So, today's post is a beauty post, but a beauty post about body love. I'm not going to talk about all the crap about "inner beauty" because this post isn't about inner beauty, it's about love.
Have you ever looked at someone who is just so full of life, so energetic, amazing skin, lucious hair and screams confidence? Well, most of the time it's people who have found those qualities from actually falling inlove with themselves. I'm not talking about a conceided person, but those people who exercise, eat healthy are the people that actually love their insides and want to take care of their body Have I lost readers yet??? lol.
I want to talk a little about life. For a lot of my adult life, I have been so lazy and un-motivated. I am not a health nut, I am not fitness obsessed. In fact, for so many years I have had such a bad relationship with my body. It hated me and I hated it back. We never got along, we fought, we argued and frankly, my mind would always win over my body. My body finally gave in and until recently, we are finally talking again.
People's mind's are so powerful. The mind is the decision maker, the royalty within. Your mind controls your habits, your everyday thoughts, your everything. If your mind hates your body, your body has no choice but to suffer the consequences and probably most likely.. hates your mind!
Haven't you ever looked at someone who has a beautiful and loving relationship between their body and mind? Take a look.
Gorgeous!
Now, I know that these pictures are people who are workout-a-holics, but gosh.. how beautiful are they? Those people don't just wake up one day and look like this, they work at it, they push themselves, and most of all, they love with themselves, The mind takes care of the decision making (food, exercising etc.) and the body takes care of the mind (raising confidence, happiness, less bitchy, beautiful skin, hair, nails etc).
I'm learning for myself too. This isn't just a motivation to step it up. I was never overweight/underweight growing up, but oh-my-gosh did I ever have problems with my skin, dull hair/nails, depressed, cranky etc. I never took care of myself. I wanted junk all the time , I wanted pop, candy, chips, juice and anything take-out, and I lost myself. I lost self confidence, I lost motivation, I was always moody, always depressed and oh gosh... my skin! I can't even go there because ewwww! When I got to my 20's, I started really gaining weight and I felt gross! The depression started growing, the hate towards my body started growing and even some of my hair fell out because I lacked so much nutrition. My body was fighting back.. My mind literally destroyed my body.
I never made good choices with my lifestyle. I even grew up with my family enforcing healthy nutrients into my dailys meals, but when I had to choose for myself, those nutrient foods were NOT an option, and I paid the price.
What I'm trying to say in this post is that we need to connect our body and mind together. One cannot do this healthy thing alone. They need to bond together to make that strong connection.
So... for people that find it really hard to re-connect, start small. Go out and buy a multi-vitamin. There!!! you've done step 1. If you do things in baby steps, you are more likely to succeed. I used to hate fruits and veggies, but now I love them.
Some foods that I have grown to looooooooooove, and I mean, I can't get enough of them are:
Asparagus
Grapefruit
A variety of Berries
Sweet Potato (purple & orange)
All of these foods are packed with nutrients. I still have my occasional burger, fries, chips, chocolate, but I just started incorporatin healthier foods into my daily menu. Little by little I started serving myself more greens, more lean chicken, mushrooms, homemade chicken noodle soup, mini pizzas made with pita bread, skim milk cheese etc. I decreased my junk intake each week. Instead of grabbing for candy, I grabbed for mixed berries with a bit of yogurt. Instead of making baked potato, I opted for sweet potato because again, it's much healthier. Asparagus is just insanley healthy (but makes your pee stink which is the side effect...lol)
All in all, this post is just a reminder that you need to build that strong relationship with yourself. You need to take care of yourself. If you follow through with giving your body the attention it deserves, it will give you such confidence, strength, stronger organs, beautiful skin, nails, etc back!... You have to believe you can do it!
Outside beauty seems to matter more to us, but your insides are just as important. If you can step it up, can you imagine the kind of outside attention you will get? Hello Hotness!!!!
As for me.. I'm still working at building my relationship. I have started back at the gym again, I'm limiting my junk food intake to one day a week, I take puppy out for 2 nice walks a day and I'm going to sign up and take some yoga classes with my neighbour hopefully. I have also wanted to try a boxing class. That is supposed to make your arms scream with lean-ness. Anything that I can find so keep some active-ness happening will also stimulate my mind, lessen stress levels and overall, make me a happier person for my friends, family, BF and my lovely fur-babies. It's important to them that I take care of myself. They depend on me, and I don't want to let them down do I?
Unfortunately some people will just shake this post off, but that's their decision. I can't make anyone turn their lives around, but if you did try.. I bet you would just shine with amazing-ness and grow your confidence to a level you probably have never seen. It takes 30 days to break a habit.. try it, what have you got to lose?
Anyhow, it's getting late and I need to go wash my face. I have the day off tomorrow, so I want to sleep in a bit and do a video blog (hopefully) tomorrow. So stay tuned!!!
Love you all and have a beautiful and restful sleep
-xoxo-
Mel
