Happy Valentines to me...

Happy Valentines everyone :)

Whatever your feelings are about Valentines day, you can't avoid it. Almost the second Christmas is over the shops are filled with tacky heart shaped nick nacks, chocolate genitals, novelty underwear and pink champagne, as if spending a weeks wages on this tat somehow proves that you're in lurve. Cynical, moi? But whether you fall for it like it or not, there is one person in your life that deserves some loving. Yourself. Forget the sentiments and fluff, this valentines I will be loving myself (that sounds a bit rude...) for once. How, I hear you cry. I will work out, drink my water, eat well and be happy about it. It's all too easy to forget, on the days when chocolate is your friend and getting off the couch is too much like hard work, that the reason for the journey we're on is so that the bits about ourselves that we're not so enamoured with can be changed. I certainly don't love my body as a whole right now, but I know it's improving, and I love the changes I'm seeing. I'm learning to love my legs. I've always loved my clear skin (even the freckles) and my bright blue eyes. Even my wobbly tummy, criss-crossed with veiny stretch marks is a testament to my two beautiful, funny, amazing boys and I love that. Ok, so maybe I don't love my tummy so much...

I don't need to scoff a box of chocolates, or stuff in a three course meal to know that I am loved, or to show my love to anyone else. I wont let the day derail my weight loss, because I think that proves to the world that I love myself, far more than any sentimental tosh would. Keep doing the things you do year-round. That's true love.

How will you be loving yourself this Valentines? Head over to Cyn's blog to check out more self loving bloggers!

And, my final thoughts on valentines day.

Helen England, lowering the tone since 1982...

Hx