Hating your own body is wrong
Hey there. For years, the fitness industry has convinced us to hate our bodies, criticizing how they look, perform, and measure up to impossible standards. But here’s the truth: success isn’t about tearing yourself down to achieve a goal. It’s about building a strong relationship with yourself and trusting in your abilities.
The mechanics of weight loss are simple, but the real challenge is creating a foundation of confidence and self-acceptance. You don’t need to wage a mental tug-of-war every day. Instead, let’s focus on building a life centered on your preferences, your strengths, and your goals.
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Hey there. I have been thinking a lot about the people we choose to keep close. When you are on any long term journey, especially something like weight loss or building a forever active lifestyle, you notice quickly how much support matters. It is hard to show up day after day. It is hard to push through setbacks. It is hard to stay grounded when progress moves forward, then sideways, then backward, then forward again. Having people in your life who encourage you without judgment makes all of that more manageable.
Hey there. I have been thinking a lot about how much data we have access to now. Steps, calories, heart rate, sleep cycles, recovery scores, weight trends, macro breakdowns, you name it. If you have been on a weight loss journey for years you probably track at least some of this stuff, and honestly, the fact that it is all so affordable and available blows my mind. When I started working on my own fitness in the late nineties and early two thousands none of this existed. We were guessing most of the time, hoping our effort was paying off, and waiting for the scale or our clothes to change before we believed we were making progress.
Hey there. I have been thinking a lot about how we talk about mental and emotional health, especially in the fitness space. For so many years I believed this was supposed to be an either or situation. Either I changed my body or I fixed my mind. Either I exercised or I worked through my emotions. Either I pushed harder or I paused long enough to look at what was really going on. What I know now is that this is an and situation. All of it matters. All of it works together. And all of it is part of the inside/out process that has shaped the way I live.
Hey there. I have been thinking a lot about how we share our experiences and why they matter. Not the polished versions. Not the 60 second summaries that get pushed around social media. I mean the real stories. The ones that come from actually living through something and taking the time to understand what those moments meant.
Hey there. I have spent a lot of years watching how the fitness industry talks to people. Once you see the patterns, you cannot unsee them. So much of the marketing is built around the idea that you are not enough as you are. Your body is not enough. Your willpower is not enough. Your routine is not enough. And the only way to fix it is to buy whatever solution they are pushing at the moment. What I have learned through my own process is that none of that messaging holds up when you build your life from the inside/out.