• What if you are exactly where you are supposed to be?
• What if this is true regardless of how much weight you need to lose?
• What if the weight is actually helping you become the person you most want to be?

If you believed this, would it change the internal pressure you are putting on yourself? Would it help you ease up on your self-judgment and comparing yourself with others?

Could you let yourself appreciate where you are right now?

One of the things that actually blocks women from releasing the weight—for good—is that they very often compare themselves to others or where they thinkthey should be.

This leads to self-doubts, self-criticism, and frustration that you are not further along.

What happens if you stop for a moment and really look at how far you’ve come in your life?

• Look at what you’ve overcome.
• Think about how much you have learned about nutrition and exercise—and about yourself—throughout this journey with your body.
• Contemplate how you have changed for the better.

The experiences you had yesterday have added to Who you are.

Even reading this blog is giving you the opportunity to expand and evolve.

How different does that feel? How much more empowering is that new feeling?

Even if you have regained 20, 30 (or more) pounds, are heavier than you want, and feel like you’ve lost ground—you haven’t.

You’ve gathered information that will help you move towards your weight-loss goals.

That time and experience was not lost or wasted.

Even if all you have is a clearer picture of what you DON’T want, that is valuable. Sometimes you have to know that before you can figure out what you DO want . . . and how to move forward.

Comparing yourself to you versus someone else or where you think you should be gives you a much more accurate progress assessment.

For instance, if you’re dieting, what you learned yesterday means you know moreabout how your body responds to food, what thoughts and emotions may trip you up, and what helps you succeed.

And where you are today will be a place to measure your progress tomorrow, or a week, month, year or lifetime from now.

You’ve come a long way.

In fact, the progress you have made in your life is amazing.

You are more than you were yesterday.

You have new information upon which to base new decisions, generate new ideas, and consciously create the body you want.

Comparing yourself to anyone–or where you think you should be–is one thing you absolutely must change to get the body you want.

Together we can do it!