Glow up journey ✨🤍

Vulnerability

🤍 My Story: My junior/senior years of high school I had a lot of stress and began to gain weight pretty quickly. I was very insecure and unhappy with myself on the inside and out. In 2020 during my second semester of college I took a wellness class that lowkey changed my life. I began learning more about health, especially regarding people of color, and all the impacts it can have. I found everything I was learning fascinating and acknowledged my cognitive dissonance (my beliefs, wants, and values were no longer aligning with my behaviors and habits). One of the projects for the class was to develop a fitness plan and partake in it. This was also the era of covid where things got weird and I had less excuses regarding time. I started off with just walking 2 miles a day NO excuses. This goal was reasonable and achievable. I lost a good amount of weight this way and eventually leveled up my goals which turned into consistency working out whether it was at home, outside, or at the gym. Throughout this process, in 2021 I also got accutane to get rid of my acne. In 2023, I unexpectedly lost my grandpa to cancer. This sparked my fire to start really looking into diet, health, and wellness overall. I went down a rabbit hole and learned so much shocking and unfortunate information about the quality of health and food in America. As of 2024, I embarked on my journey to veganism and living a low-toxic lifestyle! I now feel the healthiest and happiest I have ever felt. I am back down to my freshman year of high school weight and fueling my body with holistic forms of care. I also got braces which I had debated my entire life! This journey has been exciting and I am enjoying every moment of it. This has also allowed me to dive deeper into my spirituality and connection with nature.

🤍 How I Felt: insecure, unhappy, unhealthy

🤍 How I Feel: Healthy, optimistic, confident, and passionate. The self-discipline I gained is incredible.

🤍 My Takeaways: Health is wealth. The top causes of death are preventable. Illness is barely due to genetics and primarily due to what we are putting in our body. America is poisoning us in so many ways but we CAN educate ourselves and learn to not be another statistic.

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