I started my account on a platform that challenged the status quo. That said you don't have to be thin to be happy. That said there is nothing waiting on the other side of weightloss that you can't achieve RIGHT NOW by embracing a self loving journey. And it started with #transformationtuesday But it hasn't always been this way. I spent most of my adolescence as an overweight, shy teen trying to avoid any situation that pushed me outside my comfort zone or put me in front of people. (And spent way too much time in chat rooms!) I worked desperately hard to lose weight at the age of 14, when I began my first diets, restricted eating and over exercising habits. I equated happiness to thinness. That once I was able to fit into hollister jeans I'd be the popular outgoing girl I thought I wanted to be. For 12 years I spent my existence completely consumed by my size. Fluctuating 100 pounds over the decade. Constantly comparing myself to others and never feeling enough or worthy. Even as a size 2/4 on my wedding and honeymoon, I could only see my perceived flaws. After the birth of my daughter in 2012 I had visions of her growing up and looking exactly like me. I verbally said that I wished that she wouldn't look like me. And at that moment I realized that I needed to change...not only for myself, but for my entire family- especially my children. And so I took the first steps to trying to find myself again, uncover my purpose, and retrain my mind to see beauty instead of imperfection. Over the course of the next 3 years I poured myself into WHY I felt the way I did and how I could get back to who I truly was. I constantly pushed myself to do exactly the things that scared me most, and the more times I immersed myself into the things I had been avoiding, it became my new normal. And one day, after seeing one too many transformation Tuesday photos of a grumpy fat woman turning into a happy thin woman, I looked back at my own journey and realized it happened to be exactly the opposite of what we are taught to believe. My hope is that my journey will inspire women to stop defining themselves by only their bodies and that we'll never succeed by hating ourselves! JDY Xo A post shared by ALLIE 🌸 Just Do You, Babe! (@allisonkimmey) on Jun 27, 2017 at 2:17pm PDT
I started my account on a platform that challenged the status quo. That said you don't have to be thin to be happy. That said there is nothing waiting on the other side of weightloss that you can't achieve RIGHT NOW by embracing a self loving journey. And it started with #transformationtuesday But it hasn't always been this way. I spent most of my adolescence as an overweight, shy teen trying to avoid any situation that pushed me outside my comfort zone or put me in front of people. (And spent way too much time in chat rooms!) I worked desperately hard to lose weight at the age of 14, when I began my first diets, restricted eating and over exercising habits. I equated happiness to thinness. That once I was able to fit into hollister jeans I'd be the popular outgoing girl I thought I wanted to be. For 12 years I spent my existence completely consumed by my size. Fluctuating 100 pounds over the decade. Constantly comparing myself to others and never feeling enough or worthy. Even as a size 2/4 on my wedding and honeymoon, I could only see my perceived flaws. After the birth of my daughter in 2012 I had visions of her growing up and looking exactly like me. I verbally said that I wished that she wouldn't look like me. And at that moment I realized that I needed to change...not only for myself, but for my entire family- especially my children. And so I took the first steps to trying to find myself again, uncover my purpose, and retrain my mind to see beauty instead of imperfection. Over the course of the next 3 years I poured myself into WHY I felt the way I did and how I could get back to who I truly was. I constantly pushed myself to do exactly the things that scared me most, and the more times I immersed myself into the things I had been avoiding, it became my new normal. And one day, after seeing one too many transformation Tuesday photos of a grumpy fat woman turning into a happy thin woman, I looked back at my own journey and realized it happened to be exactly the opposite of what we are taught to believe. My hope is that my journey will inspire women to stop defining themselves by only their bodies and that we'll never succeed by hating ourselves! JDY Xo
A post shared by ALLIE 🌸 Just Do You, Babe! (@allisonkimmey) on Jun 27, 2017 at 2:17pm PDT
👏🏻The pounds come and go. The minutes don't.👏🏻 I chose to stop wasting my life believing that it couldn't start until I had the perfect body and start believing that I am worthy of joy, love, opportunity and respect right now...and every day for that matter. And so are you. Double tap if you are going to start believing it too! ❤️ Just do you babes! Xoxo Allie _________ #bopo #bodypositive #bodypos #bodylove #bodyimage #bikinibody #transformationtuesday #everybodyisbeautiful #selflove #effyourbeautystandards #worthy A post shared by ALLIE 🌸 Just Do You, Babe! (@allisonkimmey) on Jul 18, 2017 at 1:46pm PDT
👏🏻The pounds come and go. The minutes don't.👏🏻 I chose to stop wasting my life believing that it couldn't start until I had the perfect body and start believing that I am worthy of joy, love, opportunity and respect right now...and every day for that matter. And so are you. Double tap if you are going to start believing it too! ❤️ Just do you babes! Xoxo Allie _________ #bopo #bodypositive #bodypos #bodylove #bodyimage #bikinibody #transformationtuesday #everybodyisbeautiful #selflove #effyourbeautystandards #worthy
A post shared by ALLIE 🌸 Just Do You, Babe! (@allisonkimmey) on Jul 18, 2017 at 1:46pm PDT
A few sizes bigger and a million times happier. This can be scary for people, that if they stop dieting and obsessing about their body and everything they hate about it that they will turn out like I did. And to that I say: I could only wish that for you. Because what you see here is so much MORE than a physical change. Weight gain and loss do not and NEVER WILL equal happiness. The transformation I made was on the INSIDE. Something that never clicked with any 30 day program or 3 week quick fix or diet fad. A complete mental shift, a soulful reset. And when I consistently made heart centered choices the pounds and inches didn't matter any more- I have learned they will come and go through the ebbs and flows of life - but finding true peace and passion within yourself...that is immeasurable and will provide a lifetime of joy. Just do you babes! Xoxo Allie __________ #bodypositive #selflove #glitterstripes #nothighgap #nowrongway #bopo #bodypos #bodyimage #bodyconfidence #embracethesquish #everybodyisbeautiful #effyourbeautystandards #transformationtuesday A post shared by ALLIE 🌸 Just Do You, Babe! (@allisonkimmey) on Jul 11, 2017 at 12:17pm PDT
A few sizes bigger and a million times happier. This can be scary for people, that if they stop dieting and obsessing about their body and everything they hate about it that they will turn out like I did. And to that I say: I could only wish that for you. Because what you see here is so much MORE than a physical change. Weight gain and loss do not and NEVER WILL equal happiness. The transformation I made was on the INSIDE. Something that never clicked with any 30 day program or 3 week quick fix or diet fad. A complete mental shift, a soulful reset. And when I consistently made heart centered choices the pounds and inches didn't matter any more- I have learned they will come and go through the ebbs and flows of life - but finding true peace and passion within yourself...that is immeasurable and will provide a lifetime of joy. Just do you babes! Xoxo Allie __________ #bodypositive #selflove #glitterstripes #nothighgap #nowrongway #bopo #bodypos #bodyimage #bodyconfidence #embracethesquish #everybodyisbeautiful #effyourbeautystandards #transformationtuesday
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