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When we set out to reach a certain goal, whether it\u2019s weight loss or improvements in the gym, it\u2019s easy to forget about everything that we are and criticize everything that we are not<\/em>. Does this sound like you? I know I can get caught in this mindset, but when I do feel myself slip into this cycle, there are a few reminders that I rely on to get me back on track. We are all human, we all mess up, and we all need to be reminded of what\u2019s important to keep moving forward. Maybe you need someone to tell you one of these things today, and I hope I can be that person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. You don\u2019t need to wait to become the perfect version of yourself\nto be happy. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Oftentimes, we prioritize reaching a goal so much so that we forget\nabout our happiness in the whole equation. The focus centers on the weight we\nstill have to lose or the definition we want to see, and we aren\u2019t happy with\nourselves until it happens. We close ourselves off to experiencing life and\nrelationships around us so that we can finally <\/em>get from point A to\nB\u2014essentially, we equate our happiness with a goal. We spend so much time\nmeasuring ourselves up, punishing ourselves and feeling guilty for not being\n\u201cperfect\u201d when, in reality, you don\u2019t have to wait to become this \u201cperfect\u201d\nversion of yourself before you start loving yourself and truly enjoying your\nlife. You\u2019re allowed to be happy while you continue to evolve and improve. You\ndon\u2019t need a number on a scale, a number of reps, a number of miles or an amount\nof weight you can lift to feel validated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I believe I\u2019ll be the \u201cperfect\u201d version of myself when I am\nable to just enjoy exactly who I am in the present moment. This is the version\nof myself I am striving to become. Continue working toward your goal, but in\nthe meantime, embrace, own, accept, love and just enjoy being who you are right\nnow. There is only one of you and we have one life to live, so allow yourself\nto be happy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. No\nmatter how far you still have to go, you\u2019re allowed to celebrate how far you\nhave come.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You\u2019ve\nheard it before: \u201cIt\u2019s not about the destination, it\u2019s about the journey.\u201d When\nwe focus too much on how far we have to go, we forget to realize how far we\nhave come. We could be leaps and bounds further along in our journey than we\nwere just a few months ago but not take the time to stop and celebrate all that\nwe have achieved in the process. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We get this\npicture in our heads of exactly who we want to be, how we want to look and\nwhere we want to go. We work hard and we persevere every single day to get\ncloser to becoming that picture in our head, but it\u2019s not always about the end\ngoal. There is so much to be proud of yourself for while you are on the way to\nwhere you are going. Take a moment right now. Look at yourself; look how far\nyou have come. Remember that person who chose to start? You are that person. Be\nproud of that person. Celebrate that<\/em> person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next time\nyou get stuck thinking about how far you still have to go, challenge your\nperspective. Regardless of how far you are from the person you want to be and\nthe place you want to go, you have come so far and that deserves recognition!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t let\nthe person you want to be stand in the way of celebrating the person you are\nnow. Even though you may have more to go, your hard work is worth it, your hard\nwork shows and your hard work has paid off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. You are\nyour own kind of beautiful.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Stop\ncomparing yourself to others. We are all guilty of this\u2014I\u2019ll be the first to\nadmit that I do it too! Truth is, we were all born with different hair\ntextures, eye colors, metabolisms and body frames, and every one of these\nthings makes us beautifully unique. We are our own person. No one is just like\nyou\u2014how cool is that? You are you, and no one else\ncan be you no matter how hard they try. We have to remember this when we find\nourselves wishing we had what someone has or could do what someone else does.\nWhen we strive to be like someone else, it is a million more times difficult to\nbe happy with who we were uniquely made to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you take\naway anything from this blog post, I want you to know that who you<\/em> are,\nevery single part, is unbelievably beautiful. You are too pretty and too smart\nto act like you are not. You may look at yourself in the mirror and not think\ntwice about the reflection you see, but what you aren\u2019t seeing is the beauty\nothers see in you. It\u2019s time for you to look at yourself in a new way\u2014we see\nit, now it\u2019s your turn. Go ahead and tell yourself how beautiful you are! Do it\ntoday, and every day after that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Who you\nare as a person is way<\/em> more important than the way you look. <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I\u2019m going\nto go out on a limb here and say that no one is going to love you more for\nlosing 20 pounds or having a six-pack. Those things are great goals, but the\nthings that have a lasting impression are your character, values, actions,\npositivity, happiness, love and everything that\u2019s inside you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That five\npounds you gained or lost weighs a lot less than the smile on your face and the\npassion in your heart. People around you don\u2019t care about the number on your\nscale and probably don\u2019t even think about it. So, stop torturing yourself and\nletting the way you look dictate your attitude. It\u2019s more important to live a\nlife that keeps you smiling and keeps others smiling than a life that keeps you\nobsessing over your weight. Remember what really matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. You are\nstrong, capable, beautiful, significant and more than enough.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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You are!\nStop telling yourself otherwise. Even when it feels like you aren\u2019t, I hope\nthere is at least a small part of you that believes you are. You may not be\nable to see it today, but others see it every day. Others see every ounce of\ngreatness within you\u2014more greatness than you will ever know. Never forget that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you know someone who needs to hear one of these reminders, share this post with them. If you\u2019re more of a podcast<\/a> person, you can download the podcast episode that goes along with this post and listen to it on those days when you need a pick-me-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, if\nyou didn\u2019t know, I have a cooking show called Morgan\nMakes It<\/a> where I show you how cooking and eating healthy can be simple,\nquick and still so<\/em> delicious. I release a new recipe every single\nMonday, which can be found on Burn\nBoot Camp\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a>. Go check it out if you are ready to start\neating healthy and don\u2019t know where to begin or if your diet is feeling stale\nand you are looking for new, fun and healthy ways to change it up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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