EveryBODY is beautiful, don’t let the scale tell you otherwise.

Oh, weight loss. A battle that most of us are all too familiar with. Like many I struggled most of my life with my weight, self-image, yo-yo diets and everything in between. It wasn’t until I turned 22 that I finally found something that worked and worked for a while – I started a program and soon realized that my life was going to change. I began coaching and would end up losing 72 lbs.

I was so happy, but my mental health took a toll for the worse. Not because of my self-image but because of my severe anxiety and OCD.

I began taking medication that was to aid in my panic, unfortunately with many anti-anxiety medications have a major side effect of weight gain.

I gained my weight back. Despite my efforts of eating healthy the pounds kept piling on and soon I found myself surpassing my pre-loss weight.

It is something we monitor but I know that at this point in my life my mental health is strongly tied to my physical health not just my weight and have made peace with the fact that I can only focus on one area at a time right now.

Now that I am working towards the right track, I know my future will hold getting back to a healthy weight but right now I am okay with the number on the scale. Not because it is what I want to see but because it means that I am healing my mind. I am here to remind you that you can find happiness EVERY SINGLE DAY even if you have not reached your goals yet.

XO, Brook Ashlee