See if you can relate to the following scenario?
You’ve stumble upon an old picture of yourself. At the time the photo was taken you didn’t particularly like your body. Maybe you thought your butt was too big or you still needed to lose a few pounds. Maybe you wished your stomach was a little flatter or your face was thinner.
When you look at the picture today, you see a beautiful woman – and you wonder why you were so hard on yourself. You might even be wishing you had that body right now. The one you didn’t like very much at the time.
Sound familiar?
This, my dear, is one example of chasing perfection – and it’s a great way to set yourself up for failure and make yourself (and everyone around you) miserable.
I’m guilty. At my lowest adult weight, I still wasn’t satisfied with the way I looked. While posing for a photo with my family several years ago, I clearly remember thinking that my thighs looked fat in the jeans I was wearing. At nearly 5’6″, I weighed somewhere in the low 120’s at the time. I was thin, really thin – but I couldn’t see the truth through the distorted fog I created with my thinking.
Today, I weigh nearly 10 pounds more than I did on that day – and I’ve never been healthier or happier. The difference? The girl in that photo was chasing perfection – and the girl writing this blog post is pursuing a healthy life.
Let’s compare the two.
Perfect: being entirely without fault or defect : flawless
Healthy: enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit : well
You can spend your entire life on the perfection highway – enduring endless potholes, roadblocks and uninspiring views through the window that just aren’t as pretty as you hoped for.
Or, you can reprogram the GPS in your head with a new destination – a lovely little haven called healthy.
I’ve traveled both roads and I can assure you – the road to healthy is considerably smoother and the scenery – it’s absolutely breathtaking.
“If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” ~Leo Tolstoy
Robyn Spurr is a Certified Health Coach, Weight Loss Coach, Personal Trainer and founder of Chickadee Weight Loss. She helps women reach their healthy, natural weight and stay there without all the diet craziness.
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