Stop Waiting for Maintenance to Start Living

Maintenance can start to sound like a fantasy.

Once I get there, I will wear the clothes. Take the trip. Feel comfortable. Relax. Stop worrying so much. Finally live normally.

And some things genuinely may get easier as your body changes. I do not think we need to pretend otherwise. Those possibilities can even give you something meaningful to work toward.

But there is a difference between looking forward to a future experience and requiring a future body before you give yourself permission to live.

The Love the Body You Have e-book talks about how body dissatisfaction can slowly lead people to postpone experiences until they lose weight, look different, or finally feel comfortable enough to participate.

So maybe the starting question is simpler.

Are you actually comfortable with the life you are living right now?

If the answer is yes, keep going.

If the answer is no, is there some part of the future you keep imagining that you could begin experiencing now, while your body continues to change?

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