I talk a lot about nutrition, hormones & mindset and their role in fat loss. However, today I’m talking about the precursor to all of those things. Today I’m talking about the foundation of fat loss that is most often overlooked: self-respect. Self-care. Even, shudder to think, self-love.
Our obsession with diets, detoxes, fasts, cleanses and everything in between has taught us to fight against our bodies instead of being on our own side and in our own corner.
You cannot hate your way to a body you love. You cannot continue to resent your body, resist the process and be a complete dick (pardon me) to yourself and expect to reach your goals.
And if you hate your way to progress, it won’t be enough when you get there. You’ll be left longing for something more or something different because you lack self-respect and an understanding of self-care.
So we’re going there. We’re talking about self-respect, self-care and how to develop more of each.
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I don’t know why I feel the need to share this but it must be someone important to me. I’ve been listening to for about two years and I did one of your fat loss fast tracks. For some reason, I have never been able to find a mantra that worked for me. I have tons of them written down but none of them stuck with me. In 2017, for some reason I just started saying two words in my head. Be cool. When I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and my whole body seizes up with discussed and I start loading my body and myself, the words be cool pop into my head and it’s almost like it slows my heart rate down and calms me down It works in all different kinds of circumstances for me. If I start thinking of what I’m going to eat or what I want to wait or what if I eat too much or what if there are too many carbs, I just say be cool in my head and it Calms me down. Anyway, hopefully 2017 will be my ear and I will learn to be cool and respect myself and quit being a dick to myself Dash LOL thanks for everything Elizabeth
I absolutely LOVE that affirmation. I use “travel light” which reminds me to set down anything that doesn’t help me, doesn’t make me feel good or isn’t mine to carry. Love this so much. It’s honestly my total pleasure to be a small part of your journey!