body shape, size, cellulite, wrinkles… and it sells products. Most women believe they are not as “good enough” as they are. What lot of us haven’t realized yet is that the image that is shown to us in magazines and on TV is an unachievable ideal.</p>
<p class="p2"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/images-2-1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2061 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/images-2-1.jpg" alt="Embrace - stay lean - be beautiful - Nanaimo - love yourself - diet Nanaimo - holistic nutrition - nutrition Nanaimo - bootcamp nanaimo - personal training Nanaimo - personal trainer Nanaimo - Yoga Nanaimo - weight loss Nanaimo - be strong Nanaimo - choose2be - strong &amp; healthy " width="225" height="225" /></a>Even the woman in the magazine doesn’t look like the woman in the magazine! When women come to me for advice, personal training or groups classes; I tell them that they probably won’t be happier even if they lose weight or look the way they believe they want to look. I encourage people to choose2be strong, healthy and happy instead of focusing on being “skinny” and putting ourselves down.</p>
<p class="p2" style="text-align: left;">When I was 19 and had my major car accident, I broke my femur, 2 ribs and had pulmonary embolism. I was at hospital for 2 weeks on strong pain killers and lost 20 pounds. I remember people seeing me and commenting on that and that was the unhealthiest I ever been. When I started working in a weight training centre, I witnessed a women having uterus cancer and losing lot of weight because she couldn’t eat. She was still working and trying to hide how much she was suffering. People keep commenting her about the weight she lost and how “good” she looked.</p>

<h3 class="p2" style="text-align: center;">Theses experiences at an early age really enlightened me to know that weight and health had nothing to do with each other, and also to realize how much people focus on weight instead of health.</h3>
<p class="p3"><span class="s2">I love my body and everything it can do. My friend Zoe summed it up so well; " </span>I see my body as strong, healthy, powerful, miraculous, useful, flexible, athletic, fun, Life giving, life sustaining, sexy, beautiful, active and amazing!!"</p>

<h2 class="p3" style="text-align: center;">How do you see your body?</h2>
<p class="p2"><a href="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-2-2.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-2063 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/download-2-2.jpg" alt="Embrace - stay lean - be beautiful - Nanaimo - love yourself - diet Nanaimo - holistic nutrition - nutrition Nanaimo - bootcamp nanaimo - personal training Nanaimo - personal trainer Nanaimo - Yoga Nanaimo - weight loss Nanaimo - be strong Nanaimo - choose2be - strong &amp; healthy " width="277" height="182" /></a>As Tammy says, "We need to recognize the importance of diversity of body images in our world, redefine and rewrite beauty ideals by harnessing and facilitating positive body image activism.”</p>
<p class="p2">I am sharing this and invite you to watch the documentary to create positive global change.</p>
<p class="p2">Check out the trailer her:</p>
<img class=" wp-image-2060 alignright" src="http://www.choose2be.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/images-1-1.jpg" alt="Embrace - stay lean - be beautiful - Nanaimo - love yourself - diet Nanaimo - holistic nutrition - nutrition Nanaimo - bootcamp nanaimo - personal training Nanaimo - personal trainer Nanaimo - Yoga Nanaimo - weight loss Nanaimo - be strong Nanaimo - choose2be - strong &amp; healthy " width="185" height="185" /><a href="https://bodyimagemovement.com/embrace-the-documentary/">https://bodyimagemovement.com/embrace-the-documentary/</a>
<h3 class="p2" style="text-align: center;">Here some questions you can ask yourself:</h3>
How can I start being kinder to myself?
How can I love and accept myself as I am right now?
How can I create a life for myself that feels like MINE, rather than what others expect of me?
How can I start to put myself first without feeling guilt?
What can I do to wake up with energy and excitement?

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