The perfect body lies somewhere between working hard to be healthy and NOT BEING SO FREAKING HARD ON OURSELVES!

So, lately I have noticed, (especially since summer is fast approaching and I know I will be in a swimsuit A LOT)  I am being increasingly hard on myself and the way I look.

Maybe it's because I'm in the fitness industry and I feel I should have the "perfect" body, or maybe it's just because I'm a women and we're all really hard on ourselves... Maybe it's all the messages the media sends me about what is beautiful... or maybe it's all the facebook posts from women seeming to have stunning beach bodies... I don't know.. but whatever the reason.... IT NEEDS TO STOP!

I noticed something when our family went on a recent vacation to Mexico. I looked around and was surprised by how many women I saw on the beach that I truly thought looked AMAZING in there swimsuits!  Women of all different shapes and sizes, ages... etc.  I remember looking around and thinking, "There are so many beautiful amazing looking women on this beach!"  Then I started looking a little closer, some of the women had a little cellulite, like me!!!!  AND THEY STILL LOOKED GREAT!!!  Some of them had a few stretch marks, like me!!!  AND I STILL THOUGHT THEY LOOKED STUNNING IN THERE SUITS!!!  A few women had bigger muscular legs, and they looked KILLER!!!  Some did NOT have ripped 6-pack abs, and I still looked at them and thought they looked so beautiful there on the beach!!!  So, why then are we so hard on ourselves!!!???!!!

This summer my goal is to work hard to find a balance between keeping myself as healthy and fit as I can, and not Picking myself apart!  If the truth be told, most everyone else is looking at us and thinking we all look great! :)  You don't have to be, Quote/unquote "PERFECT" For EVERYONE on the beach or at the pool or wherever, to still look at you and think you look incredible!

Don't miss out on all the fun adventures summer has to offer because you spend it picking every little last inch of yourself apart!  ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF BODIES LOOK GREAT!  And to help you remember that.... take a look!   If you saw ANY of the women below next to you on the beach, you would think thy looked perfect!!! AND THY WOULD THINK THE SAME ABOUT YOU!   

XOXO

-e