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I see you.

You’re sick and tired of struggling with your weight, of constantly worrying (i.e. obsessing) about food, of starving yourself on diet after diet to lose weight only to gain it all back (and then some) the moment you start eating anything but plain salads again. 

You’re ready to love yourself inside and out, to feel like who you are on the outside matches who you are on the inside, and to start living the life you’ve been dreaming of.  After all, life is too short to be worried about your weight all the time! 

You’ve decided. This is YOUR time. I’m here to help. 

 

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Can meal prep help you if you’re an emotional eater? ⠀ ⠀ Listen, I’m all for meal prepping if it’s something you want to do, but I don’t think one *has* to meal prep to eat well. I also know it’s totally possible to prep all your meals and STILL self-sabotage with food (hello impulsive cookie binge after a nice delicious salad). ⠀ ⠀ Yes, planning and prepping nourishing meals can help you stay on track with your nutrition, but if you’re still having issues with cravings and the desire to emotionally eat, you need to look at the thought patterns behind those tendencies, not just your food choices. ⠀ ⠀ I’m curious, do you struggle with cravings and emotional eating? Do you find meal prepping to help? ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 📸: @theplantedone Growth mindset 👉🏻 look for lessons in life’s challenges that will help you evolve into the person you want to be 🙌🏻⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 📸: @jayshetty Sixteen years ago today my dad lost his battle with bladder cancer. Of course I miss him and wish he were here, but I am also unbelievably grateful to have experienced his loss. ⠀ ⠀ Through his death I learned how short life can be, and how precious my health is. ⠀ ⠀ Take care of yourself friends. Go after your life fully and unapologetically. You have one life, one body. The time to start caring, to start living, is now 💛 Being gentle with yourself vs. using self-compassion as an excuse -⠀ ⠀ I was just brushing my teeth this evening and thinking about the things I didn’t do today, and how I should do some of them before I go to bed, but then my thoughts shifted to “but you’re so tired, and prioritizing your sleep will serve you better.” ⠀ ⠀ Maybe…but is this self-care & self-compassion? Or is it just a cop out? ⠀ ⠀ I think we have to be careful to not use self-compassion as an excuse. Not honoring your commitments to yourself in the name of “balance” or “self-care” is, in my opinion, not self-compassion at all. In fact, not honoring your commitments to yourself not only sabotages any goals you are working towards, but it degrades your deeper relationship with yourself. ⠀ ⠀ Consider your food, for example. If you decide you will not have dessert all week, but then Friday night rolls around and you tell yourself, “I feel so deprived and turns out not having dessert is horrible for my mental health so I’m just going to eat the freaking brownie” then yes, maybe you are seeing that as balance and self-care in the name of avoiding deprivation, but you are also not honoring your commitment to yourself. ⠀ ⠀ Don’t get me wrong - I don’t the answer is constant perfection. I think the answer is intentional, REALISTIC planning, as well as curiosity and trial and error to see what works. If I plan my schedule so that I’m constantly hustling my butt off to get everything done during the day and finding myself overworked and sleep deprived, the answer is not an impulsive nap and netflix sesh. If I plan my diet so that there are no treats allowed and realize I’m feeling way too restricted, the answer is not to throw my hands up in the air and say, “this isn’t working, I’m making cookies right NOW.” Instead, I think we need to look at what might work better. *Plan* more balance into the commitments we want to make to ourselves, and then continue to follow through.⠀ ⠀ 📸: @kellyeileen.co #WhyIDidntReport⠀ ⠀ I didn’t think it mattered. ⠀ ⠀ I thought (and still do) it was mostly my fault for putting myself into that situation. I should have known better. ⠀ I didn’t think my experience was nearly as bad as what others have experienced and I didn’t want to make a big deal of it when other people have experienced far worse. ⠀ ⠀ I knew it would be he said she said. ⠀ ⠀ I thought they’d ask, “why weren’t you more firm with your no? If you weren’t fighting back it was consensual. If you didn’t get yourself out of that situation before it escalated it was consensual. If you eventually gave in and let it happen it was consensual.” ⠀ ⠀ I didn’t want to get him in trouble. ⠀ ⠀ I worried I was being overdramatic. ⠀ ⠀ I thought it was my fault for being too prude.⠀ ⠀ —⠀ ⠀ I don’t talk about this experience hardly ever. I didn’t jump on board with #metoo. I’m still not convinced sharing these thoughts belongs here, on my professional page, and I’m very hesitant to post this. Except, part of me wants them to be heard. I want them to matter. I want me to matter. And I want YOU to know, whatever your experience, whatever your thoughts about it, whether you want to share or not, YOU MATTER and your feelings and experiences MATTER. That is the privilege and right of being human.⠀ ⠀ 📸: @sistergoldenshop Raise your hand if you’ve ever felt ashamed of where you’re at in your journey 🙋‍♀️⠀ ⠀ There’s been many a time where I’ve found myself thinking, “I should be further along in building my business.” I compare myself to others. I look at what other people are doing and try to follow in their steps and then get mad at myself when what worked for them isn’t working for me. ⠀ ⠀ But you know what? Beating ourselves up doesn’t help. It doesn’t help in business, and it doesn’t help when it comes to losing weight. The comparison game, the negative self talk, it all just perpetuates more shame and self-doubt that keeps us stuck. ⠀ ⠀ If you’re ashamed of where you’re at in your weight loss journey, I’m here to tell you it’s okay. This process takes time. It takes trial and error to find what works for you regardless of what worked for anyone else. It takes self-compassion. ⠀ ⠀ If you are struggling and need some help with your weight loss, send me a DM and let’s chat. As someone working with coaches to help me with my personal goals, I can tell you, the process is so much easier when you have someone in your corner. 💛⠀ ⠀ xo⠀ ⠀ Micki⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 📸: @thewendy28 Say it to your friends. Say it to yourself. 💛 Happy Friday you beautiful humans! ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 📸: @amyturnsharp PSA - you deserve to feel good in your body. You deserve to have a healthy relationship with food, to enjoy your food and to love the way the food you eat makes you feel (yes, physically but also emotionally!) #bodylove #foodlove ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 📸: @kalememaybe