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Stop Trying to Be Perfect

No one has a perfect week of eating. No one is a perfect weight. No one has a perfect workout. No one has a perfect body. Yes, this includes you. Striving for an unrealistic expectation will cause you to stress more, hyperfocus on the scale and calorie counting, and talk negatively to yourself . . . and we've already been over those!

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