Willpower

I love desserts WAY too much to start/keep up with/continue/finish diets. I always convince myself that since I had an apple yesterday than that can constitute for eating 3 cupcakes and an Oreo ice cream sandwich today. (seriously, I actually thought this almost 2 hours ago) . But in reality, you and I both know that eating 1 apple does not allow me to pig out on 3 ridiculously fatty foods. This is a result of me having low willpower. I love having dessert more than I love eating healthy (doesn't everyone?) and since I can't say no to desserts then I convince myself that because I ate healthy then I can eat these desserts. I feel that, if you have to make it up to and convince yourself that it's ok then you should NOT be doing it. All you have to do is have healthy desserts or just cut desserts out for good (ok healthy desserts sounds better). Gain your willpower back! Learn to say no to the negative and embrace the positives! What I'm starting to work on is thinking that my body will only look good and feel good if I put good things into it! And once I've mastered that maybe I will treat myself to a celebratory cupcake....too soon? I think so too ahha

The Power of Girlfriends

I never quite understood why girls want to spend all their time with their boyfriends and I swore to myself that once I got a boyfriend (which at one point, I was unsure would ever happen) I wouldnever under any circumstances chose to spend all my time with that one person. I mean, your girlfriends are your go-to people. You can tell them anything and trust them with everything. To me, my girlfriends really are my soulmates. They are there for me when I just want to chill out and watch a Disney movie. They’ve seen me at my worst and encouraged me to be my best and for that, they mean the world to me. Your girlfriends help you have fun and just being around them can make you smile.

And then love hits, and all you want to do is spend time with that one special person! When I first started dating my boyfriend almost two years ago, my biggest fear going into the relationship was how I would balance my time between my girlfriends and my boyfriend. I was finally starting to see why these girls were giving up their gf’s for their bf’s. They were in love and when you’re in love you want to spend as much time as possible with your signifigant other. But, since I swore to myself going into this relationship that I wouldn’t lose my girls for some guy (ha, sorry Richard) and I knew that I needed to find balance between my girlfriends and my boyfriend and with conscious effort, I ended up doing so very well.
Even now, I still see my girlfriends whether in person or on Skype every week and I text them every day letting them know how much they mean to me.
Just like your romantic relationship you have to always be improving your personal relationships! I feel that in order to live pretty one must feel completely balanced in all relationships in your life. I know I wouldn’t feel complete if I wasn’t seeing my girlfriends all the time. Without my girlfriends I wouldn’t be who I am, I wouldn’t feel whole. For me, in order to live pretty I need to have that support group of positive women who are your rocks and support you through everything.

This is one of the nest things I have learned from Living Pretty. We are a group of girl-loving-females and we encourage you to nourish all your relationships – not just the romantic ones!

Have you told your girlfriends how important they are lately? Give them a call, send them a text and let them know how much they mean to you! When you start loving your life and all the people in it you will be taking your first steps to living a pretty, balanced and whole life.