For anyone who has reached the third week of January and is feeling like you screwed up your diet or healthy lifestyle changes. Be kind to yourself, you can start fresh right now. You got this.
If you skipped working out today and are beating yourself up, stop and love yourself instead. Then get up tomorrow and with love, move your body. Put some music on and do a little dance right now to celebrate you are amazing.
Looked in the mirror today and were unable to find something nice to say and just felt like smashing it instead? Don’t let the crap you have heard or were told get to you. You are beautiful. You are worthy and you are enough.
Got out a pair of your favorite jeans and when you were finally able to zip them up the muffin top wasn’t as cute as it sounds? Or maybe you couldn’t even get them over your thighs. It’s ok. You will get there. You can do this. Go through your clothes and right now while you are working on your goals, put away anything that makes you feel less than. Were only what makes you feel beautiful.
Maybe that pizza looked a lot better than the healthy meal you had planned. Yeah, that was my weekend too. Don’t toss the changes you set for yourself. You are not a failure. Love yourself. You got nutrition and hopefully some delight in that treat. We all need a treat.
The number one thing we need show ourselves when we are trying to make lifestyle changes, is a little love and kindness. Change is hard. Things happen. Eating clean 100% of the time is possible for some, but not everyone. Working out daily is easy for some, others it is a little harder. Don’t compare. Find your starting point and work from there.
It’s been proven that showing yourself love and kindness is one of the fastest ways to lose weight and live a healthier lifestyle. It’s mandatory honestly. Why? Because if you can’t be loving to yourself there is no way you are going to really make choices that are good for you most of the time. So be gentle and speak lovingly to yourself.
Now, please don’t get into a habit of being so loving and kind to yourself that you slip to the other side and get passive about pushing yourself to do better. Set goals and if you slip, don’t beat yourself up. Keep going, you can do it. You are worth your love and kindness. One step at a time, one kind word to yourself at a time.
I saw this on Tiny Buddha and had to share.
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