Celebrate You!

One of my favorite things to do when I am out somewhere like a coffee shop, restaurant or my personal favorite, the airport, is people watch. People are so interesting to me for a lot of reasons but especially because we come in such a variety of shapes, sizes colors and features. It always strikes me how we can be so similar in some very basic ways yet so different in a lot of others. Besides our physical features, we all tend to have our own sense of style, taste, and personal preferences when it comes to things like food, clothing, music, movies, books, etc. These differences are what makes us well, us. They also make us unique and, in my opinion, our uniqueness is what makes us interesting. Wouldn’t it be boring if we all liked the same things, all looked alike, and in turn had nothing new or…

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Introduction

fitness, happiness, health, weight loss

Squishy to Strong

Hi everybody! My name is Allison and I am a 21-year-old Accounting student that is on a journey from being uncomfortable and self-conscious and insecure in her own skin to a woman who loves herself and her body.

I used to be in VERY good shape. When I was little, I did both dance and soccer and eventually played select soccer on an elite team and was very athletic. I did cross country in middle school, played a little bit of high school soccer and kept dance in my life through show choir from my sixth-grade year to my senior year of high school.

I started to gain weight in my sophomore year of high school and it hasn’t really stopped since. Sophomore year was a bad year for me; I went through 2 breakups, the death of my grandfather, my best friend moving away, and a severe concussion that…

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Focus on What Matters

focus, happiness, Lifestyle, mindfulness, nutrition, physical fitness

Vanity metrics. They’re everywhere. Followers, likes, comments, friends, retweets. Those are just the ones on social media. Trust me, there are hundreds more.

How often do you think we find ourselves caring about something that is actually detrimental? Detrimental to our health, self esteem, self worth, self value, happiness, courage, confidence, you name it. I would say that we do this every day.

How often do you find yourself checking your Instagram post to see how many likes you’ve gotten? Did you hit triple digits yet? Did you get more than last time? Did your crush like it? Did anyone make a compliment in the comments section?

How about this… Try asking yourself something productive instead. Try asking yourself “why do I care?” Maybe ask “does it make a difference?” Or perhaps ask “what really matters to me?” I guarantee you’ll get a much different and much more positive outcome.

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Motivating Movement

beauty , happy , healthy , motivation , working out

Handling Haley

As I sit at home this morning, enjoying the snow day, I try to motivate myself to go on a run. I’ve been doing pretty good with working out. I have only taken 2 days off since the first of the year, which, I say, is reasonable. But, today I just couldn’t seem to get myself motivated.

Last night, I was looking online at clothes, and found myself avoiding adding some tops I really liked being added to my cart. I would tell myself, “maybe when you’ve lost more weight, you could try something like this.” Or seeing skirts that were my style, but short, saying “maybe when you’ve gotten down to a size 0.” And today motivating myself to run, all I could think about was being fat.

Honestly, I am by NO MEANS fat. I just struggle a lot with body image. I allowed others to determine…

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