Today, while I was looking in the mirror, I saw that despite having lost 75lbs and finally being a normal BMI, I still had plenty of fat on my frame. I saw that despite weightlifting, I had no visible muscles in my resting state. I felt depressed - as if I had failed.
Then I remembered. The mirror can only show a reflection. Behind that reflection is a story, stretching backwards in time. Thousands of me, describing who I am.
Going all the way back to the day I decided to embark on this journey, they show my drive to succeed, my ambition, willpower, and determination. They show careful thoughtfulness and planning. All of these combined were necessary for embarking on my weight loss journey. And just because those qualities are not reflected in the mirror does not mean they don’t exist!
What the mirror shows is irrelevant. Who you see in the mirror is not who you are. Your physical body is not reflective of your value as a person. It is just a vessel in a constant state of change, propelled by yourself. Your confidence shall stem not from it, but from who you are as a person - your ambition, your willpower, and your determination. That is truly something to be proud of, something you can be proud of long before you reach your goals and long after age has faded your looks.
If, one day, you do take confidence from the mirror, it should not be from how you look, but what having achieved such a look says about you. But here is the kicker - you are already that person, for you have already begun the journey, and in doing so, have displayed the positive qualities you should be fiercely proud of.
In light of this, how we look is almost an academic triviality - something might be neat, something you can adjust to optimize how others interact with you, but not in any way definitional or foundational to who you are.
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