Losing weight has always been a struggle of mine. I've never once been happy with my weight — I was always told that I needed to lose a couple of pounds. But losing weight is hard, especially when you aren't doing it for the right reasons.
I am putting in more effort than I ever have into workout this summer, but the problem is that I just always end up eating too much!
When I wake up in the morning and stand in front of my mirror I hate everything I see.
I hate everything about how I look.
I know that this is toxic, and I am trying on trying to love myself for who I am, but it is so hard when you're constantly told to work out and eat right and less.
Having this negative mentality is also hindering me from being successful in losing weight.
I'm not trying to do it to be healthy or stay fit. I go to the gym to try and become pretty. I go to the gym in fear that if I don't lose the weight, no one will love me.
For anyone reading this and feeling the same way, we must overcome this negativity! We will never find happiness if we think like this. It's going to be hard, trust me, I know. But if we can't learn to be body positive, then we never be able to work out and learn to enjoy it. If we can take the pressure off of working out to become "beautiful" off of our shoulders, then we can do it for fun. When something is fun, we like doing it and will do it more often. This will lead to us actually losing the weight!
Come on, guys! Let's go this together and learn to love ourselves and try to stay happy and healthy!
