Love Yourself More on this Wellness Wednesday
- The Veggie Babes
- Oct 5, 2016
- 3 min read
You may have seen this picture, and quote, floating around on Facebook.... don't you just LOVE it? We do! Why? Because so many people, women especially, feel like they need to beat themselves up in the gym to work off the extra dessert they ate or to look and feel better happier. The problem is most of the time this desire is coming from a place of hate as opposed to a place of love. However, you can implement a few simple techniques to feel better, have an easier time losing weight and have much more joy in your life.
How do you know if you hate yourself?
We are not a psychologists so we can't say for sure if these are the actual signs of self-hatred but they are a few things we have learned in our own journey that reflect a state of self-loathing you might relate to:
1) When you look in the mirror you feel sick, angry and criticize every little bump, blemish, or imperfection
2) You find yourself over eating foods you know are not good for you
3) You workout hard in the gym just lose weight or burn off calories you just ate rather than enjoying how it makes you feel
4) You feel guilty if you don't workout, eat too much or make a mistake of any kind in your life
5) You are always sabotaging your efforts. perhaps you have a good workout but then you eat greasy food right after
6) You have this underlying anger and have no idea why or how to get rid of it
7) You get into, and stay in, relationships that are toxic and physically or emotionally harmful to you
8) You don't feel happy and long for more in your life but have no idea how to change
Are you ready to stop this cycle of hate and learn to love yourself?
How can you love yourself?
If you want to see positive results in your life, whether that's with your physical appearance, financial situation, career or relationships you must first take some time to create love for yourself. From our experience this is for sure the number one way for any positive change to occur.
Some of the things we can do to help you gain a deeper love for yourself include:
1) Decide to change. Self love will not happen if you do not become aware of the issue and decide to make a change.
2) Take some quiet time to help you discover why you hate yourself so much. This may require some professional assistance. If you need the name of a good psychologist please contact me.
3) Look at yourself in the mirror everyday and say to yourself, "I love myself exactly the way I am now."
4) When you think something negative about yourself say, "stop! Thanks for sharing." Then say a positive statement, or complement, to yourself.
5) Surround yourself with positive people and release anyone and everything that is toxic to your life.
6) Take time daily to do something you enjoy. For me this is spending time with my dog, playing guitar and singing. Whatever it may be do something that makes you happy everyday.
7) Start loving the people and things you have in your life. Once you become more grateful for your life you will start to love yourself more.
Of course there are so many more things you can do to enhance your self-love; however, this may just be the start you need.
Until the next quest for the best...
Peas out,
Rachel & Lindy
The Veggie Babes
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