I also know what it feels like to feel so out of control around food that you end up bingeing on chocolate cake in the middle of the night with the lights off.īut I also know what it is like to leave weight off the table altogether and embrace my body and its changes. I know what it feels like to restrict foods because you fear they are making you fat. I know what it feels like to jump on the scale in the morning to see that number come down 1/2 to 1 pound and get that high. why would you expect you to be any different?! How long does it take to develop anything of significant worth and reward? I mean, some of the best cheeses (and wines) take a long ass time, soooo. ![]() Sorry, but this isn't called personal development for nothing. So how did I get here? It took a lot of mindset shifts and that shit is HARD AF. Self Love After Weight Gain: Changing my Mindset You can read more about why I don't promote weight loss as a health goal over here. I certainly didn't know a thing about self love, never mind self love after weight gain. For a fleeting moment I felt happy, but it was all superficial, in fact I really didn't know myself at all. But then I did get to this goal weight and nothing happened. I focused solely on my appearance and thought, if I could just get down to XXX weight, I would feel better about myself, I would love myself. It made me feel inadequate in every way possible, I was never smart enough, pretty enough or skinny enough. ![]() That is exactly what dieting for so many years did to me. The thing is, that feeling never lasted very long. If I lost weight, I got an immediate "high" and felt on top of the world. If I gained weight, I punished myself by restricting my food intake, followed of course by subsequent bingeing. How I perceived my body and in turn how I treated myself were inextricably tied to each other. I have previously struggled with disordered eating and orthorexia. So I also am well aware of how hard it is to accept and love yourself as is, never mind self love after weight gain. Nothing happened overnight and it was a longggg journey full of all kinds of twists and turns that finally got me to where I am now. But it took me a really long time to get here. I want to share some mindset shifts that really made self love after weight gain possible.Īt 34 years old, I can finally say I know how to love myself and I do. Learning how to show yourself love after weight gain is one of the hardest but most rewarding things I learned how to do. But, what if instead of focusing all our love on things, we turned that inwards and focused on self love. If January is national diet month, then February is love month, with Valentine's Day and all. They work because they prey on your emotions, your fears and society's unbelievable and unattainable standards of beauty. The obsession with weight loss is so real which is why the weight loss industry is a billion dollar business. But you know how it goes, January is the month where many attempt to start new healthy habits, diet and of course lose weight. Uhhhmmm, did I just make that up, yes, yes I did. We are more than half way through February, the month after January otherwise known as Diet-uary. Self love after weight gain is tough, it requires a deep mindset shift and today I am sharing four mindset shifts that I hope will inspire you to learn to show yourself love no matter what.
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