If you’ve ever asked yourself

• Why can’t I stay on track? 

• Why don’t I have better self-control?
• Why can’t I see any progress in the gym?
• Why can’t I feel my best?

 “I just can’t do it, so why bother….?”

 Trust me, I feel your pain

And, you’re not alone…

Do you beat yourself up because you just can’t seem to follow through or stay on track with diet programs?

                                     
I’ve been there and have done ALL of that.

I beat myself up to no end, killed my self-confidence and my self-esteem. My self-talk was horrendous…I said things like.

• You’re not good enough 
• Pretty enough 

• Sexy enough

• No one will ever want you with that body

• Look at that cellulite on those flabby fat thighs
  
  

Sound familiar?

I could barely look people in the eye and at times, I couldn’t even look in the mirror. 

Summertime became my worst nightmare. I didn’t want to wear shorts, and I definitely didn’t want to wear a bikini. 

I wouldn’t even get off the beach chair without a cover-up on, I was too embarrassed.  

I never felt I looked good enough to walk around in my bathing suit.  

I constantly wore long skirts and maxi dresses, anything to cover up my body. 

I felt horrible. My self-worth was at an all-time low.

And then I started to work out, I ate the right food, did everything I was “supposed” to do to get back in shape.

I started and stopped at least 100 hundred times. I’d fall off-track and blame myself over and over.

I thought I was doing everything right.

I put everyone and everything before myself. I always started off strong and with the best intentions, but it would eventually go downhill from there.        

 I kept failing for years at putting my health and fitness first.

So what was The Problem?

I couldn’t stop comparing myself to other women.

For years I was struggling with what the “perfect” woman was supposed to look like. 

The media created this perfect image of what women should look like.

Through my research I found some pretty amazing stats….most models are 98% thinner than a majority of American girls and women – 98%! 

I found my biggest problem and the mindset that I had to overcome was the negative impact the media had on my body image. 

We are constantly bombarded with these images. On TV, in magazines, on the movie screen.

I’m guessing that like me, you’ve also compared yourself to these UNREALISTIC images?

These models spend hours in the hair and makeup chair. Their images enhanced by lighting and their photographs airbrushed to remove every imperfection.

It’s all “smoke and mirrors”.

No wonder I felt the way I did – unattractive, unsexy – basically unwanted by society and by myself.