Quotes About Self-care

Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fiber, not the toy.

Your stomach shouldn't be a waist basket.

One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering

Not respecting yourself, is the same as committing suicide at a slow rate.

Never regret being a good person to the wrong people. Let the wrong people enjoy and you continue to suffer.

Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

People pleasers can give from dawn to dusk, but they rarely accept help, even when they're sick." Author, V J SMITH, BEING NICE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH BARNES AND NOBE NOOK BOOKS

I've realized that I'm more important than food is. I love a big slice of pizza, but I love myself more. Being thin is about changing the way you think about yourself. It's about saying that you deserve to be healthy.

A yawn is a silent scream.

We need to pick ourselves up out of the relapse, give ourselves a gentle, firm, kind talking to, and move on. Beating ourselves up and dwelling on the past keeps us stuck and overfocused on ourselves.

Sometimes we need to allow ourselves to break down so we can choose different bricks to build ourselves back up.

Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.

You cannot be fair to others without first being fair to yourself. Know that a well-honed sense of justice is a measure of personal experience, and all experience is a measure of self. Know that the highest expression of justice is mercy. Thus, as the supreme judge in your own court, you must have compassion for yourself. Otherwise, cede your gavel.

my well of self has run dry.

[S]o you plant your own garden and nourish your own soul instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers....

I haven't made time for pity or blame or even resentment. All of those things take too much energy. I just don't have it to spare.

So what if you've been blowing every paycheck on "rewarding" yourself for surviving another week?

four rules for getting off the diet-go-round: Eat when you're hungry. Eat exactly what your body wants. Eat each bite consciously. Stop when your body has had enough.1 Very simple. All you have to do is be conscious

I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipsitck.

You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.

Beauty is when you can appreciate yourself. When you love yourself, that's when you're most beautiful.

I spent seven hours in a beauty shop... and that was for the estimate.

When I lay my head on the pillow at night I can say I was a decent person today. That's when I feel beautiful.