I told my husband yesterday that I felt “sexy like the Grinch”. He was totally confused and I had to explain this to him.
If you will remember, the Grinch had some serious physical shortcomings. His teeth were yellow and crooked. In fact, I’m sure he had full on gingivitis. He was green and hairy. His legs were thin and spindly, yet he had a huge panis and belly region. (classic insulin resistance right?) His shape overall was extremely unfortunate. YET, he strutted around that cave butt-naked as if he was the sexiest thing to ever walk the earth! Even when he made his Santa Suit, he only made a top and a hat. He left his bottom to be free and unrestricted in all it’s glory. To sum it up, he was confident, self-assured, and unashmed to the point of arrogance. Now we can debate his other psychological flaws at a later date. But for the purpose of making my point, I want to focus on his self-confidence and how despite his outter appearance, he never seemed to think poorly of himself. He thought he was sexy.
OK, so what is my point? Simply this…we can never be perfect. We are going to have flaws rather it be crooked teeth, overweight body, bow legs, knock knees, lazy eyes, or an unhealthy green hue (in the case of the green hue, please see your Doctor). In my case, my body shape is exactly like that of the Grinch. But I still feel sexy and great because even though my figure is awful right now, there is about 50 pounds less of it. So I am embracing my Grinchy sexiness.
I see many posts here and in other keto forums (sometimes me included) where people have a tendency to be too hard on themselves. It seems like we are overlooking the most important factor of all which is the fact that we are working tirelessly to improve ourselves and getting better every day. Most of us in the Keto community are logging religiously, counting calories, not counting calories, fasting, counting carbs, not counting carbs, HITTing, Circuiting, Spinning, Running, Walking, Limping, and Researching -whatever it takes to become more fit beings. The people on this site have taken their own fate into their hands to make positive change. In my opinion, we should be so proud of who we are on the inside. We can be proud of the hard work that we are investing to reach our fitness goals. We can forgive ourselves for not being perfect. If the Grinch could think so highly of himself, why can’t we? Yes, I know he is a cartoon character, but that doesn’t change the underlying theme of positivity. Let’s tell ourselves every day that we are sexy like the Grinch. We will reach out goals. Even the Grinch got it all together at the end because he carved the Roast Beast, which was totally keto. Let’s have more self love. Let’s motivate each other. Post something about your appearance that you LOVE, that may have happened as a result of all of your hard keto work.
Happy beginnings to the holiday season.
