Nobody said you had to be extraordinary!

    So I thought today would be a good day to update y'all on my weight loss journey! 

 

    I will be the first to admit that even though I have made HUGE strides and I am so happy with my progress. Even though I am thrilled with where I am, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t wish I was farther along (but I figure this is probably common!) So far, I’ve lost 105LBS and a whopping 115 inches in the last 8 months (going on 9!)! That’s insane to even think about. I am literally half the size I used to be and I feel like I look like an entirely different human. (Which is what everybody also keeps telling me!)

 

    I set a goal of 150 pounds and an unlimited amount of inches! So, my goal is not too far out of my reach! It takes a lot of focus and control to be able to eat your way into smaller clothes. Which is essentially what I’ve done. 

 

    Let’s talk about goals for a second here, when I set out to lose a ton of weight, I didn’t think I could do it! I had the wrong mindset! Frankly, I was pissed off at the world but mostly myself for allowing myself to get to the the point I was at! 

 

Mindset is literally the key to anything! Say it again, MINDSET IS LITERALLY THE KEY TO EVERYTHING.

 

    I also used to be terrified of setting goals because I am a person who is absolutely terrified of failure. I know that failure is apart of life and is completely normal but somewhere along the lines I got it into my head that I needed to be an extraordinary human; inhuman. I think it was honestly because I hated myself and knew that if I wanted anyone to care about me and the things I did, I needed to make sure that I wasn’t just, “good” at something, I had to be exceptional. I know now that it was always an impossible thought; I never had to be extraordinary, I just had to love myself. 

 

    Now that my head is screwed on straight; I set goals almost everyday. Remember that whole mindset thing we talked about earlier? It’s literally the key to everything! If you have the wrong mindset, there is a very good change that you WILL fail because your attitude about things sets the tone. I said what I said. 

 

    My advice for the day is this: Learn to set goals with expectations that you might not reach that goal in a week, a month or even a year. But that doesn’t mean that you’ll NEVER get there. Give yourself time, grace. And finally, don’t force yourself into uncomfortable situations to please others; your pace, your goals, your life, your CHOICES. 

 

 

Happy Friday, loves! 

 

XOXO

Don't mind my face in the first picture, it's my life's mission to find every single unflattering picture of myself and show them to the world! 🙈

ALSO, don't mind my weird orange brassy hair, I was going through something!😅