Ariana just made a new post on her Tumblr about dieting tips and loving your body. It’s a very inspiring and helpful post overall, so be sure to read it!

Here’s a really long blog about a bunch of things. My mind kinda wandered while I was writing it but I feel like the points in here are all kind of important so I’m sorry this is kinda disorganized and written oddly.

“no matter how little calories i eat, i still dont lose weight “

I saw somebody say this on Tumblr and was inspired to share what I do for diet and exercise with you guys. I would love to influence my fans or anybody who is reading this to TAKE CARE of their bodies and stay fit the healthiest, most nourishing way possible.

This past year I lost 11 pounds thanks to my friend Isaac (@Isaacboots on twitter). He taught me all about nutrition and weight loss and how to keep my body fit and healthy! Some of the things he was telling me made absolutely no sense to me at first but I just went along with it and I’m really happy with the results! I’m definitely NOT saying I’ve got the best body in the world and I’m certainly not a supermodel or anything remotely close!! But I feel healthy and good, inside and out. I’m one hundred percent comfortable in my skin and I think that’s something to celebrate. I want all of you reading this to be able to feel that way as well. I asked Isaac if I could pass on some of the knowledge that he taught me to you guys and he said yes, so I’m grateful that I get to share this with you all. :]

Before I talk about food and exercise, I want to explain why I chose to write this. I’m fairly new to Tumblr so I’m not really used to it yet but I always see these posts about girls being so depressed about their bodies and about their weight and about how their starving themselves and it just makes me so sad. I genuinely care about you guys and I don’t want to see any of you young girls out there beating yourselves up or feeling anything but beautiful!! So as somebody who used to be very hard on themselves and beat herself up all the time I want to help as much as I can.

First thing I learned is, being skinny isn’t the most important thing in the world. Being happy is. Happiness comes from self love and learning to accept yourself no matter what. No matter how your body looks at the moment. Whether you’re wearing make up or not, whether you’re bloated or not. Whether your friend posted a god awful photo of you or not. None of that superficial bullshit matters. I’m telling you from experience the more you learn to love yourself the more beautiful you will look on the outside. I had this realization a little while ago when I went to work with zero make up on for rehearsal. At first I felt so insecure and scared of what people would think but I didn’t have time to do it so I just walked in and did it. I honestly felt so free. :] Since then I haven’t worn make up once unless I was filming or performing. Even my boyfriend prefers it now. My point is… We all have things we are insecure about. It’s NORMAL… but in the big picture those little quirks and things are what make you you. If we wait until we become perfect before we love ourselves, we will waste our whole lives. You are already perfect right here and right now.

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