5 Ways to Boost Your Body Confidence

How do you feel in your own skin?

Feeling body confident comes naturally for a small percentage of people, but for most of us it's a struggle. Despite the fact that people come in all shapes and sizes, we often feel self-conscious or awkward in our own bodies.

So what do the body-confident do, and know, that the rest of us don't?

Read on to find out.

Read more :

• Test your body confidence
• 1. The Hollywood connection (and how to disconnect it)
• 2. Psst! What’s in your past?
• 3. Accept yourself as you are now
• 4. Look after your body
• 5. Think outside the body

Test your body confidence

Before we look at what causes low body confidence and what you can do to boost it, take a moment to assess where you're at:

• Do you constantly compare your body to other people's?
• Do you often criticise yourself or put yourself down?
• Do family members, friends, or your partner hassle you about your weight?
• Do you avoid certain situations because you feel uncomfortable in your own body?
• Do you avoid exercising because you are ashamed of your body?
• Do you hate having your photo taken?
• Do you avoid going to the beach or the swimming pool because of the way you look?
• Is your body image affecting your sex life?
• Do you hate shopping for clothes?
• Is getting dressed in the morning a daily trial as you try to find something that you feel comfortable in and that you think looks good?
• Are weight-loss pills and fad diets a part of your life?
• Are you within a healthy weight range, but still think you should lose weight?
• Do people say you look good, but you don't believe them?

If you've answered yes to any of these questions, your body confidence needs a boost in some way.