1. Observe your inner conversations. How do you talk to yourself? How do you address yourself when you look in the mirror? Is it kind addressing or harsh criticism? Imagine that you are addressing a child or your best friend. You deserve same kind approach.
2. Realize what all your body can do. Focus on strength, health, abilities and not purely on appearance. Where everywhere do your legs carry you daily? What all can your hands prepare and at how many trainings weekly does your whole organism fight with you faithfully and persistently? Well, and does such body really deserve that harsh criticism with which you sometimes torment it?
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3. Don't compare yourself with others, you can invest your time and energy much better. For example into accepting what you have, because you will never be like anyone else. This "mental bad habit" lowers self-confidence, in extreme cases leads to jealousy and envy. Well and when you focus on others, you easily forget your own, real, original goals and dreams.
4. Don't push yourself. Self-love is process that requires effort. If it doesn't work for you at all and you feel that your dissatisfaction with image in mirror makes common activities of daily life difficult for you, don't hesitate to seek professional help, i.e. psychologist.
5. Exercise not for fat burning, but to make you feel better. Choose type of exercise accordingly, and if it helps you, arrange exercise partner too. Add to that tasty and at same time healthy food. Think about during which activities you feel relaxed, what pampers you. Massage? Long walks? Hot bath? Sauna? Treat yourself to given activity regularly, thus strengthen positive relationship with your own body.
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