100 Affirmations for Body Image to Achieve Acceptance

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Last Updated on August 3, 2022

Feeling at peace with your body image is an ongoing struggle for many. It doesn’t help that we’ve had body-negative media shoved in our face from our early, most formative years.

If we fall short of having the tiniest waist, biggest butt, and perfectly toned arms, we’re told to feel inferior.

It takes a LOT of re-training our brains to view ourselves positively, rather than fixate on every little “flaw” society has told us to feel embarrassed of. But one way to work on your relationship with yourself and your body image is to start with positive affirmations.

These affirmations for body image will help you get one step closer to reaching a point of neutrality, acceptance, self-love, or whatever goal you’re trying to achieve when it comes to appreciating your body.

In this post, you’ll find affirmations for body image that include: 

• Affirmations for Body Neutrality
• Affirmations for Body Positivity
• Affirmations for Body Dysmorphia

It’s no easy feat, but these affirmations will help you adjust your habits with the type of self talk you use!

Can body positive affirmations help?

Positive affirmations are encouraging, uplifting statements you repeat to yourself. Through regular repetition, you’re training your mind to choose positive self talk instead of negative self talk. This is how positive affirmations can help you feel better about your body image!

The more you practice thinking and speaking kind things to yourself and your body, the more it’ll become second nature. Be sure to recite each of these affirmations for body image as though you actually believe (or want to believe!) in them. This is when they become most effective.

Should I use affirmations for body neutrality or body positivity?

First, be aware of the differences between the two.

• Body positivity = the right for everyone to have a positive body image despite societal and cultural norms.
• Body neutrality = neither hating nor loving your body and instead, arriving at a place of general acceptance and respect for your body.

Which focus you choose depends greatly on your goals and background. If your body image is in a really bad place right now, I suggest choosing body neutrality as it will be a less daunting, more practical goal to pursue. 

Affirmations for body neutrality can bridge the gap between hating and loving your body. If you’ve been stuck in a rough spot with your body image for quite some time, it might be unrealistic to expect yourself to transition into full self-love right away.

Body positivity can come in time, but start small to begin with.

On the other hand, if you go back and forth between feeling okay about your body some days and really stressing about it on others, you probably have some familiarity with body neutrality, but it’s just not consistent.

In this case, you could further explore body neutrality affirmations, or if you feel ready, push yourself to pursue body positivity and see if it changes your outlook on your body image. Both types of affirmations for body image are included in this post!

Here are 100 affirmations for body image specific to your goals.

Affirmations for Body Neutrality

I highly suggest trying these affirmations for body image neutrality first before diving into body positivity. You have to reach a place of feeling neutral acceptance for your body before you can take it a step further into truly loving your body.

1. My body keeps me moving and going about life.
2. I am more than my body.
3. My body is the least interesting thing about myself.
4. I appreciate all things my body does for me.
5. I am enough no matter what size I am.
6. I am always worthy of love.
7. I deserve to show my body the care it needs.
8. Enjoying food is totally normal and healthy.
9. I am allowed to have bad days and good days.
10. My body is here to help me, not hurt me.
11. When I’m hungry, I can eat.
12. Food is never the enemy.
13. There is no reason to fear food when it can bring me great joy.
14. I feel at peace with my food.
15. I let go of the urge to restrict.

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16. Numbers won’t define me.
17. Self-comparison is irrelevant because we are all built differently.
18. Clothes are made to fit my body, not the other way around. It’s nothing personal if an article of clothing doesn’t fit.
19. I will reroute my energy to focus on more interesting things than my body.
20. I am getting one step closer to body acceptance each day.
21. Food has no moral value.
22. Health also has nothing to do with morality.
23. I accept and respect my body just the way it is.
24. Society’s image of the “ideal body” literally changes every decade!
25. Guilt has no place in how I feel about my body.
26. It’s okay not to love my body 24/7. My emotions can ebb and flow. It is about accepting my varying emotions.
27. My body is only ONE part of me.
28. Feeling my best is so much more important than looking my best.
29. My goal is to fuel my body in ways that make me feel my best.
30. I will value and honor my body.
31. I don’t expect perfection from my friends. Why expect it from myself?
32. I will consume less media that makes me fixate on my body image.
33. Exercise is there to help me feel my best.

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Affirmations for Body Positivity

After you’ve mastered body neutrality, you might feel comfortable taking the next step toward body positivity. If your goal is self-love, these affirmations for body positivity are a great next-step toward achieving that!

34. I aim to view myself with the same love I’d give to myself as a child.
35. I can’t hate myself into being skinny.
36. Positive body image starts in my own mind.
37. Loving my body is SO much more than loving the way it looks.
38. It is okay for my body to evolve and change. I’ll accept these changes.
39. My body is a gift.
40. Goal weights and measurements are just arbitrary numbers. How I feel matters so much more.
41. Others are too preoccupied with themselves to focus on my weight.
42. It’s okay for me to love myself.
43. Self-love toward my body is not selfish, it’s essential.
44. Spending too much time wishing I looked like someone else takes me away from my values, goals, and the great things about me.
45. I will stop comparing myself to airbrushed, photoshopped bodies. My body in its natural state is fabulous.

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46. Practicing balance is so much more sustainable than going to the extreme.
47. I deserve to treat myself and not feel guilty about it.
48. My natural shape is beautiful.
49. I look the way I’m supposed to look like.
50. The way I look is not my identity.
51. I can be healthy and beautiful at any size.
52. I will never let my size hold me back from doing the things I want to do.
53. Life doesn’t start 10 lbs from now, it starts right now.
54. It’s okay to let myself rest and relax.
55. It’s okay to take a break from exercise (or to not exercise!)
56. I don’t need to exercise or eat a certain way to be worthy.
57. If I’m healthy, I’m blessed.
58. Other people don’t have to like me. I just have to like me.
59. Being okay with who I am already is enough.
60. I don’t always have to be working on myself.
61. I am slowly but surely making peace with my body.

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62. My body makes me feel good.
63. I deserve to love myself unconditionally.
64. My body allows me to live my best life.
65. I am so very grateful for my body.
66. I appreciate the food I eat because it nourishes me.

Affirmations for Body Dysmorphia

Body dysmorphia is when you fixate on a perceived flaw or insecurity to the point where it becomes obsessive. These affirmations will help to ease your anxieties surrounding your body.

67. Skinny doesn’t equal better, prettier, or more-loved.
68. Changing my body doesn’t mean I’ll accept it. My mindset must change instead.
69. Chasing perfection won’t help me.
70. I am capable of so much more than looking a certain way.
71. I am confident that my body is perfectly fine the way it is.

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72. My body is one worth being proud of.
73. To expect myself to be free of flaws or insecurities is unrealistic.
74. Any perceived “flaws” I have are perfectly normal and I accept them.
75. I can have a relaxed view of my body.
76. My body image is capable of improvement and acceptance.
77. My body is an instrument to carry me through life, not an ornament.
78. My body proportions are exactly as they should be. We are all different!
79. My appearance has no bearing on my value or worth.
80. There are plenty of people who see the beauty in me.
81. My size doesn’t define who I am.
82. It takes less energy to treat my body with love and acceptance than to criticize it.
83. There are no limitations on what my body can do for me.
84. I will not limit myself based on the way I think I look.
85. I will feel my best when I’m taking care of both my mind and body.
86. My body deserves self-care no matter what.

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87. I am blessed with good health and a good body.
88. My body is my home and worth taking care of.
89. I am in tune with what my body is telling me and I will honor its cues.
90. My body is a representation of strength, not shame.
91. I am free to be who I really am without a label of “thin” or “fat”
92. I will not let subjective words and ideas impact the way I view myself.
93. How I feel inside is what determines how successful my journey has been.
94. My body is the perfect body for me.
95. I am complete just the way I am.
96. I trust my body.
97. Self compassion toward my body wins every time.
98. My mental health comes first, and certainly before any diet.
99. I eat for energy and nourishment.
100. My opinion of myself is more valuable than anyone else’s. 

How to boost your body image with daily positive affirmations

To make these affirmations for body image most effective, consistency and repetition is absolutely everything. By speaking the affirmations from this post daily, you will engrain these positive thoughts in your mind. 

I suggest choosing 3-5 affirmations in this post that resonate the most with you. Speak them each morning, journal about them, or focus on them as you meditate.

If you’re a visual person like me, you should print out my affirmation cards and paste them on your wall for an added visual reminder!

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