Learning To Love Your Body

At first, I started working out because I HATED my body, not because I loved it⠀ ⠀

I forced myself to go to the gym as punishment when I ate something that made me feel guilty⠀ ⠀

Anyone been there before?⠀

 It was such a vicious cycle lol— I’d eat a big ole' burger  with a shit load of fries — be pissed at myself, and then boss myself into going to the gym cuz I was a “bad girl”

Sounds silly lol, but that’s ultimately the cycle I was stuck in for quite a few years— shit was drainingg  and not to mention the results were so slow it was super challenging to keep the faith

It’s funny looking back now, cuz I can literally see the moment where things shifted for me. It was like this huge AHHH HAAA moment that hit me⠀

 When I started learning more about “gratitude” I realized that I had NONE for my body. I was seriously taking my healthy body for granted just cuz when I looked in the mirror I had this belief that my body was broken cuz it wasn’t fit and tone like other girls

Fuck that shit. The moment and woke up and was like “MELISSA. Your body allows you to LIVE every damn day”⠀ ⠀ When that dawned on me— things started to change

I know this sounds silly, but I started talking to myself every time I was putting on lotion. I would rub lotion on my thighs and just say thank you. At first it was pretty emotional to be honest cuz I HATED my thighs. But the hate wasn’t helping. The hate just brought about more hate

When I stopped forcing myself to “sweat it out” and I started brainwashing myself with body love— that’s when everything changed for me

Some days sending my body love didn’t feel as easy as others— but here’s the thing, I never gave up. To this day I have never, ever sent hate to my body ever again

It was the missing piece to the puzzle for me. My body started shifting so quickly once I dropped the hate

I say this in hopes that it inspires you to find more LOVE for the one body that you’ve been blessed with. Don’t take it for granted anymore

Send more love, as corny as it sounds— this mindset shift will completely change how you show up for yourself, promise!⠀

Love you! Cheers to being blessed with our Beautifully Built Bodies 🤗