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In this episode of The Your Level Fitness Podcast, I talk about what it actually looks like to try to love and appreciate your body and yourself as you are right now, while you are still working on things like weight loss, strength, health, and routine.

You are going to have those moments where you look in the mirror and immediately start tearing yourself apart. You are going to have those waves of negative thoughts where you feel like you are not enough. That does not mean you are failing. It means you are human.

What you are learning to do is notice it. Whether it takes one thought, fifteen thoughts, or seventy five thoughts to catch it, the moment you realize you are dragging yourself, that is when you figuratively hit the brakes and redirect. You say, wait, that is not who I am. Then you start talking to yourself with the same support, patience, and protection that you would give someone you care about.

Most of us have spent years chasing confidence from the outside. If I just lose more. If I just lean out a little more. If I just build more muscle. If I just fix this one last thing. But anyone who has done that game knows there is always another thing. So instead of waiting until you become some future version of yourself to feel proud, you start building that relationship now, at your current stage, with your current body. Past you, present you, and future you all deserve respect.

I also share why I aim to be in a calm headspace about eighty five percent of the time. That gives me permission for the other fifteen percent to just be messy, frustrated, emotional, honest. And instead of thinking that means I am off track, I see it as part of the process. I can say, this is one of those fifteen percent times. I can sit in it, feel it, and then come back when I am ready. That kind of honesty is how you build an inside/out approach that you can actually live with.

You are already winning this battle every single time you choose to pause, give yourself grace, and redirect back to appreciation. You are not weak for struggling with body image. You are strong for staying in it and continuing to build a better relationship with yourself.

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