{"id":1487,"date":"2014-04-20T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T10:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2014-04-19T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2014-04-19T15:32:06","slug":"reshaping-thoughts-about-body-image","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1487","title":{"rendered":"Reshaping thoughts about body image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><em><strong>Affirm the positive and stop negative thoughts<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, <span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><em>Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UTKellyColumn-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1488\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UTKellyColumn-copy-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"UTKellyColumn copy\" width=\"175\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UTKellyColumn-copy-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/UTKellyColumn-copy.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>Happy Easter!<\/p>\n<p>Put down the peanut butter egg for 5 minutes.\u00a0 This will be brief, I promise.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the proximity of summer swimsuit\/shorts\/tank top season, my fanatical fitness focus ratchets up to a whole new level.\u00a0 In the spirit of Spring\u2019s rebirth and renewal, I am attempting to (once again) have a healthy relationship with my body image.\u00a0 And, I am NOT alone.\u00a0 It is a constant topic of conversation amongst the females in my life.\u00a0 Friends, my sisters, my mother\u2026.we are all pre-occupied.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I read this great article in Shape magazine.\u00a0 Check it out: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pinAqQ\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pinAqQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Basically, it creates categories of neurosis regarding food pre-occupation. \u00a0The \u201cPunisher\u201d is a person who \u201cgoes haywire on a predetermined cheat day and then runs to fitness classes to erase their sins.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201cBird\u201d \u201ceats over the sink, off of other\u2019s plates or while standing at the fridge but never has an entire meal at a table.\u201d\u00a0 The \u201c70\u2019s\u201d dieter is \u201cstuck in the past and won\u2019t eat anything that doesn\u2019t say low-cal, low fat, skinny or diet on the label.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m reading the article correctly, I have diagnosed myself:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kelly1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21676 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000; margin: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kelly1-214x300.png\" alt=\"Kelly1\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get it?\u00a0 A combo of all 3! \u00a0Hahahaha!<\/p>\n<p>How to change?\u00a0 Well, that proves to be the difficult part. \u00a0I think the key is stopping the negative thoughts and consciously affirming the positive.\u00a0 Realizing that breaking a bad habit takes perseverance and determination is a good first step.\u00a0 Surrounding yourself with individuals who have achieved balance wouldn\u2019t hurt, either!<\/p>\n<p>I have added my favorite \u201cgo-to\u201d circuit workout to this article as a special Easter basket gift to you!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kelly2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21678 size-medium\" style=\"border: 2px solid #000000; margin: 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Kelly2-207x300.png\" alt=\"Kelly2\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on body image?<\/p>\n<p>Share in the Comment section below!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Affirm the positive and stop negative thoughts By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Happy Easter! Put down the peanut butter egg for 5 minutes.\u00a0 This will be brief, I promise. Due to the proximity of summer swimsuit\/shorts\/tank top season, my fanatical fitness focus ratchets up to a whole new level.\u00a0 In the spirit of Spring\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[1102,1103,1104,1105],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-body-image","tag-diets","tag-positive-self-image","tag-swimsuit-season"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}