# @maddyforberg on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BhFepi_h7CD
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/13377927-maddyforberg-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/38232f7f47.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-04-02T22:56:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maddy Forberg (@maddyforberg) — https://gondola.cc/maddyforberg

## Caption

Self Love Lesson One.
Three years ago I had never heard of “self love”. I always knew you ‘should’ love yourself- but I laughed and rolled my eyes at that possibility. I thought it was too soft- “no one REALLY loves their flaws”. How could I love these legs that jiggle and don’t fit into a size 0? I thought if you hated your body you just learned how to CHANGE it. I’ve never been good in crowds, I don’t really know how to socialize, it takes me a long time to learn, I cry when I laugh, I’m very emotional.
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Part of learning to accept and love myself meant unlearning the way I thought. We aren’t born thinking cellulite is ‘ugly’. I took my ‘flaws’ and tried to REPHRASE & REPURPOSE: I reminded myself that these big legs would help carry my sister after her accident when she couldn’t walk. I may be emotional, but I am loyal and I love so hard. I may not be good in BIG crowds but I’m good in MY crowd. It takes me a long time to learn, but I always follow through. I cry when I laugh, but so did my dad and he was a great man. Rephrase. Repurpose. REMIND yourself every time you think poorly of all the good you are. You’re worth it. #selflove #mentalhealth #yearofthedawg #powerlifting #fitness #strongertogether

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strongertogether, yearofthedawg, mentalhealth, fitness, selflove, powerlifting

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