Be proud of YOU!

If you are anything like me you are incredibly hard on yourself...all the time.

"I don't like my ......."

"My tummy looks too round in this shirt"

"These pants give me a muffin top"

"I feel like I need to lose 20 more pounds to be "happy"."

All of these things are so normal in my life and I hate it, but I am not sure how to fix it.

We live in a society where we are constantly comparing ourselves to others, but when is it ever going to be enough?

When are we going to consider ourselves good enough?

How do we learn to love ourselves?

I am presently obsessed with Dana Linn Bailey.  

She was the first Ms. Olympia Physique last year and was runner up this year.  

If she doesn't inspire you, you're obviously not ready to make a real fitness change.  She is a boss.

Her relationship with her husband Rob is truly amazing.  They train together, work together, (obviously) live together, and are all around good people.  They publish videos everyday of their lives and their workouts; obviously the best form of inspiration.  Seeing real people doing real workouts every day and showing everyone their good days and the bad reminds me that I am not alone in my bad days makes me feel like it's all worth it.

This was one of the first videos I watched of hers and I thought it was the perfect complement to this post.

Here’s a little about me that I am incredibly proud of:

-50 pounds gone in a year and a half

-My arm definition

-My traps

-I ran a marathon

-I am dorky

-I am a hard worker

-I am a boss

-My face lines.  Only the dedicated have proof of their weight loss.  Mine just happens to be shown during one of my favorite activities. SMILING J

-I take shameless gym selfies

Remember, we don't always need to be who everyone else wants us to be. We need to be ourselves.  Whoever we are.  Embrace it.  Enjoy it. LOVE IT and LOVE YOU!

I challenge you to tell me why you’re proud of yourself!

Until tomorrow,

C