22/08/2025
The problem with trying to hate yourself thin, or smaller or more muscular, or *insert things your struggle with* is that you are coming from a place of negativity, and that will just perpetuate a negative thought cycle.
You made a mistake = you ruined everything
You ate more then you planned = you feel guilty as you've totally f**ked everything
You didn't get to the gym today or hit your steps = you may as well not bother anymore
💭 I'm a failure
🧠 I can't succeed at anything
💭 I might aswell give up and stop trying and just stay miserable forever.
I've been there ⬆️ done that ⬆️ got the T-shirt 👕
And unsurprisingly, I never made any progress. I was actually making things worse. Not just physically, but my mentality was getting darker.
When I decided to stop hating myself so much and stop trying to do everything all at once, I finally started making progress.
I changed this by setting myself 1 small positive thing to achieve every day. It actually led to me wanting to continue doing it, and then once I was nailing that, I added another positive thing in.. meaning I was perpetuating a positive thought cycle instead (whilst simultaneously taking action)
This changed my previous thinking to this:
You made a mistake = s**t happens, learn from it on how to do better next time. No hard feelings.
You ate more than you planned = no big deal, 1 day doesn't ruin it all, just like 1 good day doesn't make it all better.
You didn't get to the gym today or hit your steps = I moved my body as much as possible, and what I did felt good. That's enough.
Bad leads to bad
Good leads to good
You're the one in control of your thoughts. You spend the most amount of time with yourself in there. So make it a more positive place to be 🧡
P.s it takes practise, but the more you do it, the better you'll get, that I can promise. You've got this 👊🏽
