How to look good naked

I know we are a bit slow on the uptake down here in Oz, and most of you have probably already viewed Carson Kressley's show "How to look good Naked" but it has only just hit the TV screen in Oz, and I'm loving it!

After watching the first show, it got me thinking long and hard about how most of us really view our body. I mean, how often do you look at yourself naked in the mirror and say "wow, I'm hot!" (Personally, I have NEVER thought that when I catch a glimse of myself naked, and generally avoid actually looking at my naked body in the mirror....ugh!)

So, why are we so critical of our bodies? Do we honestly believe that we could ever really view our bodies as perfect? What the hell is "perfect" anyway? and perfect by what/who's standard?

The key to "liking" yourself naked is accepting that there is only one "you" in the entire world. Whether that includes lumps and bumps, dimples and tuck-shop lady arms, or knobby knees and flat feet......celebrate your uniqueness for what it is. You are one of a kind in every way!

I was told once, though I don't recall by whom, that when a man sees a naked woman he's more than likely just thinking "wow!!" Not, oh my god, she's got knobby knees or flabby thighs!

So I've decided it's time I stopped being so critical of my body and start celebrating every little bit of me; from the tip of my toes to the top of my head. Just as my thoughts, beliefs and views on things are unique to me, so to is my body. All of it combines to make me the person I am; totally unique and individual.

Seriously, how boring would the people of the world be if we all looked exactly the same? What if we all looked like pin-up girls (skin and bone mostly) or had what we perceive as "the perfect" body (whatever that is, after all, again it's about individual perception of perfect). No thanks!

I have always been proud to be different, yet still battled my own demons with regard to my body shape. WTF! I want to be proud to live in my skin and not focus on the things I don't like about it. After all, it's all the little things about me that make me the person I am. I want to appreciate the good bits and accept the not so good bits and acknowledge the fact that there is now, and will only ever be, one of me. Just as there is only one of everyone of us.

So, thank you Carson! I'm going to continue working hard at accepting me so that I too can look in the mirror and say "I look good naked"! and mean it.