As you might have seen on Instagram and through my blog I’ve been trying to champion the importance of positive body image and confidence amongst women. I’ve spent too long hating my body and I’ve decided that the time has come to stop this.

To get my message out there I’ve posted about the truth behind some of the before/after selfies, I’ve posed nude in Cosmopolitan magazine and I’ve posted some very honest sweaty workout selfies. Now it’s time for you all to get involved too.

The #weloveourbodies challenge is going to be starting on Wednesday 19th August and it’s very simple. All you need to do is post a photo or update on Instagram or Twitter and use the hashtag #weloveourbodies every day for the next two weeks.

We all have moments where we look in the mirror and hate what we see but this is about looking in the mirror and finding something that you love. My hope is that by finding something about your body that you love everyday for two weeks it will start a habit of feeling positive towards yourself and your body.

Here is my first post that will be going up on Wednesday, expect to see more from then:

Day 1: I love my body because it carried me through my first ever Olympic distance triathlon, something that I had never thought possible. I’ve always made excuses like ‘I don’t have the body of an endurance athlete’ until I realised that there is no perfect ‘endurance body’ and I was just scared about challenging myself like that. #weloveourbodies

Don’t forget to use the hashtag and tag me in your post with @fitology_uk on Twitter or Instagram!

Back in May I was asked by Cosmopolitan magazine if I would be in one of their features called ‘My body’s amazing because…’. Of course, I jumped at the opportunity. I mean, who wouldn’t want to be featured in one of Britain’s biggest young female’s magazines?!

And then came the catch. ‘Would you be ok with posing nude?’ was the question. Ah. Right. Ok. Yes, I’d be fine with that.

I decided very quickly that I would do the shoot and feature and here’s why:

1) I love my body. It might not be as slim or as strong as others but it’s mine and I’m on a continuous hard journey to make the most of it

2) I want to help other women learn to love their bodies too because if the feature inspires even one other woman to look in the mirror and feel positive about what they see then I’m happy

3) This is my sticking two fingers up to all of the haters because if you don’t think I look good than you need your eyes testing. Yeah

And that’s it. No other reasons, simple. Oh, and I quite like being naked.

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