My Own Worst Enemy

     The world we live in is harsh. People are critical, especially if you are overweight. But sometimes our worst critic, is ourselves. Something that I have realized lately is that I am my own worst enemy. I am constantly tearing myself down. I walk by a mirror and I cringe at the sight of myself. I tell myself how terrible I look. How fat I am. How ugly I am. I've bought into the lie. The lie that says that I am worthless. That says that I am not a good mom. Not a good wife. The lie that says that I am not good enough. The lie that say that I will never be pretty enough, or smart enough, or THIN enough. But what I've realized just recently is that I am enough! No matter what the media tells me. No matter what my husband tells me. No matter what I think of myself even. I am enough! I don't need to be perfect and I'm learning to love myself.

     While this doesn't seem to relate to weight loss, it really does. We have to address the self-hatred before we can ever sustain any sort of life change. Because as it's said, "If you don't love yourself before, you won't love yourself after." You have to start loving you. Give yourself permission to be human and make mistakes. Don't beat yourself up if one week you are up 3 pounds. Give yourself some freedom. And when you do mess up, because it will happen, give yourself 10 mins to be upset about it and then let it go and move forward! Don't give up because that will only make you feel worse in the long run.