The Relentless Pursuit Of The Unattainable And How I learned To Embrace My Strength

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I remember the days when I thought that the thinner I was the more beautiful I would appear. For years I lusted after smaller arms, a larger thigh gap and a flatter stomach. I thought if I could just look more like the models I saw on the pages of ELLE Magazine that I would finally be content with what I saw in the mirror. But as I acheived each goal, I never found myself basking in the satisfaction that I had hoped for and let’s be honest I was probably pretty unhealthy and weak AF. I think many of us go through some of this as we grow up and many of us are still going through this now. We are constantly comparing ourselves to others and wishing we could be more like them. But why? Why isn’t who we are or the body we were blessed with good enough? While I don’t have all the answers, this is what made things finally click for me. Instead of worrying about how skinny my legs looked in those new Rag and Bone skinnies, I spent my time working on finding what made me happy. I found that happiness in Crossfit. I […]

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