For 9 months out of the year, I am always dressing up and doing my hair and makeup. Once school ends, I am all about the yoga pants, ponytail and no makeup. Teaching is an exhausting job, so once summer hits, it feels good not to have to get up at 6 and get all ready.

The other day, I put my yoga pants on and walked out of my room. My husband looked at me and said,”You have such a cute figure! Why do you hide it with workout clothes?” Then the excuses started coming. After listening to all of them, he looked at me and said, “Ok that makes sense.”

Throughout the whole day, I kept thinking about his statement. Why was I hiding my figure? Finally, I came to the conclusion that I was afraid to see what was underneath. After school ended, I started drinking more soda and eating more treats. Subconsciously, I didn’t want to see if I had gained weight. It was easier to hide all of my mistakes with Yoga pants and a t-shirt.

Every day, it is so easy to put on yoga pants and move on with my day. Sometimes I feel that if I wear yoga pants, I’m tricking myself into thinking that I’ve worked out or that I am going to workout. Once I sat down and thought about it, I didn’t realize how many things I was trying to hide by just wearing a pair of pants.

Breaking the Habit

So how do we break this habit? I’ve been wracking my brain trying to figure this out. Because I’ll be honest with you, I LOVE my yoga pants!!! I don’t really want to give them up! But we don’t have to totally give them up.

I’m finding that I need to get up in the morning and get my workout done. Once I get it done, I need to come right in, shower and get ready for the day. Use the yoga pants for the workout, not your all day apparel. Once we change out of them, we can’t hide from our fears. We have to face our bodies and all of the wonderful imperfections that we have.

I couldn’t believe that I had forgotten how much clothes can boost your confidence. I had literally just written a post on it. But I found myself slipping into my comfort zone. Slipping made me realize that we are all imperfect. We all have faults and it’s easy to forget. It’s easy to look at myself and say, “It’s different for me.”

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