7 ways to feel good in your body today

If you’re not feeling happy with your body – you’re not alone and you need to read this post! Because here you’ll discover 7 ways to feel better in your body today and we're pretty sure at least one of them will make a change for you.

Remember how we told you we set an intention for our day – something to make us feel good?

Good. Now, here’s the part where you roll your eyes and think to yourself (maybe out loud): “Alright, you pretentious, hippie. We've got more important things to do.”

We get it. If someone told us, maybe a year ago, we need to “set-an-intention-for-our-day-to-feel-good” (this is our airy hippie voice in written), we'd think she’s (assume it’s a woman) insane. In fact we would feel sorry for her and probably say we have to go to the bathroom and just leave. Maybe even let her pay our bill for making this stupid suggestion. No, we'd never do that. Ha, well…

Well, a year ago we were lost. Like we all get lost once or twice in life, and didn’t know where we were going. Let’s just say we were at a point where we were willing to try out things the good people on the Internet told us to. A bunch of them. Many of them. Well, those that kinda make sense.

Long story short we decided to give setting a daily intention a try for a week. We tried different intentions, but the one that made our days positive was: “we want to feel good in our body”.

We know, we know… (gif source)

Well, we don’t feel bad about our body, but lately we're not the most confident in it. And we quite often don’t treat it right.

The surprising part about setting that cheesy intention is that it actually works.

Whenever we do it, we make better choices for myself, we don’t let negative comments or gossip get to us, we're not eating crap to “treat myself”, because today was a tough day and we deserve it. Seriously is a carcinogen bomb the thing we deserve after a stressful day? We don’t treat our body like it’s some tool we use to show myself in front of people or to help us get on the internet or do our work and reach our goals.

We treat our body like it’s the only thing we have.

So, now let’s get to the point after this whiny and long ass story. If you’re not quite happy with your body lately and want to start feeling better in your body every day, we suggest you set an intention. It does make a difference.

Other than that here are some specific things we try to do every day and whenever we don’t quite feel happy about our body (we all have those days!). We hope these tips can also help you feel good and more confident in your body today.

When You’re Not Happy With Your Body: 7 Simple Ways To Feel Good In Your Body Today

1. Exercise.

Exercise makes you feel your body, it helps you connect with your body. It’s just the time to play, to give that body the chance to do what it’s meant to do – move and to feel alive. Even if you have a THICK layer of fat around your midsection – just 10 minutes of good and challenging exercise will make you feel better in and about your body.

You can do yoga, you can do pilates, some stretches, HIIT, dance…do whatever you like and make sure to focus on the way your body feels while doing these exercises.

2. Eat light and eat your fruits and veggies.

You know what makes us feel not so good in our body: overeating. Sitting down and just eating breakfast, lunch dinner and dessert in one sitting. You cannot move after this, you just wanna go and sleep.

We've done it a million times, mostly during an all you can eat night, and as much as we love food – we hate this.

Spreading our meals throughout the day and focusing on eating more fruits and vegetables is something we're working on constantly. But whenever we're successful at it, we feel like an actual living human being. Not a robot, not a slave for food. We feel clean, light and we even seem to walk with more confidence & lightness.

3. Be vain.

Don’t judge other people for using make up, painting their nails or dressing in a way you might not like. Focus on you. Is this what you want to wear? Will a little make up make you feel more confident? Will washing your hair make you feel better about your body? (this is so not about us…) How about putting on other shoes?

These things matter. Even if you don’t leave your house today. It’s not about being superficial or trying to seduce someone, it’s about being who you want to be. It’s about seeing yourself as someone who takes care of herself and deserves it.

4. Fix that posture.

Posture makes the biggest difference in the way you see yourself and the way people see you, if you ask us. Like exercise it helps you connect with your body and actually stay clear and feel good. So keep your head up and those shoulders away from your ears (we never understood this was bad until we started doing some yoga). Also make sure to keep neutral spine – you don’t wanna arch your back too much. When we do this we feel like we're standing stronger and as if we're working our abs. But as always – we need to remind myself of doing it.

5. Hydrate yourself.

We feel like we're writing this in every single post lately, but we just have to, because drinking enough water is so so so important. This simple habit will make you feel lighter, cleaner and like you have more energy. At least that’s how we feel when we drink enough water – it’s awesome. We also have less cravings and our skin seems to be smoother. You can infuse your water with fruit – we like things simple, but a little lemon here and there makes things fresher.

6. Name one thing…

…you love about your body! Your body does A LOT of work – even when you’re sitting lazy on the couch. Give that body a little appreciation and pick one thing about your body you’re thankful for. And say why.

7. If nothing else works remember this.

Your body is the only thing you have. You can lose your money, clothes, everything, but the one thing that stays as long as you are here is your body. It’s a lifelong friend. Wanna talk about essentials? A body is one of them. You might like the body of someone else better, but the reason you’re here, the reason you exist, is your body. So be grateful for your body, love it and treat it as a friend, as someone you love. Because it loves you back.

Well, time for us to go and get some sleep, because we don’t feel good when we don’t get enough sleep. If we don’t get enough sleep ain’t no intention or appreciation happening tomorrow. But that’s a whole other story.