Do you ever look in the mirror and just go… what happened? How did all this weight come back?

Or maybe it’s when you try slipping the jeans on.

Except oh wait, there’s no slipping happening. It just tugs, and you nudge, and nudge.

It just happens. To me, to you, athletes, models, everyone. When we start getting more comfortable with our weight or just plain stressed, it’s easier to let things slide.

The crucial thing at the moment of realization is to accept it, not start any negative self-talk, and make the decision to take action.

Do. Not. Beat. Yourself. Up.

A pound can come and go. Five pounds can come and go. Be grateful you recognized it, and do one thing RIGHT NOW to move forward.

What to do?

1. When I look in the mirror I stand up straight, smile, and say something nice.

Simple yet quite strange at first.

“Emotion is created by motion”. – Tony Robbins.

Body language matters. How you talk to yourself matters. How you look at yourself matters. It changes your state, your emotions, your outlook.

We all know starting the self-hate cycle just leads to feeling worse, which then leads to eating more to feel better, which then leads to feeling worse… and you get it. DO NOT GO THERE IF YOU WANT TO FEEL STRONG, HEALTHY, AND LOVE YOUR BODY SO DAMN MUCH YOU SMILE EVERY TIME YOU SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR. Non-negotiable. It’s a decision to re-make every damn day.

Plus, did you know fake-smiling can lead to real smiling and all the warm fuzzies included? Just like fake laughing… give it a try.

2. I PROMISE myself to do ONE healthy thing TODAY.

For example; eat a salad for lunch. That’s it. Make one promise YOU CAN KEEP. Because when you set an objective for yourself and you accomplish it – you build trust (this wonderful book goes into more detail). That means you start believing you can do it. And when you break a promise to yourself… that hurts so bad it feels like you just ripped a piece of your soul away. We all know it. It’s brutal. And continuing to rip away leaves us with no trust – no confidence we can do.

If you don’t think you can do it, you don’t even try.
Trusting yourself is key. So start building that trust. One. Small. Thing.

Faking it till you make it could not be truer when it comes to changing negative self-beliefs.

So smile. Say something nice. Build that trust. Feel good.

It’s just like losing your virginity: simple concept, strange at first, and then…

En-joy!