This is not a post by me but ladies (and gents) I do believe there is a need for you to read this post. I am thinking that some of these holidays (if not all) have gotten out of hand. I received this from Angela Parker and honestly, I think it’s about time we take a huge step back from hoopla.
Angela Parker, fitness pro
It’s time to redefine this ridiculous “Holiday.” Instead of candy, flowers, and feeling bad because we don’t have a date, let’s reclaim this day as the day we fall in love with ourselves again. The way I see it, we have
- three opportunities
to focus on our lives and reassess how we are honoring ourselves.
The first is our birthday. Let’s face it, can kind of blow because it’s about getting older and no matter how hard you try that’s all you think about. So there goes that one.
Next is the New Year. It’s odd because usually you are so hung over, out of shape, and broke you just make changes out of desperation. So why are we blowing it on Valentine’s Day by being focused on what someone else is or is not doing for us?
It makes no sense! We are wasting THE BEST day of the year, rather than focusing on us and what WE need!
To me, February 14th is the day I get to check in with myself and take a close look at the ways I am loving myself and look at the ways I could step up the self love
Here are 5 ways to make your Feb 14th your favorite day of the year!
1. Start the day with a bang!
This will set the tone for your Luv Day! Get a full night of sleep the night before and choose a workout that you LOVE and feel beautiful and strong doing. Perhaps a killer spin or dance class, or take a long run. Maybe it’s about going inside yourself and doing yoga at home with great music and your dog. Whatever you choose, start your day by moving and connecting with your body!
2. Fuel your fire!
The very first meal you put into your body is a GREAT opportunity to show your body some good lovin’. Take time with your first meal like you would for someone else or you would enjoy someone doing for YOU!
Be prepared with whatever you would LOVE to eat that morning. Make a beautiful plate for yourself and have something special at your table, maybe the really good flowers you don’t allow yourself to buy each week. Eating on pretty dishes and looking at a lovely table is a tiny way we can love ourselves each day. Give yourself the gift of eating your favorite breakfast and looking at beautiful things you enjoy.
3. Pick the perfect outfit!
This is YOUR day. Wear whatever you want and whatever you feel beautiful in. Wear that dress you love but is a little too dressy, or wear your favorite necklace AND your favorite shoes – who cares if they don’t match! The outfit on THIS day is about what you feel beautiful in. As you get dressed, notice the things YOU LOVE about your body and say it out loud. Celebrate your curves, your shape, and appreciate what you do have! Doing this will make you feel beautiful no matter what you choose to put on top!
4. Strut your stuff momma!
Go into your day celebrating your life, your health, your passion, and all that YOU bring into the world! Feel grateful for the things you have learned and are excited about to begin changing what is not serving you. Carry yourself in the world as the woman you know you are today. Forgive and let go of the old version of yourself. But first, thank her for bringing you here to this place of self acceptance and peace. See how tall you walk now girl!
5. Make a date!
End your day with as much attention and love as you started it. Leave work early, turn off the computer, silence your ringer and have the best at-home date ever with your favorite person. You. Order in or pick up your favorite meal. Enjoy every bite. Have dessert, every bite. Taste this amazing food and think about your day.
What did you learn about yourself? What did you learn about how you much you love the woman you’ve become? Are you taking care of yourself like you would someone you love? Once you are done grab your favorite book and take a super hot bath. Let the heat sink into your skin and feel your strong body melt into the water.
Take twenty-five long, slow breaths, and with every exhale think of how you can love yourself more each and every day. Once your bath is over make a date with yourself for next year. Same place! Same time!
Now isn’t that a more meaningful post than what you should do if you didn’t get what you want from someone special? Or if you don’t have someone special, who’s to know? Love you first, then the rest will follow. You value yourself and then you can actually get more out of your life!
Thank you to Angela Parker for her very valuable contribution– and if you read down this far, here’s a bonus!!
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What better way to show yourself some love then by getting healthy and fit!
Stevie Wilson, LA-Story.com
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