Don't take before and after photos.
It is possible to make healthy changes in your life without hating who you are now. But a lot of money is made by companies that profit from self-disgust. The discourse of self-improvement is thick with the condemnation of the Before. But working from a place of self-hatred rarely, if ever, leads to a place of happiness. Do what you do because you love yourself. If you don't have time to be active because you are busy being there for other people, dig down to the place where you know you deserve to spend energy on yourself. Work from the knowledge that you must take care of yourself. That is the practice that can move you forward in health and happiness.
(Except when you're pregnant)
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