#bodyimageawareness

🌍 Let’s spread awareness, break the stigma, and remind everyone that every body deserves love, respect, and care.

This magazine article highlights how social and media beauty standards negatively impact the way women view their bodies. It demonstrates how negative body images can lead to psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem.

Listen here, 3 years ago, I was just as beautiful - just as talented - and just as in love with myself. Weight does many things to different people. For me, I was beautiful in my skin here. Today - I am beautiful in my skin. I had less worries in this photo. I have greater happiness and peace today. ✨✨ . . A picture says a thought words but what it doesn’t do is define you. I define myself. And I say I am beautiful every single day. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I am brilliant. I am worthy. I am sassy. I am edgy. I am confident. I am lovely. I am delicate. I am sensitive. I am fragile. And I am wild. I can be whoever I want to be. I choose to be ME. ✨✨ . . Each struggle reveals another layer of who I am and I welcome it. I learn who I am underneath the education and brown skin. I am anointed. My name means follower of Christ. I was born to be exactly who I am and MORE. I am committed to walking into my fullness and glorifying God every step of the way. ✨✨ . . I don’t need a Tuesday to tell you my transformation story. But I will choose this throwback to share you can start over, start anew, start a new habit, start a new business, start a new vision at any moment. Why not start today? ✨✨ . . Forgive yourself from the woes of yesterday and live in the present. Be meaningful. Be alive. Do life on purpose. Be intentional. Be effective. Be proactive. Be kind. Be loving. Be you. Love you. Cherish you. Connect with yourself. There’s only one of you and this life is so short. Make the most of every opportunity and obstacle. I believe in you. How is that? Because I believe in myself and that gives me hope for your future as well. #bodyimageawareness #faithfullyfitkrys #baptistfitnessminister #lovingmyself (at Madison, New Jersey)

If I sat and told you all the ways this one concoction saved my life - I don’t know if you’d believe me. ✨✨ . . It gave me confidence, it helped reduce stomach fat, it gave me energy, it motivates me, if build an empire for me, and till this day it’s giving me awe! ✨✨ . . My words, “Lo And Behold,” aren’t meant for blasphemy but for wonder and amazement. This drink helped me see Jesus clearly. My judgement of myself was so discombobulated that I couldn’t even see myself accurately. But this drink - creates by doctors & nutritionists & scientists - created what I call “Love in a bag.” ✨✨ . . One scoop out of that bag gave me the love I needed for my body (mind - body - Spirit). I don’t separate them. They are interlinked and therefore working together for my good. The way my body functions after drinking it allows me to serve God, help my clients and love my family to the best of my ability. Love meaning, giving my best for the object of my affection. ✨✨ . . Oh, I am very fond of you! #faithfullyfitkrys #shakeo #doctorapproved #bodyimageawareness #faithwithoutworksisdead (at Faithful Fitness)

Having fun should never be an option you have to choose. It should be natural in your fluid life. Even if your definition of fun is relaxation, peace and quiet or even your favorite show. Choose something you love and do it everyday. - I love singing - I love helping people - I love to encourage - I love being active - I love being silly & you can bet your bottom dollar that I do each of these every single day. #whatmakesyouhappy #whatmakesyoumove #dowhatsbestforyou #faithfullyfitkrys #bodyimageawareness (at Faithful Fitness)

It’s important to love the person you are today. Yes, the past has beaten your up many times over. There have even been situations that defeated you. But you’re still here. You overcame every single storm that has tried to take you out. So why are you allowing your weight loss journey kick you so hard? ✨✨ . . . You’ve been placed on this earth to do many great things including to spread love. You can’t teach anything you don’t want to learn nor can you go something you don’t want to go. You can’t go in LOVE if you can’t first love yourself. It’s important to look in the mirror and at least want to love that Amazing person starring back at you. Let’s start there. ✨✨ . . . I want you to think your life over and if the bad outweighs the good in your mind - to speak to the bad and tell it, “YOUR NOT WORTH MY FUTURE.” Because the longer you let your past control you, the longer your destiny will continue to get farther and farther away. ✨✨ . . . Will a kale salad make your past go away? He’ll no. Will running on the treadmill conquer all your fears? Not at all baby!!! But each of these small acts of love towards your body will change your slowly. It’s called the compound effect by @darrenjhardy ! This book changed my life. And I am here to help you change yours. Let’s sit and talk about that small changes you can make overtime that will bring you closer to your healthiest, happiness and most successful self. God wants it. I want it. And I can help you want it and attain it. Your being molded into the final masterpiece you’re meant to become. Allow me to help with that shaping. #berealwithurself #faithfullyfitkrys #bodyimageawareness (at Faithful Fitness)

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I said that I was going to include the gif where Amanda’s facial expressions are changing however, Photoshop decided to crash and for some reasons the layers will no longer load to play the gif. As its deadline day I won't be trying to re-create this gif as I have already decided that I am not going to use it anyway.