Diets are Dead

We’ve all been there. Spring break diets, summer countdowns, juice cleanses...desperate attempts to be ready for shorts, swimsuits & tank top season. 😱😱😱• • • Who wants a freakin’ break this year?!!!! Gosh, I know I do. What if just this one summer, we went into feeling more confident than ever before - NOT because we starved ourselves, hit the gym every day (sometimes twice) or left carbs way back in February 🙅🏼‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️🙅🏼‍♀️ — BUT because we finally allow ourselves to SHOW UP for the first time. To be mentally, physically & emotionally present in every moment the spring/summer brings us. To not be stuck in our heads thinking what the others are saying about us at the pool - or heck even stuck at home because you refuse to wear anything but pants & long sleeves. 🔚🔚🔚 Gah, if only I could go back and give myself the summers I thought I was having - the summers of a lifetime. Instead, I faked my way through it. I wasn’t happy. I wasn’t free. I was trapped thinking I HAD to look a certain way, or else I should function in shame - like the other curvy girls did. 🙊🙊🙊 I did not give myself permission to SHOW UP as is and LIVE in it. • • • If we loved our bodies; we wouldn’t punish them. It’s as simple as that. So when you’re getting “summer ready” — I hope this year is about far more than the gym. Where’s your head? And most importantly where’s your heart? 💗 I’d much rather have a 6 pack of Diet Coke than a 6 pack of Abs if it means I can look in the mirror and love myself through it & to it. It’s okay to have goals - in fact most of us need them - but checkin with yourself daily. Am I doing this because I love myself OR am I doing this to punish myself? Does this serve my body or harm my body? If I don’t do this today, will I have guilt over it tomorrow? 🙊🙅🏼‍♀️😅• • We must hold ourselves accountable for treating ourselves right. And this summer, we’re going to do it better than ever before. 💪🏻💗😋👯‍♀️