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You really do have to apologize to yourself & keep moving. We spend too much time punishing ourselves for things.

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Allow yourself occasional lapses without giving up entirely. Perfection isn't the goal; continuity is.

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due to personal reasons I deeply wish that this autumn feels entirely like rebirth

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Tips That Helped Me Lose 25 Lbs in 6 Months:

Cut out the sugary drinks. Buy yourself a large refillable water bottle, fill it up, & take it with you everywhere. If you don't like water or want something with more flavor, buy the crystal light packets (5 calories) or the Mio water flavoring (0 calories) & add them to your water. Diet Pop is also zero calories, & no it does not make you gain weight. Just obviously don't drink it all. 1-2 a day are perfectly fine.

Make coffee at home. If you're a starbucks, tim hortons, etc coffee girly, this one is for you. Buy the Sugar Free Torani flavoring syrup, mix it with some almond milk, pour it into your coffee, add a stevia packet. Honestly it tastes great & it's only like 15 calories, compared to a 200 calorie drink at starbucks or tim hortons.

Increase your amount of steps in a day. I aim for at least 10,000 steps a day. But you can start off lower than that! Start off with 5,000 and work your way up. You can get these steps in by doing anything you want. Your phone can track your steps for you so you don't even need to buy a step counter if you don't want to. Just keep your phone on you all day, most people do anyway.

Always keep a "healthy" snack on you. If you're on the go & you get a little hungry, this will help keep you from just stopping to grab fast food or buying a bag of chips.

Eating 60-80% healthy. Balance is key. Don't give up everything you love, otherwise you'll be miserable & just give up. We are aiming for a lifestyle change, not a quick fix diet. It is not realistic for you to NEVER eat the foods you love ever again. It's ok to enjoy life & still lose weight/maintain.

Don't focus on the way you look or the scale. Focus on how you feel. That's what is most important.

The 15 Minute Rule. If you don't feel like working out, tell yourself you're just going to do a 15 minute simple work out. After 15 minutes is up, if you want to stop, then stop. At least you got a little bit of movement in. But 95% of the time, you'll want to keep going. If you tell yourself you're going to do this long, hard work out, odds are you probably aren't going to go. It's overwhelming.

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Monday 9/9/24

I had gotten out of the shower and thought my face looked different. So I got dressed and searched for the last selfie I took. I found one from June 28, and coincidentally I was wearing the same shirt I had just put on.

I used snapchat green screen to compare and yes my face definitely lost fat. Although the number on the scale has not changed, save for plus or minus a pound, I've been fluctuating between 145 and 146 for way too long now.

But seeing that my face looks so different actually had me crying because it means that even though I'm not completely consistent just yet, my efforts are working. I've been walking more and tracking my intake more. And although I don't always stay in a deficit, paying attention to what I'm consuming is helpful.

It just made me hopeful that by next early spring, I'll be back at 120lbs. Though before noticing my face I noticed my arms looked smaller, last month actually. Anyway, I'm excited.

*Wow I just realized I put 23 in the title instead of 24 😂

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Quick dumbbell workout done. I’m only at 4,830 steps but I’m actually drained and don’t think I can continue doing more today. Had a bad night of sleep once again.

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reeeeally been learning a lot about myself lately like oh. my life is actually just beginning

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wishing you a safe return back to yourself

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don't rush. don't overwhelm yourself. don't try to fix everything all at once. new habits take time to craft. old habits take time to let go. big changes take time to show. mentality shifts take time to feel natural. you will not become a new person overnight, even if your spirit is in the right position to do so. your transformation will take time. and luckily, you have that time. you have all the time you need. there's no deadline! this is a life-long project, quite literally. you will never be done with yourself, you will always be a work in progress. let go of your impatience, let go of your impulsiveness, and just put in the work, as much as you need, for as long as you need.