3 ways to overcome diet mentality for freedom

 

In this day and age, it can be very easy to fall into the trap of dieting.  Even when you think you aren’t on a diet, you might find that you deep down truly are.  It’s a challenge to find your balance sometimes and it can be a painful journey if you are unable to find your groove with your eating patterns.  So many eating plans disguise themselves and are really diets and it’s any wonder so many women are struggling in a world that is not set up often for success when it comes to balance.  Diets can put you into a spiral and they can cause you to lose and gain weight on a yo yo while you try to do the right thing for yourself, you may find yourself at a loss.  These insights will assist you to overcome the diet mentality and help you find your groove with your eating and mental health:

1. Seek professional guidance.

   The first thing I want to encourage you to do is find a non-diet professional who can help you to get off the cycle, restore your metabolism and your mental and physical balance. The right professional, can help you to find a way through what you may be facing and assist you with getting in the health over looks game.  When you seek professional guidance, you set yourself up for success and have support that you need to be able to learn to love your body and live your life the way you are meant to.

2. Try different approaches and find what works for you.

   Any professional will have you try different things until you find what works for you and has lasting results. Sustainability is important and know that it may take a few tries at different things for you to be able to find your groove and what makes you feel healthy, be healthy and have a healthy mind.  One size never fits all which is what can make the non-diet approach so difficult to master but you can, and you will find a way of life the suits you.  Don’t fall for a quick fix approach that promises you the world but comes at a metabolic and mental cost.

3. Give up the quick fix mentality.

   I know you want weight loss now, right? But that is not how health works.  It’ a long term game and you are playing it so it’s best to think about what you can sustain for the rest of your life, not what brings you the quickest results in the shortest amount of time.  Being thin isn’t everything although sometimes it might feel like that, but health is very important so make sure you embrace your body the way it is and love it into the way you want it to be if you even want to make changes.  Giving up the quick fix mentality can change your life because your life becomes about the long game in all ways so your patience is something that will change your life.

3 ways to overcome diet mentality for freedom is republished from Anna Maria Lang's fitness blog

3 keys to understanding why looks aren’t everything

There is an epidemic on this planet that has women think that looks are everything.  You know that feeling that your dream man will arrive once you lose the weight, you will have your dream life when you look a certain way, and your life will all fall into place if you could just morph yourself into looking like your favourite Hollywood star?  There is much more to life than the way you look and by saying this, I’m not saying to let yourself go, it’s quite the opposite actually.  I’m saying to look after yourself, morph into the best version of yourself and model success from others but don’t try to be like anyone but you.  Too many women place their worth on their looks when your worth is derived from much more than that.  These insights are designed to assist you to overcome the ‘looks are everything’ epidemic and begin to see you are beautiful no matter what you look like:

1. Your worth hinges on your heart and soul.

   I happen to know that many women struggle because they think that their body and looks is the thing that other people, particularly men or a man want. We are bombarded with images in the media and other realms of what I call the ‘ideal woman’ that is projected that when you look like her, all your dreams will come true.  I am here to tell you that all of your dreams can come true now.  You might need to do some work to get there and when you look to your heart and soul, you get to see that you are winning in this mission by seeing your worth hinges on following your dreams and looking stunning might be part of it but it’s not the be all and end all of your overall goals.

2. Your body and looks are not your business card.

   There is a myth that the supposed good-looking thin woman will get more opportunities in life and particularly their career. Your body may speak volumes of your past behaviours, non-behaviours or habits but it isn’t and shouldn’t be the thing that depicts whether you are chosen for opportunities or whether you decide to go for things in life.  Many industries portray beauty as being part and parcel with success, but true success comes from within and your body and looks are not your business card, your intellect, drive, skills and other aspects of who you truly are, are the key to your success.

3. You deserve the love of self.

   In executing this mission, you get to see that looks aren’t everything. You must know that you are stunning regardless of what you think you look like now and loving your body and self comes with a great amount of joy and peace that may just be the answer to you losing some weight and shaping up in a way that is lasting.  Your looks and body are not everything and your dreams do not hinge on them, what hinges on them is your decisions, commitments and actions toward what you are meant for in this life and that is to have it all in the way that you and only you deem is acceptable.

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It’s ok to want to lose weight while loving your body now

Many women in the movement of loving your body now may feel guilt or as if it is wrong to want to lose weight.  They may feel like they are defying the movement because they want to be thinner or fitter, but you are not.  You are made to be healthy and look after your body so on this journey of body love and winning the war on weight, body image and fitness, make sure you go deep inside and ask yourself what you truly want.  There is no need to feel any guilt or shame over wanting to lose weight.  Don’t think that because you want to lose weight that there is something wrong with you and you aren’t loving your body because eating well and exercising are a reflection of loving your body now.  This doesn’t mean you have to be super thin if you don’t want to.  What it means is that you must start to look at your health and body love while focusing on that over hating your body into the results you want.  These insights will assist you to be ok with wanting to lose weight while still loving your body now:

1. Loving your body includes healthy habits.

   Your body is your temple and the thing that will keep you going and holds you up for your entire life. It needs to be nurtured and filled with lots of living foods and macronutrients to be able to function optimally.  Now, you can feel amazing at any size and life is too short to be unhappy no matter what you look like.  I know that people try to make you associate pain with weight but be joyful anyway while leveraging yourself with the knowing that loving your body now and into the way you want it to be is the key to success while including healthy habits.  Do not feel the pressure to lose weight, but by all means make the changes you want to so you can feel even more vital and live for a very long time.

2. Know that you love your body while taking actions toward what you want.

   I know some people would say that if you truly just loved your body you wouldn’t care about exercise and you wouldn’t care what you ate. That’s not what Battle Babes is about, we are about loving your body now and not morphing yourself into someone you can’t possibly be but transforming your body in a way that has you feel happy and joyful additionally for the vitality you experience. Take actions toward this on a daily basis and know that being super thin is not the aim of the game, it is loving your body through the food you eat, exercise you partake in, what you say to yourself and taking action toward ultimate health.

 

3. You can love your body now and declare you want to lose weight.

   If you don’t feel healthy the way you are then you must do something about it. Of course, many people will say that because you are into loving your body you should be be or stay the weight you are sometimes out of proving a point, while knowing that your health may depend on you taking some actions now. Declaring you want to lose weight is a declaration of the love for your body.  The thing is about this is not the weight loss, it’s how you do it and what you think about yourself regarding doing it.  Do you do it for the right reasons or are you hating your body into submission and weight loss?  It is so powerful to declare your goals out loud and to share with those who support you that you want to make some healthy changes in your life.

 

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If he doesn’t want you when you are down, he doesn’t get you when you are up

 

Too many women place their worth and value on what men think of their bodies.  Many men are amazing and love you when you are down or when you are up in life.  What I am talking about here is the ones who aren’t into you no matter what your shape or size.  I am talking about the ones who are about looks and reject you for your body.  I know that you are health oriented and in being a Battle Babe, you can’t not be as we love our bodies and are healthy also.  This doesn’t necessarily look like being bigger or smaller, it looks like you doing what is good for your body and wellbeing. So as you are on this journey, you may find that when your body isn’t at its best you might attract men who are not about body diversity and who are about looks.  As you become healthier your looks change.  Now don’t think here I am saying that you aren’t prefect the way you are because you are.  What I am saying is that don’t transform your body to catch the man and if he isn’t into your body at all phases of life, then don’t go for him because he simply most likely won’t stick around if you don’t look the way he wants you to look.  These insights are designed to assist you to be able to be strong in body, soul and mind and find the one for you who is about who you truly are:

1. Rejection leads to the acceptance of the right one.

   If you are rejected for the way you look, make sure you don’t waste your time crying over it because the right man won’t look at your body. He will look at your true beauty and inner glow leading you to know that when you have children, age or if you go through trauma that he will stand by you no matter what.  If you have some weight on your body and you have goals to lose it, don’t hinge catching your future husband on getting the results because if he doesn’t want you when you are looking a way that he may not accept, then he won’t accept you most likely as you age and go through hormonal changes.  He won’t be there for you in the deepest soul way, he will often be there for physical aspects and that is not what you want.  As you may be rejected by one man, another will come along and don’t put off your relationship success just for your body shape or size.  The right one wants you for you.

2. Be strong and say goodbye to shallow men.

   I run the risk of seeming like I am against men but that is not true at all, I appreciate them and that they are all on their own journey. Also, many women are just like some men and go for looks over soul mate connection. That is a path of divorce and misery so don’t subject yourself to it and make sure you hold out for the right one for you who is about loving you at all stages and phases of life.  If he can’t handle the hard times and won’t stick by you during the tough times if you have them, then he isn’t the right one for you.  Saying goodbye to the shallow men will set your free and don’t be the problem and be shallow yourself.  Know that you are able to rise from the ashes at any time, you are able to lose weight and shape up with the right strategies and you can and will be able to find true love by letting go of the epidemic that plagues women – looks being what matters most.

3. Know your worth and be up as much as you possibly can.

   I know, things happen in life, and you may get knocked down. You may have to climb out of big holes at times in your life but know that the right man will be there for you at all phases.  When you know your worth you are better able to choose the man for you and understand that looks aren’t everything.  Your health matters and with health often comes thinner bodies and more tone but deep inside your soul is what is the thing that you should be seeking to please.  If you get knocked down, get right back up and know that you are worthy and deserving of living the life of your dreams. Of course, look your best, empower him to look his best and be healthy while appreciating the life you have at all times for a greater level of happiness and joy.

If he doesn’t want you when you are down, he doesn’t get you when you are up is republished from Battle Babes Fitness by Anna Maria Lang

3 ways to overcome guilt for great results

Do you feel guilty if you eat food or don’t do as much exercise as you want to do?  Sometimes I know it’s difficult to maintain and sustain a healthy lifestyle and guilt may be the very thing that is perpetuating health concerns and you not doing what is conducive to your wellbeing.  Guilt can plague you and cause you to suffer and manifest the very thing you don’t want.  The way to overcome guilt is to be loving of your body and self now while knowing that living in the realm of wrong or right and good or bad can work for you in terms of keeping you making the right and health choices.  But do you use the right and wrong or good and bad approach to your health in a way that makes you feel deflated and destroyed?  Let’s face it, there are things that are good for you and some that are bad for you, and you know what they are often so the way to dissolve the guilt is to do what you know is good for you and your body while dealing with the cause of the guilt internally.  If you go off the wagon, the guilt is there as a teacher and to show you something about yourself and to drive you to make healthier choices.  These insights will assist you to overcome guilt and dissolve this emotion in a way that has you stop rebelling and manifesting what you don’t want and discovering and creating what you do want:

1. Embrace guilt as your greatest teacher.

   As mentioned, learning from your guilt is a very powerful and productive thing to do. If you make guilt all wrong and allow it to plague you, you set yourself up for failure but if you master it, you are better placed to get over it quickly and create great results in the way that you want to.  Feeling guilt is a human constructed emotion therefore this gives you power and the ability to know you can transform it.  It might be the result of your actions or non-actions but it’s inside you that these feelings are arising so take your guilt and make it mean something very powerful to be able to rise above it, learn and grow from it in a way that has you know that guilt may come and go and you can still create the results you want if you see that guilt can be a sign you aren’t doing what you truly want to do for your body and self.

2. Focus on the opposite of guilt and how it serves you.

   What is the opposite of guilt for you? Focus on that and reframe your thoughts toward a more powerful and productive approach.  Look at the habit you did that causes you the guilt and know that the guilt is showing you as mentioned it’s not something you morally or for health reasons wanted to do and change your behaviours toward what you want.  When it comes to weight, body image and fitness, many women are plagued with guilt and it can drive them but it’s more powerful and sustainable if you are driven from a place not of pain but of pleasure and inspiration that has you know that as you focus on what you want, you create more of what you want.

3. Use it to fuel your fire and make the right choices.

   Guilt can be something that destroys or makes you. As you learn from it and use the opposite of it to focus on what you want you can use the guilt in ways that cause you to dissolve the emotions associated with it, not feel the guilt but still make healthier choices.  So many women think that if they didn’t have the negative emotions that drive them, they would go off the wagon.  This might be ‘I hate my body so I’ll work out and diet’ or ‘I can’t stand looking in the mirror so I’ll morph into the ideal woman’ or ‘I ate that, and I feel so guilty and will punish myself for it, so I don’t do it again’.  Living in the world of punishment for your choices isn’t going to help you succeed but coming from a deep intrinsic place where you know that you are driven by health and wellbeing over guilt and hate the power is put back into your hands as you are in charge of your life, therefore your results.

3 ways to overcome guilt for great results was originally published on Battle babes fitness by Anna Maria Lang

If you want something, go and make it happen

Do you want body love? Or maybe to lose some weight and shape up?  Maybe you want it all?  In this mission I will be talking about the impact of not getting what you want.  My aim is to help you see the way your life may not be working because of the way you think about your body or the habits you might have that stop you from succeeding.  So many women as I often talk about put off their mission because they think they aren’t thin enough and that can include getting healthy.  Make sure you know that Battle Babes is about body love and losing weight if you want to while making sure you don’t think that you have to lose weight to get out there and create what you want.  As you get on mission, you are focused on other things that are not body image concerns, weight or obsession or rejection of fitness.  Of course, make time and align your values toward what you truly want while knowing that if you get out there, make things happen and do what you are meant to be doing, you say to yourself and the world – other opinions don’t count! Through this article, I will share with you some insights to assist you to get out there and make things happen:

1. Give up the need to please people.

   When you are a people pleaser, you may cave to eating and drinking unhealthy substances or you might find yourself giving up on your goals because you want to fit in. Stand out I say!  Be the one who is willing to say no to what doesn’t serve you and yes to what does.  In this you must understand that if you have flimsy boundaries and allow yourself to become what others want you to be and not what you want to be, you might feel some pain and that pain might be ill health and poor body image.  As a people pleaser you sacrifice your health and body image for those who aren’t on the journey or who sometimes take pleasure in your unhealthy behaviours sabotaging you or yourself.  Make sure you stop trying to please everyone else and take life by the horns and get out there and make things happen regardless of what you look like or how you feel about yourself.

2. Give up caring what others think.

   I know this well, so many people think their opinion counts when it comes to the way you should look. Perfectionism is something that is often derived from caring about external opinions and thinking that what other people say about you that is negative actually matters.  It is important to be real and understand that you can’t often escape the opinions of others but if you cared about what others think, you wouldn’t get to the gym with your curves and bumps.  You wouldn’t get out there and make your amazing career happen or have the dream relationship you want that is about loving you no matter what you look like.  When you are about your inner vision of external opinion you become more empowered, and you let go of body hate and find your own way in the world.

3. Make a plan and stick to it.

   Planning is essential to success. When you plan you give yourself a chance to succeed and to be resourceful to be able to achieve.  When it comes to planning, you may find yourself face limiting thoughts, feelings and emotions that sabotage you or cause you to feel you aren’t worthy which is common with women who have faced body image and self-image concerns.  Be sure to overcome these and decide, commit and act toward what you know is meant for you. If you want to lose weight, lose the weight off your mind first or at the same time and make sure you do it for health and wellbeing over vanity because that is how it lasts.  Planning is for everyone and always adjust and review your plans over time and as you succeed, you will most often find that you achieve more than you thought if you have lost the weight off your mind and you are committed to your vision. Get out there, make things happen and ensure you do it from a place of fun, joy, body love and win the war on weight, body image and fitness by being in the game.

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3 ways to overcome your past and excuses to move forward

The body love movement is something that is very important to be involved with and loving your body now is imperative to your health and mental health.  In this journey it is also imperative that you seek to be healthy. Overcoming the past and excuses when it comes to your body is something that will set you free while in this journey be sure to not use the fact that you are loving your body to let your health and wellbeing slide.  I’m not saying this has anything to do with looks because you are so much more than your body shape and size.  What I am saying is that your health and wellbeing are just as important as loving your body.  Let’s face it, someone who truly loves and adores their body doesn’t want to do harmful things to it.  They want to be healthy and live with vitality.  Battle Babes Fitness and this mental game is all about loving your body now and no matter what size or shape you are or have been while ensuring you focus on your health.  I of all people know this is a journey but don’t be one of those body hating women who puts unhealthy things into your body while also don’t use the body love mission as an excuse to become, remain or be unhealthy.  These insights will assist you to overcome the past and excuses to move powerfully forward with your body love and weight, body image and fitness mission:

1. Exercise to embody and embrace your body.

   I’m not saying you should thrash yourself and do things that make you sore and tired all of the time. What I am saying is that it is imperative that you get out there, get going and find some consistency with your body love and your exercise.  When you embody and embrace your body you are better placed to feel into what you want and need.  You are much more likely to lose some weight and be healthier while I understand that you may be storing pain and trauma in your body which is what may have caused you to gain weight, while know that exercise can cause you to shape up and if you do it in a way that you love, you are more likely to stick to it and reach your goals.

2. Seek professional help to deal with stored memories.

   What do you truly think of exercise, eating well and losing weight? Are you all tangled up inside with limiting thoughts, feelings and emotions struggling to find your way and going on and off diets or programs?  Are you unable to sustain your program because of your limiting beliefs?  When you identify what has been holding you back, you are better able to move forward and leave the past behind you.  I know it might seem hard because of hormones, old habits, mental health and other factors but don’t allow these to impact your health.  Love your body now and seek assistance to overcome anything that may be causing you to not be healthy, not exercise and avoid eating well.

3. Shake it all off, love your body and get in the game.

   Excuses that are associated with the past will only hold you down and using the body love movement as a reason to not look after yourself is something that may be a big issue in society. Battle Babes is about balancing your body love with health.  Most often I am talking to the women who let their health go and want to lose weight and the way to love your body is to see images of women who are not the ideal woman but are still ideal in their body because they embrace themselves in entirety and are loved and a lovable now.  Shake off the past and seek to find your way and look after yourself for a body and future that lasts the distance for your mission on this earth.  By shaking it off, you get yourself further in the game and you are able to rise to any challenge because the past does not dictate your future.

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