Be Gentle With Yourself.

I am a firm believer that we are our own worst critics. We know exactly what to say to make ourselves feel bad and throw the best pity party. We know our own weakness, our sensitive areas, and we know exactly what to say to push ourselves over the edge. I am just as guilty as the next person and I hate it because to be honest, I can get down right nasty with myself when I am feeling down about myself. I hate that we do this. And I hope we can break the cycle in teaching this type of self hatred to our daughters, nieces, friends, sisters, and mothers.

I am addicted to pinterest. Whoever created this magnificent website needs to win a the prize for being the best person ever. There are so many craft days that I will never accomplish but like to pin & act like I'm going to do one day. If you saw my pinterest you would see how crafty I am. And then you would meet me in real life & laugh in my face because I have been artistically challenged from a young age. Pinterest has given me false hope! HAHA! But one thing I do absolutely love about pinterest is all the amazing quotes you can find. Literally you can find a quote about anything. And you have super cool graphic designers to make them look all modern and hip. The other day, I came across a quote that I cannot get out of my mind. It was simple. It was short. It got straight to the point.

"Be gentle with yourself, you're doing the best you can."

One thing I've learned about this weight loss journey is that it is hard. Seriously. Not only physically but just as much, if not more, mentally. There are days when all I can think about it how did I let myself get this overweight. Why did I never stop and make the changes that needed to happen years ago? And I just continue to beat myself up. It is so exhausting fighting this battle with yourself.

Although I am no where near I want to be with my weight, I am not where I was a month and half ago when I started this journey. We need to start being gentle with ourselves because like it says, we are the doing the best we can, and I truly believe that. This life is our to make it what we want. We have to learn to live in our skin, to be gentle with our skin because it's the only one we got.


-Allison Rose