#proveyoursweat

[theoptimisticwidow]

Day 3 🙈 I do not own a scale. I haven’t since I lived with my Mom in 2010. I don’t believe in numbers and how they make me feel so I refused to allow them to harm me. Don’t get me wrong I don’t fight it at the doctor but I also don’t look. I don’t want that feeling in my space. I wrote this as a comment earlier today but it feels fitting: We live in a society that has created a precedent that if you are not loved and excepted by others then how can you love yourself? This is a fallacy created by those desperate to extinguish light in the world. We. WE decide the level of love our soul hungers for. No one else. So feed it. Feed your soul. With daily affirmations (I have a message in my calendar that pops up everyday at 11:20 “You are enough” is the message I need) when I try on clothes and say “god you look horrible” I follow immediately with “you are so beautiful that even you can’t stand it lol” when I sit and eat way too much full of self loathing I remind myself that there is always tomorrow what do I need to work on that I am not? I take sexy pictures for MYSELF. I sing love songs solely for me. Perhaps I am schizophrenic or narcissistic but I don’t care. I love me exactly as I should. If I cannot set a line of respect towards myself how will others know how to treat me? You are beautiful and brave. I am so glad you are on this path with us. We got you boo 😘 @butiyoga #dare2barechallenge #letterstome #damndeliciouspasta #proveyoursweat #scalerevolution

[msnickyfitness]

So in the midst of me putting my body hack plan into action, Buti Yoga implemented the Dare to Bare Challenge @butiyoga. I might as well get in it while I’m on a roll. So here is Day 1! 30 days ago I would have been hesitant to show a picture of my body. I was embarrassed as a personal trainer to show that I had let myself go. See we are also struggling to stay on our game just like everyone else. If anything, we are scrutinized even more because we should know better. Well as I have always wanted to motivate people to get healthier, I have come to know that it involves more than just exercise and nutrition. It is a mental game as well. I’m no longer advocating that you just get physically healthy, I want you to get healthy in mind, body, and spirit. No more temporary fixes. It’s time to transform. Watch me continue to transform over the next 14 days as I add this challenge to the mix. #Dare2BareChallenge #iambuti #proveyoursweat #butiyoga #fasting #transformyourlife #intermittentfasting #day1 #5dayfast

[msnickyfitness]

This woman will always be an influence to me. She broke boundaries while she freely lived as herself. She never stopped putting value, class, and pride of being a woman and of being black out in the world. She touched millions including me. I had the fortune to be in a room within eye shot of her when she celebrated her birthday. I wish I had the courage to go up to her and tell her how much she has influenced my life. This is one of the moments that I wish I knew about the #5secondrule because I would have implemented it right away. Thank you Dr. Maya Angelou! You are truly my inspiration and my media “life” influencer for ever. Day 4- #dare2barechallenge #proveyoursweat #butiyoga #mediainfluencer

[msnickyfitness]

When you know that it is time to say goodbye..... Day 3 #dare2barechallenge #proveyoursweat #5secondrule #transformyourlife #butiyoga #byescale #weightdoesntmatter