Your Weight is Not Your Worth

If I asked you to describe your body, how would you respond? Would you mention your height? Talk about your overall build? Share your weight? Or describe your shape as an hourglass, pear, or apple?

Or would you tell me how quickly you can run a mile? How many push-ups you can do? Would you talk about how your strength helps you carry both physical and emotional loads, how your flexibility lets you stretch beyond your limits?

Would you focus on what your body looks like, or on what it’s capable of doing?

Most of us evaluate our bodies by their appearance—how our clothes fit or what happens to our stomachs when we sit down. We let a number on a scale define our value and measure our happiness by the absence of a belly roll.

How many thoughts pass through our minds each day that are critical, shaming, or full of “shoulds”? Do we even notice how often they show up? Words hold incredible power, so why let the same harsh ones live rent-free in our heads?

It’s time to change the narrative. We weren’t born believing we’re not enough. Somewhere along the way, we were taught that we fall short if we don’t look a certain way or match the “right” number on a BMI chart.

But what if we shifted that perspective? What would it look like to step off the scale—not as an act of defiance against pounds, but from a deeper understanding that it can’t measure anything that truly matters? That the things worth counting are smiles, achievements, love, friendship, health, and happiness.

What if, instead of judging our bodies by a number on the scale, we measured them by what they help us achieve? What if we counted blessings instead of calories? What would it feel like to celebrate our bodies for their capabilities and to feel grateful for everything they allow us to experience and accomplish?