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Friday, April 27

{Hate Love Your Body}

This month,

I asked my lovelies to

share

their favorite body part,

or feature.

Throughout this post,

you will see

their beautiful eyes,

long flowing hair,

and even an adorable button nose.

What you won't see

is the words that several used

to describe their current

struggle

with accepting their bodies.

For most of my life
I have struggled
with my body image.

I have struggled
with measuring up
to what I believed was

beautiful,

often based on
the culture of the moment.

I've always been

insecure

about my long nose,
rosy red cheeks

and

my long second toes.

No matter what I've weighed,

or even what size I've worn,

I've looked into the mirror
and often felt

disappointed.

Where does this devaluation come from?

Yes,

I can look at society,

Hollywood,

propaganda…

and I can

point the blame.

What would that really solve?

Nothing.

We have it all…
wrong.

Our culture tells us to first:
be skinnier,
be more fashionable,
be this skin color or that,
follow this trend,
buy this brand,
do this,
and definitely,
don't do that
then we will
feel good
about ourselves.

And we've believed them.

They tell us to
change first,
then we will love
our body.

But does that work?

Do you really spend time
taking care of the things in your life
that you don't
love?

Challenge yourself to
stop
thinking that
changing yourself
will result in
finally loving yourself.

Start
thinking that
loving yourself
will give you
the motivation to
make positive changes.

I've lost 28 pounds in the last four months.

I now can say

"I am no longer overweight",

but I'm not yet happy

with my body.

When I look in the mirror,

I still don't see a skinny person.

I still struggle to see

an acceptable version of myself.

Some people say that

your mind has a way of

protecting you emotionally,

especially after a significant weight loss,

just in case

you were to pack the pounds

right back on.

Some days I feel

larger

than I felt weeks ago.

In searching for the root cause

of my inability to accept and enjoy where I've gotten,

I realized that I have to

first love and accept my body

to see myself

the way I truly am.

***

Let us start choosing to

love

our bodies,

to value the gift and function

of each and every

part.

And in loving them

how they are now,

let us watch as

almost

effortlessly,

we begin to take better care,

and see ourselves

how we've always wanted

to be seen.

I'm starting with

my nose,

and ending with

my toes.

Wednesday, April 25

Somme Institute
{Boost Mask & Eye Cream}

Where'd my wrinkles go?

Oh heya! But luckily, I don't make this face often. LOL!

Hey lovelies!

Remember a few weeks ago,

when I shared my love of the Somme Institute's MDT5 Skincare Regimen?

You just have to compare the pictures from that post to this one!

Look at my skin after continued daily use!

Can you find those forehead wrinkles anywhere?

Of course, just when I thought it couldn't get any better,

I received their Boost mask and their Eye cream to try out.

This stuff is delicious…it goes on silky smooth and instantly begins to warm up.

Want to know the best part?

It smells like pumpkin pie.

No, seriously, like...I want to eat it off my face when I use it, thats how delicious it smells.

After a few minutes,

I feel as though I'm lounging at a day spa,

feeling tension and stress leave my face.

Voila…dewey fresh skin,

ready to "Boost" the rest of my MDT5 skincare regimen.

Overall, I'm highly impressed by the Boost mask (it even made it on my top ten favorite beauty products list)! I love the feel of it on my skin and how it amplifies the effects of the MDT5 regimen!