You are not a trash can!

"...when they have really learned to love their neighbors as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbors." ~C.S. Lewis Screwtape Letters

How much time do you spend taking care of other people? How much time do you spend taking care of you? 

Here's my favorite things. I don't always get it done every day without fail but I feel better every day I succeed so I keep getting back on the horse. Don't quit because you had a bad week or even a bad year. If not today, when?

1.) Drink half your body weight in water every day!

2.) Move! Walk, run, go to the gym, do a YouTube workout, get a DVD, lift weights, dance, swim. My favorite is Erin OBrien's Strong Body Fit Body and I feel super proud if I get it done 5 days a week but don't hate myself if I get in 3.

3.) Stop eating the processed food! Stop drinking the diet soda! You are beautiful! You are worth it! You ARE NOT a trash can!!! If that sounds hard just start there. You can still have mac and cheese but buy the pasta and the cheese not the box with the powder. You can have mashed potatoes but boil them and mash them yourself. If you're already that far, try cutting something else. Maybe starchy foods, maybe dairy, or gluten. What makes sense to you? What food usually makes you tired, bloated, get a headache? Stop that one. Why treat yourself like that? You live in America. You can eat anything you want. Make it count for your health! Can't afford to eat healthy? Go to Aldi's.

4.) Stop naming sicknesses that no doctor can find! I can say that because I've struggled with it. It's a great excuse to do nothing or to feel sorry for yourself. But is that the way you want to live? Isn't life hard enough already? Not feeling great? Might I point out #'s 1, 2, & 3? What if you took charge of your health instead of letting your health happen to you?

The most enjoyable, encouraging person I can think of that could help you on this path is Dawn Mabry. You can just follow her on social for daily smiles and encouragement or send her a message to get some personalized coaching. I'm not sure exactly what that entails because she is the least pushy and least  annoying sales lady on the internet but I bet she'd be glad to tell you. *Also she doesn't necessarily agree with anything I've said above. I just decided to throw her name in because she inspires me!