The first photo is me when I was about 10. I was made fun of, picked on, and I felt very ugly. I would pray to God in the shower before school to, please make me skinnier. I hated shopping for school clothes because I always thought my sister looked so pretty and I looked so ugly. My mom would try to comfort me and tell me how pretty I was on the inside. I remember my parents having a limit on how many ice cream sandwiches we could have a day, but that didnt stop me from eating SIX in one day because I was so depressed about how I looked. I cried at night, I often asked myself why anyone would want to be friends with someone who in my eyes was not pretty. The second photo is me at homecoming. I wasnt supposed to wear this dress, I was supposed to wear the dress I wore to prom the previous year. I hadnt noticed I had put on some weight my senior year; so the night of homecoming when I went to put on my original dress, it wouldnt zip. My mom had to run across the street our generous neighbor who had a daughter the same size as me. Thats how this dress came to be. And this is me on one of the happiest days of my life, at my wedding. I had finally CONQUERED emotional eating, I had CONQUERED depression, and I experienced the joy of being freed from all the lies I used to tell myself. You see, it wasnt that my size was WRONG. It was the fact that I wasnt treating my body the way it should be treated. I didnt love myself and I COULD DO BETTER. This was a day that I knew I had given ME my best shot. Is this you? Do you have a similar story of having a bad self image? Have you struggled with emotional eating? Do you constantly compare yourself to others? Do you KNOW in your heart of hearts that you could DO BETTER. I want to help you. I know what its like to look in the mirror every day and be afraid of what you see. I want to help you learn to love yourself for, first of all, who you ARE! And then we can work together to become the BEST version of ourselves possible. Shoot me a PM, lets talk.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:29:00 +0000