i suffered from body dysmorphia, i grew up constantly being put down for never fulfilling someone else's beauty standards, so much that i had 0 confidence in myself. i convinced myself i was never going to be enough, i was stupid, i was ugly, i was worthless. i was depressed over issues in my home i couldn't control that led to severe binge eating. i constantly wanted to avoid my own issues and be there for everyone but myself. when i started my fitness journey back in late 2017 after leaving a relationship that made me hate my body and any form of intimacy with anyone. i decided i needed to, for the first time in my life, focus on me. i pushed myself every damn day, i cried A LOT, but i absolutely fell in love (and lost 70lbs) in the process. i recently started to feel down again, but i refuse to get fully immersed into the dark hole i dug for so long. i keep reminding myself that a lifelong journey consists of its ups and downs and i look back and i do not recognize who that girl was. this might not seem like a lot to some people, but i would NEVER in a million years believe you if you told me i would ever post something like this. i am still learning to take everything day by day and how much power there is in the tongue. i try to be nicer to myself and give my inner child the love she deserved. i woke up today feeling all the progress i've made these past few years and i wanted to share that with you guys. things get better when you prioritize YOU 💗 you have to wake up and decide to love yourself every step of the way, love your body at every stage and be grateful for your health because that will always be the most important thing in this world. YOU are enough and YOU are loved no matter what you look like or you're going through 💗