A little progress photo since I’ve been feeling really self conscious lately.
There’s nothing I’ve probably ever wanted more than to feel comfortable in my own skin and I’m sure a lot of women feel the same. Everyone probably expects me to say that losing weight will help me accomplish that feeling or accomplish that self assurance but the hard truth is it won’t and I’ve learned that the hard way before. Self confidence won’t come from shedding those pounds…it comes from you. Losing weight or getting fit isn’t a battle, it’s a process, it’s a gift to your body because you love your body. It may sound corny, but I’ve been that cynical girl that looks in the mirror in the morning loathing what she sees letting that hate fuel the workouts or the foods I choose to eat and for a while, yeah, it worked and in the end it got me back where I started with a lot more hate in my heart towards myself than I had before.
It’s been hard for me lately…looking in the mirror and thinking those things again but this time around I’ve not only lost weight but realized new things about myself. That I am doing this because I love my body, that I don’t care about the number on the scale. There are so many other amazing accomplishments that come out of getting fit and eating healthy, there’s no need to even obsess over it. I’ve learned that being more confident = a happier life, a happier me, a more forgiving me. Accepting me.
I don’t want anyone entering this process being the girl I used to be because that girl was alone and sad…and her accomplishments, no matter how tremendous, where always not good enough. Be a you that’s take charge and a force to be reckoned with. If not to fight back against all the pressures in the world telling you who to be, for yourself. For those thoughts that keep you up at night shouting YOU CAN’T DO THIS or YOU’RE NOT WORTH IT, shout back with a vengeance I CAN! AND I AM! Because you are. I’ll never have a life I had before. I did not start this process to stoop so low. I started it to rise to new heights…I have to recognize now I’m not the old me. I’m someone entirely different.
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