My Operation Beautiful post..

As you may know Caitlin Boyle (Healthy Tipping Point, Operation Beautiful) made her debut appearance on the Today Show this morning to discuss her newly released book Operation Beautiful and the key message behind the movement: Ending the constant barrage of negative "Fat" talk that is so prevelant in our society and replacing it with a positive self-image for women and girls.

The idea that something as simple as a post-it note can inspire women to shed their insecurities and finally learn to love themselves for the wonderful, beautiful people that they are is truly remarkable but also tremendously sad. Its unfortunate that we live in a world where Operation Beautiful is even necessary (sorry Caitlin and your many fans but hear me out....) In my ideal society women wouldn't need a note found in the locker room of a gym or the airport bathroom to remind them of what they are worth. They would just implicitly know that you can't measure who you are by the size of your pants. The Post-Its would be a moot point.

Then again in an ideal world there would be no war or disease, Walmart would sell deeply discounted Christian Louboutin heels and brownies would be a major food group of their own. But in this one, the world we live in today, women are bombarded with the notion that there is one kind of beautiful and they aren't quite it. Enter Caitlin and her countless Operation Beautiful comrades who have helped spread the message to love yourself because you are fabulous just the way that you are! Its a message women should and need to hear and thanks to these poetically worded and strategically placed Post-Its they are, loud and clear.

In honor of the book release and Change the Way You See Not the Way You Look week I would like to share with you one part of me that I love (and its not the only part by the way!)

My arms! I gotta say, I really like them! They have just enough definition to look strong while still remaining feminine which is exactly what I would have asked for. I think muscles are sexy and a great badge of honor to show of all the hard work you do to earn them. No one ever sees a person with muscles and thinks "Hmm, I wonder if she/he eats chips while laying on the sofa all day?". Oh no, no, no. And you ain't gotta be a plumber to have pipes like this! <---wait, did I really just write that in my blog..oh goodness, there's is confident and then there is whatever the heck you wanna call that comment. Heehee!

So there you have it, my first but definitely not last, contribution to Operation Beautiful. Next up I will be getting the book tomorrow (its at the Post Office waiting for me...yippeeeee!!!) and then my very first Post It note, location TBD. Stay tuned.....

So tell me, what is one body part that you are proud of and love to show off and why? And if you were to write an Operation Beautiful note what would you say?