How often do you glance in the mirror? Once a day, 5 times a day, 10 times a day?
When you look in the mirror, how often is your thought process a positive one? Are you saying to yourself “i look pretty today!” or are you saying “i look like a whore on nickel night!” “Not looking my best today…”
Do you ever find yourself going through almost the whole day and realizing that you haven’t looked in the mirror all day? That happened to me today and I realized..if I don’t look in the mirror, I don’t see the negative flaws that I pick out when I am staring at myself. I don’t even care, because I can’t see it. “What momma don’t know can’t hurt her.” Right?!
Chances are, if you don’t see what you look like, you probably aren’t dwelling on how terrible your makeup looks, how fat you look, and that the dimples in your ass seem to have multiplied over night. (However I’m pretty sure that has happened to me before :))
So what if you went an entire day without looking in the mirror? Are mirrors forcing us to dwell on our flaws and therefore contributing to the constant negative attitude that many women have about themselves?
I challenge you today, to walk by the mirror without glancing at yourself. Put your make up on, and don’t touch it up for the rest of the day. Don’t glance at it, don’t check to make sure your looking “thin” today. Bypass the mirror, and see how it impacts your day. (Or rather how it doesn’t impact your day.)
Staying positive will get you ahead in this weight loss game. When I committed to losing weight last December, I told myself not to look in the mirror and to just do what I know is right. Not having those constant “i look fat and ugly” thoughts consuming my days allowed me to stay positive and be patient. Results don’t come overnight and patience is what wins in the long run.
Let me know how it goes 🙂