Shut it Down, People!

06/18/2015 11:29AM

OH GIRL. I am feeling this post so hard right now. It's funny that you bring up overweight as a perfectionist-- I'm this way, too. I've always kind of beat myself up enough for not being enough of a perfectionist to be a perfectionist, ha! Jeez. I've been working on being kind to myself, and it's hard. It's just hard. And it makes me so sad that it IS so hard to be good to yourself. But we'll do it. Constant vigilance. Good luck! And if I ever find something that's working for me I'll pass it along. :D

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Aimes

While it's nice that my misery has company, I'm so sorry you feel this way too. You hit the nail on the head re: beating yourself up for not being enough of a perfectionist to be a perfectionist. What's funny is that being perfect is a totally unattainable goal anyway! And we deserve to be nice to ourselves (we can't leave it up to our three year olds :-) Part of my challenge is going to be defining what "being nice to myself" looks like. Eating healthy is being nice to myself (bad food is not a reward), as is being my own personal cheerleader (instead of heckler). Good luck right back at you!