Love Yourself “As Is” First And Your Body Will Release It’s Resistance To Change.
Try this daily work-in workout: look in the mirror—at the areas of your body you like and love, and the areas you don’t. Now repeat, “I am ALREADY healthy, whole and complete…exactly as I am.” Repeat this 10 times, 3 times a day (3 sets of 10 reps), every day for 7 days straight and watch what happens.
Be kind and stop “should-ing” on yourself. We wear our lack of self-acceptance as pounds on our bellies and thighs. Once you eliminate the drill sergeant harshness towards yourself and your body, you’ll stop putting up a fight and actually see results.
Try this experiment to see what I mean — give yourself permission to eat that chocolate cake, savor it and enjoy every bite, skip your workout. Write in your food/self-care journal about how it made you feel (you may feel like a burden has been lifted or you felt better because you took a break). Be curious about why you made that choice.
It’s important to bring judgement-free awareness to all of our choices. Talk to someone you trust about it, or just keep writing and notice what comes up. Using willpower alone never lasts.
When you’re honest with yourself, and embrace how your food and lifestyle choices are making you feel physically and emotionally, you create the power to choose. You can either accept your choices, change them, or talk to your coach/support person about it.
That’s when you achieve true health and change that lasts. The days of forcing yourself to go to the gym, or battling with yourself about whether or not to eat that pizza or fries, will be over for good!
Contact Me If You Could Use Some Judgement Free Awareness And Start Loving Your Body.
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Anna Kaoukakis
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