Loving my body

In this episode, we explore the transformative journey of self-love and body positivity. I share my personal experience and the importance of prioritizing self-care and respect for our bodies. This mindset shift led to motivation for positive change and formed the foundation for transformation. Stay tuned for the next episode, where I reveal the steps taken to shed 40 pounds.

Show Notes

Cold Plunge Thoughts: Approximately four months after visiting a personal trainer, I began to experience something unexpected – a newfound love for my body. It was intriguing, as I hadn't realized that my previous attitude towards my body had been lacking in affection. Looking back, it became apparent that this disconnect had started years ago.

I decided that nurturing a love for my body was essential. Surprisingly, the workouts and dietary choices paled in comparison to this realization. It felt odd for a man to admit such a sentiment, but I recognized that loving my body would lead to treating it differently.

For the following two months, I concentrated on embracing my body, regardless of its shape or size or perceived flaws. Daily affirmations in front of the mirror became routine: "I love my body. This body is wonderful." Gradually, a shift in mindset and motivation emerged.

Around this time, my brother-in-law and sister were also losing weight, looking better, and feeling more energetic. Inspired by their progress, I resolved to make some changes myself. This decision came after six months of weekly personal training sessions – all leading up to the pivotal moment of choosing to love my body.

With this foundation in place, everything else followed suit. Tomorrow, I will share how I lost my first 40 pounds.

• (00:00) - Discovering the Importance of Loving My Body
• (01:00) - Treating My Body Differently Through Self-Love Journey
• (02:01) - Making Changes: The Start of a Weight Loss Journey

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Cold plunge thoughts. So about four months after going to the personal trainer,

I was like starting to feel something.

And what I was feeling was a love for my body.

And it was really interesting because I didn't really think that I didn't love

my body before then. But I noticed that I did start to not love my body many

years ago upon reflection.

And so I decided that one of the most important things for me to do was to love my body.

And so I started just focusing and thinking about that.

And the workouts didn't really matter. What I was eating didn't really matter. matter.

What mattered is that I just decided that I needed to love my body.

And that's really kind of weird for a guy to say. And it felt weird to say it.

But what I realized is that by loving my body, I would start treating my body differently.

Or at least that's what I thought. And so for two more months,

I just focused on loving my body.

No matter what shape it was, no matter what size it was, no matter what was wrong with it.

And I'd basically just tell myself in the mirror each day, I love my body. This body's great.

And after a couple months of doing that, my mindset and my desire to change started kicking in.

And it was about this time that my brother-in-law and sister were losing a bunch

of weight themselves and we're looking a lot better and feeling better and having

more energy and so i decided to.

Decide to make some changes now this was six months of going to a personal trainer

every week and what i finally got to was i just need to love my body and that

mindset is where where everything else started.

So tomorrow I'll share what I did to lose my first 40 pounds.