9 Things I Wish I Learned Sooner….

𝘐 𝘞𝘐𝘚𝘏 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝟿 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺…⁣

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Truth is, starting my first diet at the age of 8, trapped me in a lot of unhealthy beliefs about myself and my body. ⁣

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I quickly became my own worst critic and while I could share a whole different set of 10 nutrition and fitness tips I learned (𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘴), I wanted to actually share some of the mindset shifts I had to make along the way. ⁣

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Years of dieting taught me to stop trusting, respecting, and accepting my body. That being said, here are the beliefs I wish I adopted sooner to preserve that trust & respect. ⁣

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1. Stop being so hard on yourself. ⁣⁣⁣

2. “giving it your all”⁣⁣ does not mean you have to be perfect or have it all together.⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣3. Give yourself time & grace to fail, make mistakes, and learn. ⁣

4. Find patience for yourself as much as you do for others. ⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣5. Stop trying to shrink. ⁣Allow yourself to take up space. ⁣⁣⁣

⁣⁣6. Focus on what is going well and those who want to see you doing well.⁣

7. Appreciate your body for all that it does for you. ⁣

8. Forever work towards loving yourself more.⁣

9. Speak to yourself as you do to others, and treat your body as you would others. ⁣

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𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧: be authentically you even if that means the introverted family person who loves to workout and is secretly an 80 year old grandma on the inside⁣

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𝘚𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨