Love YOU NOW!

I've spent a lot of time thinking that skinny is beautiful. That if I could just lose those last few pounds I would be more beautiful to the "right" man. There are so many things wrong with that sentence.

First of all, the "right" man, if that's even a thing, is going to love and accept you exactly how you are in this moment. Sure they might like to see you living a healthier lifestyle, but what I really think they like is the often accompanied confidence that comes with the weight loss....not the actual weight loss at all. 

Men, and really all other humans, don't see us the way we see ourselves. They aren't judging and over-analyzing our every curve, blemish and perceived imperfection. Regardless, it doesn't even actually matter, at ALL, how they see us. What truly matters is our own self-concept.

We have got to find a way to love ourselves at every age, stage, weight loss or gain...the whole dang time! Striving for a balanced life should be our goal and "skinny" has zero to do with balance. 

Trying to model ourselves after the rich and famous is so damaging. If you had a personal chef, trainer, lifecoach, 5 zillion dollars, etc, you would look like that too. It's not REAL. It's not healthy to starve yourself and literally work your ass off to be a size 0. ZERO is NOT a number, people!

Be you. Love yourself so much that you exude confidence and joy. That shit is contagious!