Comparison is the thief of joy and a source of anxiety. There’s not a damn soul on this wide world (internet) that you are “suppose to” look like, be like, or do as they do. Your body is your unique home, and the only thing you need to be comparing to is it’s messages and needs. 1. Know your normalcies (and these will change as environments change, life changes, and you change)… but know what your “optimal” feels like. How many hours sleep do you feel your best, at what times? What foods give you energy? What things make you happy? 2. Baseline measures. I hate the scale but look at things like measurements (not obsessively but in a way to track progress), how clothes fit, how my body feels when it is moving. I take my mirror pics like these because I want to hold myself accountable to what I’m doing when I feel my best and it translates to how I also look. Today I feel damn good, and it’s because of the intrinsic homework that I have been doing that it is also reflecting on the outside. I will never be out here posting and Ab selfie if I know I’m not in a good place mentally or physically because this outside shell means nothing if the inside isn’t A1. Also please use this space (The Proof in the Progress group), to post all your selfies, we encourage that in this space because it is for the positive reasons of use getting to celebrate you and all of your beauty, instead of the evil comparison ways of Social Media. 3. Internal baselines: I believe the more we know our body the more preventative actions can take place. Knowing your baseline blood work is so important, and getting a full blood panel annually and understanding your “normal” is important. I like the information my wearable gives me (but again not something to becomes obsessed with - it isn't 100% accurate but gives a general idea), of resting heart rate, sleep quality and respiratory rate. For those who are menstruating, tracking and staying aware of your cycle and what your body tell you. Paying attention to somatic responses when you are stressed, noticing patterns or trends. All of these things are data your body communicates through, and is so much more valuable than any scale number or fitness influencer's IG post telling you what you should be. Also, these things are all like a finger prints individual to you. 4. In summary. Mute the internet and focus on yourself.