Prioritizing Self-Care

Prioritizing Self-Care

One of the hardest thing is making time for ourselves and prioritizing self-care. Women naturally tend to be caregivers and very productive and busy, so this can be a tough one, but so essential.  The more you hate your body and think it needs to change now, the harder it will be to lose weight and it will have a negative undertone. Treat your body and take care of it as if it were your dream body.  You need to feel sexy and happy in your body now.

Tips for making time for self care:

• Schedule appointments on your calendar
• Incorporate other people into the plans so you have accountability (meet a friend for a pedicure or a hot yoga class)
• Do something for yourself first thing in the morning because it can’t be taken away later in the day
• Find small things to do for yourself! Self care doesn’t have to be 2 hours a day - it can be 5 minutes of deep breathing in the shower, a walk with the dogs, doing certain chores that might seem like “work” in the moment with a different mindset (so you are doing the dishes so that you can enjoy a clean environment and not feel stressed from overwhelm later), and even politely declining events of excess obligations.
• Remind yourself that if you don’t take care of yourself you can’t take care of anyone else! The most selfless thing you can do is care for YOU so that you can be available for others.
• Eliminating the “time sucks” like scrolling on Facebook for 30 minutes to free up time for activities that make you feel amazing
• Make good use of your weekends - envision how you want your weekends to feel! Set aside time for tasks and to be productive on the things you need to finish, and then spend the rest of your time engaging in plans or activities that feel fulfilling & resting purposefully

There are little things that can generate those happy, confident, sexy feelings now. The more you take care of yourself that way, the more you will take care of what you put into your body. Make a list of big and little things you can do to take better care of yourself and start putting them in your calendar.  

Here are some ideas:

• Wear nice clothes that fit you, take time to put yourself together everyday, try and look cute everyday for yourself.  
• Buy great shower products.  
• Make eye contact with strangers.  
• Buy new lip gloss