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The link between self esteem and body image

Your self-esteem can be negatively impacted by the body image that you have in your head. You don’t like yourself when this happens and you can start to lose confidence in the person that you are.

You might start to feel like you’re not worth the lifestyle changes that you’d like to make or that you just aren’t strong enough to do something better for yourself.

You can have the best intentions of starting a weight loss plan, but if your self esteem is telling you that you won’t succeed, you can encounter troubles. Just one mistake can cause you to doubt your ability to lose weight and start a cycle of giving up and starting again. Look at Coping with Bad Days for ways to stop this thinking.