If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. -Maya Angelou ----------------------------------------------- These series of photos were taken at Disney back in February of this year. I have refused to post any of them because of how I looked in what I was wearing. My entire life I have worn clothes that are too big, avoiding anything tight, layered clothes sometimes up to 4-5 items, positioned myself a certain way at a certain angle in every photo to obtain the "best results", and at times hide myself behind people or objects. I constantly compare myself to people around me, especially people closest to me. While cheerleading in high school I distanced myself and thought it was the end of the world because I had to get a custom sized uniform, when in reality I would do anything to have the body now that I had back then. Every moment of my life has been looking at what I look like that day instead of appreciating what I have been and what I could be, and making myself happier and healthier. It eats me alive every day. I never feel confident, I never feel like I look like my age, and I never feel sexy. So here are some challenges that I am presenting myself with: never forget that there are other people in the world who are dealing with worse shit than the superficial insecurities that I have. Eat what I'm supposed to as a human being to survive and stay healthy because I know what's bad for me, I can read. Stick with the commitment to better my body in the most natural way possible so that I can live long and do everything that I want to do with the life I was given by the doctors that saved me when I was born. Remember that they told my mother I had a chance of cerebral palsy, and I would not be fully functioning my entire life. It's 6am, and I'm going to the gym because I need to express gratitude for what I have. #selflove #soretothecore #alexajeanfitness #betteringmyself #imdone #timetogethealthy #bethankful #picoftheday