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THIS MONTH'S MISSION 
Have you ever stopped to focus on what's right for your body? Oprah says being grateful for your body is the key to loving yourself.
Browse the daily mission calendar—your guide to learning to love your body, no matter what shape it's in!
WHAT I KNOW FOR SURE I still have the check I wrote to my first diet doctor—Baltimore, 1977. I was 23 years old, 148 pounds, a size 8, and I thought I was fat. The doctor put me on a 1,200-calorie regimen, and in less than two weeks I had lost ten pounds. Two months later, I'd regained 12. Thus began the cycle of discontent, the struggle with my body—with myself. What I didn't know is that with each diet, I was starving my muscles, slowing down my metabolism, and setting myself up to gain even more weight in the end. Then around last Christmas, after six months of unexplained heart palpitations, I finally got it. I stopped taking my heart for granted and began thanking it for every beat it had ever given me. For so many years, I had let my heart down by not giving it the support it needed. Overeating. Overstressing. Overdoing. Every diet I had ever been on was to fit into something—or just to fit in. Taking care of my heart, the life force of my body, had never been my priority. I did a head-to-toe assessment, and though there was plenty of room for improvement, I no longer hated any part of myself, including the cellulite. What I know for sure is that the struggle is over. I've finally made peace with my body. 
What do you know for sure about loving your body?
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