There’s some things you don’t know about me…This is raw stuff!
I used to think that wearing a smaller pant size and a fit body was more important than a healthy inside. I used to hate myself. I used to think I could only be loved and accepted if I had the perfect body. I never felt like I was enough.
I was wrong on so many levels…
When I was a little girl I experienced lots of negative and hurtful comments around my weight and appearance. As a child being made fun of or the joke of the party was something I dealt with on a regular basis. Over time my insecurities grew.
Overwhelmed by fear, I learned how to self-protect and avoid being the center of attention. I learned how to NOT be noticed. I learned how to avoid people.
I used to think that wearing a smaller pant size and a fit body was more important than a healthy inside. I used to hate myself.
Because of all the hurt, pain and rejection I had major body-image issues. My insecurities called the shots in my life.
- I realized I didn’t like myself.
- I believed the lies spoken over me.
- I worked out just to be thinner.
- I tried diet after diet to be thinner. At my lowest point I even starved myself to be thinner.
There was nothing healthy about my lifestyle.
BUT GOD!
God planted seeds in my heart when I was 10 years old. At a youth camp a registered Dietitian spoke to me and a group of girls. She talked about a healthy body image, healthy diet and the importance of being physically active.
I have never forgotten that day, it was a day the seeds of healing were sown. It was the first time someone spoke to the destiny inside of me. She doesn’t even know it but she awoke something within me and was a part of me getting my Bachelors of science in Nutrition and Dietetics.
God has been faithful to me in helping me to overcome a horrible body image, crippling insecurities and a poor self-image. It is a daily process of renewing my mind and believing who God says I am!
Someone spoke to the destiny inside of me!
Today, I am more excited than ever to continue to help empower others in finding and living a healthy lifestyle. Not just a surface level health but a deep rooted healthy lifestyle that transforms you from the inside out!
I pray you know how valuable you are. You matter and you have an amazing purpose!
I want to leave you with this powerful scripture!
“You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my mother’s womb. I thank you, God, for making me so mysteriously complex! Everything you do is marvelously breathtaking. It simply amazes me to think about it! How thoroughly you know me, Lord!”
Psalms 139:13-14 TPT
