My confidence levels

I’ll be confident when…I’ve lost weight…⁣⁣⁣
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When I’m a size XXXX⁣⁣⁣
When I’m lean⁣⁣⁣
When I’ve just got rid of my rolls⁣⁣⁣
When I don’t have cellulite⁣⁣⁣
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I want to remind you that your confidence levels are NOT as a result of the shape or size of your body. You may think that if you lose weight you will be more confident, but lovely trust me when I say, I tried for years – it doesn’t work! (refer to above) IT DOES NOT WORK. I've gone from a Size 16 - Size 6 and in the process, I lost so many years, so many moments, so much of my life gone and gained so much anxiety!⁣⁣⁣
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I was so anxious in both of the first pics, my mental health was at critical levels. I couldn't communicate how I felt, criticized every inch of my body, I couldn’t make decisions 😔⁣
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It is so easy to focus on the negatives of yourself and your body. I’m not confident, I need to lose weight, I can’t say that, I don’t have the confidence to do that…
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The negative way you talk to yourself is what steals away your confidence.⁣⁣⁣
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Instead of telling yourself the stories around WHY you aren’t, you can change this!
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As I was flaunting on the beach in my bikini for this last pic, I had to stop and take a moment. As tears welled up in my eyes about the journey my body and I have been on for the past 17 years. ED recovery. How far we have come together and how now - I don’t need to change anything about it to be confident. It made me feel so proud. ⁣⁣⁣
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If you talk to yourself in a negative way and you’ve been telling yourself…⁣you’ll be confident when...⁣⁣⁣
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This is your sign, you don’t need to lose weight and change your body to be confident!⁣⁣⁣
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You have the ability to SHINE radiantly and be freaking confident.⁣