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Personal Narrative-It's Time To Get Into Stereotypes
I have spent about 6 month here at COR and have enjoyed getting to meet everyone. I think my favorite part about the job is getting to talk to the clients. I love it when people open up and share about their daily lives and about their sweet babies. Sometimes I hear self hating comments about our bodies. I think this is especially common in women, but we shouldn't be doing that! Some of ya' all don't give yourselves enough credit! You guys are doing amazing! I am so impressed at how far our bodies can be pushed. Our goal is to be at our best health. When you look in the mirror what do you see? Does your eye immediately fall to the flaw, the imperfection, that gnarly scar? Are you disgusted with yourself? Perhaps you are not disgusted with yourself, but you try to avoid looking at certain angles of yourself.

One complaint can be our bellies. Jessi kneeland, a personal trainer in New York, says we should not look at our curved bellies with disdain, but with appreciation.
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It is profitable and fun. The problem is when you self-hate. Admire those things people compliment you on instead of telling yourself they are wrong. Celebrate what your body is as a whole instead of focusing your mind on that problem area. Impress yourself at the gym. Push yourself so that you are mentally aware you will see changes on problem areas. Let yourself be appreciate to your body as a whole. If you believe you will allow yourself to have self-love when your body is perfect then you are wrong because perfection doesn't exist. Appreciate the power house your body is. Read up on all the things that your body does to keep it running! Knowing such will help you to care about making your body work more efficiently without self hate.

I'm not saying we should all grab a bunch of donuts and forget about boot camp! No! Keep striving for a better you. Keep working hard and sweaty on your goals, just make sure you are being kind to

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