We are our own worst enemies, women, and we don't like to admit it.
When we are on the supermarket line, we glance at the behind of the woman infront of us....oh, that's big, she shouldn't have dressed it like that...or...at least my fat folds aren't that big....we see a woman walking out of a kenchic (fries and chicken fast food) and entering her saloon car, which groans and shifts under her weight and say "all that went into her mouth?...and she is still eating"...I am guilty of that. At some point or other, we are all guilty of comparing ourselves to others, it is not only about how we look, we compare what cars we drive, where we live, how we live, we compare everything. It's natural, we're constantly looking to see where we fall on the social strata and the higher it is, in our eyes, the better.
I draw the line on such comparison being the basis of reaching and keeping a comfort zone.
Our society is getting heavier. As such the older we become, the less active, the more likely it is that we will meet and see others heavier than us. I am guilty of perceiving this as meaning that I was "okay", that there was nothing wrong with being a size 16. Before I get a lot of negative feedback, let me say that there is nothing wrong with being a size 16. In fact, you can be whatever size you choose to be. My point is, I wasn't being the best I could be, I wasn't trying. I had lied to myself that because there were others who were heavier than I was, then I was definitely 'okay'.
Society in general did not change. I changed my mindset when I realised I was not being fair to myself. My basis of comparison was wrong. The bar I had set for myself was too low. I could do better, I could be better, and I begun to live like I was already better.
That is my challenge to you today, to set the bar higher, to stop comparing yourself to anyone you think is worse off than you are. You are limiting yourself, your personal potential is so much greater than that.
Have an active day!
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