You have more control than you give yourself credit

New Year's resolutions are the traditions in which we commit to changing an undesired trait or behavior in ourselves, in order to accomplish a personal goal or otherwise improve our quality of life. Until I was 27 years old, my New Year’s Resolution was always weight loss related (along with 90% of the population) with the hope to get the holiday weight gain off. I set myself up for failure, year after year, starting in October, by throwing in the effort towel a little early. I would overindulge for nearly three months straight, only to waste a time meant for personal growth on superficial nonsense that was brought about by my own hand (and mouth).

Mindset, NutritionAshley BeaverNovember 14, 2018holidays, flexible dieting, mindfullness, food, credit, self love, Black Iron Nutrition, Krissy Mae Cagney, Krissy Comments

Abs[ence] of Self-Love

From a young age, I always noticed that I had a "belly". So much so that I hated the word "belly" with a fiery passion. To this day, the word still makes me queasy. But I always felt like I was overweight in some regard simply because I had a "belly". What exacerbated the situation was that I chose to be competitive in swimming, where I would wear a simple Speedo brief. And I felt like I stood out (or rather stood "rounder") in the way I didn't want to: I was one of the "fat" ones in a sea of tall, skinny swimmers.

MindsetAshley BeaverSeptember 11, 2018body image, self love, men, men's health, abs, Aesthetics, Black Iron Nutrition, flexible dietingComment