Given that this is the first ever article on my new website, I feel obligated to really put everything I believe into not only this article, but this website, entirely. For those who know me outside of cyberspace, you know I’ve always loved making a grand entrance. And I hope this article could be described as one of those. What is Lovely As You Are all about, you may be wondering? I like to think that this blog will provide people with frequent feelings of positivity, happiness and a massive dollop of self love in there as well!
Self love. Some may mistake self love for being conceited, or completely self absorbed, but I hope that I can prove that, that mentality towards self love is nothing but a myth. Self love is about appreciating what YOU as an individual have to offer the world, seeing the wonderful you that others have always seen and just injecting positivity into your mentality concerning life.
I’ll be completely honest here, in fact, brutally honest. A few months back, I wasn’t what they called healthy. I was constantly worried about what I weighed, constantly mulling it over in the back of my head and, quite frankly, if my family didn’t see what I was doing to myself, I wouldn’t be this “reinvented” type of person I am today. I stopped eating my regular three meals a day, constantly worried about eating too much, calorie counting and all of that stuff that can lead you down a horrible spiral if you’re not careful. Now, a few months down the line, I have a much more balanced view of a healthy lifestyle. I try and squeeze my 5-a-day in on my regular three meals a day, I exercise but I don’t overdo it then I treat myself. I’m a chocolate lover, through and through. Always have been, always will be, regardless of whatever new crash diet tells me what I should and shouldn’t eat. Honestly, those “fad diet, quick fix” diets that are written about in magazines are complete and utter bullshit. Please excuse the strength of my foul language, however, you should know that I am incredibly vocal and outspoken about the things I believe in.
I’m British, so it’s kind of expected that I drink quite a bit of tea, and with that, most Brits love a good cuppa tea and a biscuit. I’m not an exception to that rule, in fact, my writing desk is right next to where we keep the biscuits (…I’ll just act as if that wasn’t a coincidence…) which just shows that I now have learned to value in treating myself to life’s little luxuries usually in the form of Oreos, chocolate digestives or a bit of Ben and Jerry’s Chocolate Fudge Brownie ice cream. Now I see food in a much better light than ever before.
I like to think of my food intake as if I was if food was a petrol station and my body as the car, if you don’t invest enough money into buying the right type of fuel for your car, then it can have serious ramifications, causing you much more of a problem a little further down the line, treat your body with the same mentality, love and respect your body and then, soon enough, you’ll feel much better about yourself, because at the end of the day, you’re not blindly restricting yourself from the essentials. I’ll be honest here, I suggest that you avoid the “need” to weigh yourself, as I genuinely believe that whatever weight you are, the scale’s response should always be “you are beautiful.”
Much love,
Maisie xox
