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What? Just when you think the world has gone down the drain, you find out that today is a holiday that you can actually embrace during the lockdown (or partial lockdown). Today is NO DIET DAY!!! I’m kind of kidding…but totally serious about it being No Diet Day! It’s really a thing! International No Diet Day was created in 1992 by Mary Evans Young, a British woman who decided to fight the diet industry in order to raise awareness of the dangers of dieting and eating disorders. See? I told you it was a thing! It’s perfect timing to find out about this too….after we’ve all been cooped up in our homes for weeks, probably not quite as active as we’d like to have been!

Dieting CAN be really hard on us, especially when we fall off the wagon. We’re hard on ourselves. We tend to be our own worst critics. We see this picture of a “perfect” person, and think we’ll never attain it. Well guess what? THAT’S OKAY! We need to love ourselves more JUST THE WAY WE ARE. I’m NOT saying that we shouldn’t want to improve ourselves, but not at the expense of our self esteem. So what if we don’t look like that model in the ads (that has probably had some serious photoshop work done on her!). We shouldn’t want to be anyone but our own best selves, and that means we’re not all going to look like barbie dolls (ack….just the thought of that!) Diversity keeps life interesting.

So, since today is NO DIET DAY, you are hereby given permission to toss the guilt out the window! Work on developing a healthy body image, while working on those healthy lifestyle changes.

Get those voices that say negative things out of your head and LOVE YOURSELF. We can eat healthier (but we will NOT use the D-word), be more active and still LOVE ourselves even if we fall a little short. We’re all a work in progress. Let’s support each other, NOT DIET together and help build each other’s self confidence!

Here are a couple of products from the shop that can even help you scrap the NO DIET REVOLUTION and help you create pages about a healthy body image!

I love this bundle by Heather T. The theme is perfect; HIGH ENERGY! That is a good thing to shoot for instead of starving yourself to death.

I love the word art in Heather’s collection! We do need to Celebrate Life, PLAY, live, love and laugh! If we do more of those things, we’re bound to feel better about ourselves and ditch the diet!

Bellisae Designs has a fabulous kit called Yes You Can! I have to agree with her . . . OF COURSE WE CAN! . . . and we should scrap about it!

She has lots of positive affirmations included in this kit. My favorite is INHALE CONFIDENCE, EXHALE DOUBT! It’s PERFECT to help us create pages that help us learn to love ourselves more!

So there you go. It’s NO DIET DAY. You have my permission to have a treat today and still feel good about yourself. Anyone feel like joining me at Peach City for a Strawberry Sherbet?