We have 4 months left of the year. What do you want to do with that time?
Before you answer that question, be honest; does your weight, body or relationship with food and eating, influence the answer that comes to your mind?
If it does, then it’s time to embrace the “Do it Fat and Ugly” mindset and do what you really want to do, now – not waiting until you lose weight, look different, or master better eating habits.
As I’ve reflected on my evolving mindset, the new level of compassion I have for my body and my new perspective when it comes to reducing my weight and changing how I look and feel in my own skin, I’ve been thinking about all the potential opportunities I missed out on because of my appearance. Not because there was anything ever wrong with me, but because of how I felt about myself.
I’ve had to sit with the regrets and lots of “what ifs”, which hasn’t been easy.
I’ve had to remind myself that I lived the best I could at the time, with the information, understanding and experience I had. I acknowledge the bold steps that I did take as I closed my eyes to how I felt at times – doing stuff anyway. However, in those steps, the inner dialogue was painful, held me back from forming deeper bonds with people, experimenting outside of my comfort zone, and much more. It makes me sad to think about all that I could’ve done, who I could’ve been and what my life could’ve looked like if I hadn’t had this narrative in operation; attaching my worth and life to how much I weighed and the appearance of my body.
I’d be lying if I said it hadn’t made me doubt whether I can realistically make up for so much of my life now, but there’s a quote that lives in a massive mansion in my mind and I hope it encourages and reassures you as much as it does for me:
”The Best Time to Start was Yesterday. The Next Best Time is NOW”
We can’t change what happened yesterday. And when you think about it, even with all the could’ve and might’ve, we never know for sure if things would’ve been any better than they are now. However, in this moment, we can choose to look back with gratitude, learn from the experiences and use the wisdom to make our choices today.
That’s why this September 2025, as I get back to blogging, I’m challenging us to think about what we really want to do with the rest of 2025 and do it … NOW!
Not when we’ve lost weight, changed our bodies or completely healed our eating habits, but NOW, just the way we are today. Even if we feel Fat and Ugly!
Let’s do it together ❤️