23/07/2023
I always heard people say ‘your body isn’t the problem, it’s your relationship with your body that is..’
I get that now, yes weight loss can support a healthy lifestyle, I was unhappy in my body to begin, I was overweight, had a bad relationship with food, scales, I was unfit, I had hit rock bottom in my confidence and I needed to do something about it for my babies and I did…
But it’s also easy to fall down that rabbit hole. I lost weight, but continued to want to shrink myself further. Because I still wasn’t ‘completely’ happy. Happiness doesn’t automatically exist in a smaller body.
I used to look at others and think wow if I looked like them I would be happy. Or a few more lbs and I’ll be happy.. but where does it end? The truth is it’s not your body that’s going to make you happy.. it’s your relationship with your body, how you treat yourself!
Finding that balance.. now finding a balance is damn hard! Which is why I can see it from both sides.
I went from beating myself constantly in a restrict and binge cycle to understanding food and exercise but becoming caught up in it and finding fear of ‘what if I gain that weight back’
Yes there’s weight difference in these photos but the main difference is the inside glow that I have! Feeling the most free I’ve felt, treating my body with love and respect, healing my relationship with my body, food and exercise.. realising perfect is the body you’re happiest in and that you have a true balance with, not the balance you’ve got to try so hard to keep up!
I promise you, I know it’s hard but there is a happy medium! Stop being hard on yourself, feeling like you have to be perfect! Stop chasing numbers, trying to be as lean as possible, shrinking yourself trying to look a certain way. That’s not what will make you happy. I know when you’re at both ends of the scale it’s hard to see that middle ground, challenge those thoughts and feelings!
Life is too short and too precious to miss out on the little things ❤️
May 2022 ➡️ July 2023? ➡️ Now
I won’t share my weight in these photos as it looks different on everyone and I wouldn’t want comparison! ❤️