Kristina Bruce

That feeling of needing to “make up” for what you ate can feel so automatic.

You eat more than you intended, and almost immediately your brain starts planning how you’re going to compensate:

“I’ll eat lighter tomorrow.”
“I’ll be more disciplined this week.”
“I’ll work out more.”

But what if that response isn’t actually helping you feel more in control around food?

But rather is part of the cycle that’s keeping every Monday looking the same?

Because when eating something becomes evidence that you’ve been “bad”, and punishment is the way you try to get yourself back on track - you’re always in this “I’m good” or “I’m bad” pendulum swing.

I mean - is it really working?

That’s the conversation I get into in the latest episode of the Unlearning Beautiful podcast.

Head to the comments below to listen 👇🎧

I can tell you that for a lot of people, it’s the latter.

But I know it doesn’t feel that way.

It really does feel like losing weight will make everything better.

You’ll feel more confident. You’ll be happier in your clothes. You’ll finally stop thinking about your body so much.

And when you do lose weight, it can feel like that’s true — for a while.

Until it isn’t.

Because when your happiness is based on your body needing to be a certain weight, you’ll be fighting to maintain that weight for the rest of your life.

And that’s a lot of pressure to put on yourself.

Because there will always be the possibility of gaining it back. There will always be another change in your body to worry about. And your sense of well-being becomes dependent on whether your body is currently meeting the conditions you’ve set for being okay.

Thankfully, happiness and well-being aren’t dependent on a particular body size.

You don’t have to spend your life trying to get your body to the right size so that you can finally feel good in it.

If you’re at the point where you don’t want to keep living with that stress anymore, head to the comments below and grab your free copy of The Guide to Body Peace: For women done with “fixing” their bodies, and ready to feel free.

Covering our greys is one way women are taught that our value diminishes as we age. So long as we keep believing it and buying into it, we perpetuate it.

This is a call to reclaim your TRUE worth and power. Because your value was never in looking young forever.

This letting go of old, limiting, outdated beliefs about yourself so you can step into your true authentic power is what I help women to do. If you’d like to learn more, check out the link in my bio 👆

Waking up feeling like you need to “make up” for your weekend eating? The guilt, the pressure, but also the good feeling of being “in control” again. A very normal way to live in this culture. Except…

It’s SO normal we don’t realize it’s a stress we can live without. We feel it’s necessary! “Of courseI have to ‘be good’ this week - did you see what I ate this weekend?!”

That eat and “repent” cycle is a mini emotional hell you don’t need to keep living with. But I know how scary ot can feel to stop. If you’re feeling “I don’t want to keep living this way but it feels too scary to stop” - I got you. I’ve been there, done that - and I’m here to help.

Comment GUIDE and I’ll DM you a link to grab a free copy of my Guide to Body Peace: For women done with “fixing” their bodies, and ready to feel free.

The first step is all that’s needed 💛

This is my belly five years post-baby. And 9 years post dieting. (And after a taco dinner 🌮😋). It’s pretty much stayed the same this whole time.

Our idea of what a “normal”, healthy body looks like has been so incredibly hijacked by diet and fitness culture that women have come to believe that having anything other than a flat stomach is somehow “wrong. It’s not.

I’m here to do my part to help restore some sanity! You do not need a flat belly to be healthy, valuable or attractive.

If you want help remembering that so you stop living your life constantly in stress about how you look and what you eat and actually be more HAPPY on a daily basis, comment GUIDE and get a free copy of my Guide to Body Peace: For women done with “fixing” their bodies, and ready to feel free.

Pop an unfiltered bare faced you in the comments below! 📸

Do you find it hard to show up “unfiltered”? Getting sick of feeling that way? Comment GUIDE and get a copy of my free Guide to Body Peace: For women done with “fixing” their bodies, and ready to feel free