I am a believer that one person telling you something is advice, two people telling you something is wisdom, and three people telling you something is a divine kick-in-the-pants. At this point, you should probably be willing to listen.

I've heard on multiple occasions throughout the last month: if you want to experience results you've never had, you must be willing to do some things you've never done. Meaning: you can't change something by doing the same thing you've always done. Results require diversity. Results require you to figure out where your comfort zone lies and then take one giant leap away from it.

I'm admitting to the Internet that I've been frustrated with my body for a while. It might sound wimpy and I don't want to get wires crossed. Some people will look at me and think: that's dumb, you're in great shape. Or, go pick a real problem. But truthfully, this has been the most real problem I've battled with for nearly 5 years: being unable to say I am confident in the skin I am in. Exhale. I said it. There. I admitted it.

I don't feel confident and I want to feel confident. I want to feel strong. I have tried for nearly a year to find the perfect workout program to go with my body type and to make changes to see results that make me happy. I've been met with stubborn resistance. I've been met with frustration. I can no longer shove my body issues into a corner and wish them away. I have to do some things I've never done and I don't even fully know what those things are yet. I think one of them is writing about the issue, even without the tidy ending.

No matter who you are, you deserve to feel lovely in the skin you are in. And I cannot stand on a soapbox and give you a ton of great advice because I don't have it. I can tell you it's really hard to have a lot of external success and still feel very hung up on thinking you don't deserve it because you hate the way you fit into jeans. That's jacked up and messy. But yes, that's right where I am at. I'm not filtering it. I'm done cussing out my thighs and then writing a pretty post about loving yourself...read more

Please pray for me and my family. My children are both on drugs not willing, to accept that they need rehab. My granddaughter isn't allowed to see me because her dad uses her as,a pawn. My significant other will not work and is very controlling. My mom needs to be in a long term care facility However she is,too stubborn and hateful and in really bad health. Please pray for me.