Last night I attended the world premiere of the documentary 'No Numbers: Identity Beyond Measure', which was a film about three women's struggles with eating disorders. It was a powerful, moving piece, which has deeply affected me - and I will be writing about it in more detail soon.
The event was put on by EDEN - The Eating Difficulties Education Network - and I am highly impressed by the organisation and the work they do.
I *was* going to purchase a pair of their Love Your Body Thunderpants (about the coolest pair of underwear you can get!), though I did a quiz on Facebook and was the winner, so I got a pair of Thunderpants for free (whoop whoop!)
SO, that means the money that I had put aside for the Thunderpants is now available to purchase another pair which I'm going to use as a giveaway.
They're a great product, for a great cause, for a great organisation. (And just to be clear, I am doing this not because they asked me to, and not because they're giving me a pair to flog off; I'm doing this because I want to.)
To enter this competition, here's what you do:
Complete this sentence.
"I Love My Body Because..."
The answer can be as long or short as you like, and you can enter as many times as you like. You can either leave me a comment on this post, or email me at mmmarshmallow@gmail.com - if you have me as a friend on Facebook, you can send me a message on there, leave a message on my wall if you like, it's up to you. I don't have Twitter or MySpace, so I won't be able to accept entries there.
Entries are open to everyone, anywhere on the globe. I will pay for the cost of any shipping. The winner will be selected by randomised draw. (I'll be modifying the competition software that I used for the last giveaway for this one).
Get in your entries before Wednesday the 28th of October: 9pm New Zealand Time. This is the equivalent of:
- Los Angeles, USA - 1am
- Denver, USA - 2am
- New York, USA - 4am
- London, UK - 8am
- Amsterdam, Netherlands - 9am
- Cape Town, South Africa - 10am
- Singapore - 4pm
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14 comments:
I love my body because... it is the body that I was born with. It is the only body that I have, my gift, the tool that gets me around to do the things that I love. I love my body because it is me, and I am the most important person in my life.
I love my body because it is mine.
I love my body because... it has produced 6 really neat kids!
I love my body because after 31 years, I've finally begun to learn how to make it work FOR ME instead of taking it for granted. I've abused it for 10...er... 15 years... er, 17 years and now I am paying it back in kindness. In response, it's now allowed me to lose 40 pounds since June, to go from a weight of 263 to almost 225... and now, I am still treating it awesomely as we (er, me and my body) intend on joining the Canadian army in January/February so that I can pursue my childhood dream of becoming a war correspondent/photographer. My body is allowing me to do this and we're finally becoming friends, after all these years.... I don't care about the loose skin, the blubbery parts... my body will get me through a lot of tough times in the future and it deserves to be loved and respected. It's going to save my life one day, I know it.
I love my body because i am so thankful that I am healthy enough to get out of bed, to wash myself, to get myself dressed, to feed myself, to drive my car, to carry shopping. There are people that are no so fortunate to be able to do the basic things that we all take for granted. In short, we should never takes these bare necessities for granted.
Miss L, that's SO true. 6 years ago I was injured on the job, and lost complete use of one of my wrists/arms... and it took a long time to regain use of it. it's not 100% but it's good enough to get me into the army (i hope it stays that way!)... I'll never take advantage of my body again... thanks for that reminder!
I am loving all of these, and yes, am getting a bit teary eyed! Keep 'em coming!
I was all psyched upon seeing this competition. Fabulous idea as always, Marshy.
As soon as I saw the post I typed into the reply box the words, "I love my body because..."
...and haven't been able to finish the sentence since.
It's made me realise, even though I love myself, I don't love my body at the moment.
Had a good cry about it the last two days and am starting to work through the issues I've been too tired to deal with since the birth. (Or too scared to deal with too.)
So, even though I can't win the pants, thanks, Marshy, for once again supplying the spark to ignite my epiphany flame. {hugs}
Kada - {{{HUGS}}} You have a beautiful body, and I wish you all the best in working through what you've been dealing with. And you've certainly had an exhausting time of late!
Maybe kada... you can write about, "I want to love my body because..."
We're not all there, that's for sure... our moment comes at different times, for different people... in our "own" time.... *hugs*
I love my body because we share a lifelong commitment that can't end in divorce (seriously, why did I sign that prenup?). Sure it causes me grief sometimes (oh that tummy! Those love handles!) but the good times outweigh the bad: we go running, swimming, do yoga, we sleep together (seriously, no squirming or sheet hogging!) we bike, we hike, we're well fed (and so few tummy troubles!). We are literally attached at the hip! So what relationship doesn't take some work? I hope that if I take care of my body it will return the favour in the future, as we are together through sickness and health, from now until forever.
I love my body because it the temple that the Lord gave to me. And because I love it, I am trying to care for it better than I ever had before. With love comes the desire to become caregiver.
If I care for it now, it will care for me later.
Terri
outofthemist@gmail.com
Hehe, I didn't see this post before! I guess my answer is in that blog post! I hope you get a lot of people to answer. :)
I love my body because it's the only one I will get. This collection of atoms and molecules that have come together to be me. To be me with a consciousness. To be me with the ability to make decisions that benefit me.