UPDATE: It's been about 5 weeks since I started my LOVE YOURSELF challenge. When I started this blog, I promised to be nothing but real. Here's how everything has REALLY been going.

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughDecember 11, 2017loveyourself, bodypositive, barrys, barrysbootcamp, workingout, nutrition, loveyourself challenge, self loveComment

CHOOSING THE RIGHT DIET FOR YOU

As part two of my "love yourself" challenge, I have decided to focus on nutrition. I am working really hard in the gym, but if I don't change the way I eat... will I start feeling better? Probably not. Exercise is equally important as diet when trying to make a change. I've been getting a lot of questions about what eating plan I've chosen to go with so I wanted to talk about it here.

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughNovember 6, 2017paleo, healthyeating, nutrition, loveyourself, morethanfood Comments

3 THINGS I WISH I'D KNOWN IN HIGH SCHOOL

I'm in my 30's now, but in the year 2004 I was graduating high school. Things were a lot different than they are now. Here's what I wish I'd known:

STYLE, LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughNovember 2, 2017streetstyle, fashion, momstyle, motherhood, highschool, lifestyle, backpack, bookbag, fringe, grafitti, benice, loveyourselfComment

CHALLENGE: ARE YOU REALLY LOVING YOURSELF?

I'm afraid I've done all of you a disservice. I haven't been truthful. I've been preaching "self-love" on this blog for awhile, and to my defense I thought I had reached a point of loving myself. But here's the thing... I haven't been taking care of ME. If I've been neglecting ME, then how is that an act of self love? It's not.

Here's the deal - I have not felt like myself in two years.

LIFESTYLEAshley DoroughOctober 30, 2017fitness, health, healthjourney, mentalhealth, bodypositive, loveyourselfComment

WHEN YOU'RE TOO AFRAID TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR

I'm not sure at what age this started, or why, but at some point in my life, I stopped loving myself. It was hard for me to look at my body in the mirror. When I did, I hated what I saw.

LIFESTYLE, STYLEAshley DoroughAugust 27, 2017bodypositive, style, lifestyle, selflove, loveyourself Comment

I DECIDED TO LOVE MY MOM BOD & HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED

Never in a million years would I have thought I'd be posting pictures of myself in swimwear, on the internet, especially after having a baby. When we started getting ready for our recent beach trip, the all too familiar feeling started to creep in that I've become so familiar with in the past.