Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone

I’m sharing #LISTERINE in my life as part of a LISTERINE® sponsored series for Socialstars™

If you’ve been hanging out with me here at Being Melody than you know that I’ve teamed up with Listerine to talk about how you can bring out the bold in your everyday life. This year one of my goals was to get out of my comfort zone in all areas of my life. I want to get into public speaking, I want to take my business further, and I wanted to start loving and accepting my body more. I’ve done well on the whole body acceptance part. I’ve dropped over 20lbs and I’m actually loving the way I look and I feel. There was, however, one thing that I was still pretty uncomfortable about doing and that’s wearing shorts.

I don’t remember the last time I owned a pair of shorts that weren’t workout shorts, and even those aren’t actually shorts. To be honest with you I can’t remember a time I was ever happy with the way my legs looked. I vividly remember the day I realized my legs were bigger than my peers. I was in fourth grade and we were all sitting Indian style in a group. Compared to my friends my thighs looked huge! I tried sitting in different ways so my thighs wouldn’t seem as big, but nothing worked. Ever since then I’ve been pretty self-conscious.

So today with my husband using his new camera I decided to Bring out the Bold and let him photograph me wearing this romper and exposing probably the most of my legs you’ve ever seen on this blog. This mini photoshoot was hard for me. I felt awkward. I didn’t know how to stand or what to do, so we only got a few shots. We’re our own worst critics and I know I need to get past those voices in my head that tell me I need to lose more weight and tone more before my legs will be acceptable for the public. I’m a work in progress and today I’m happy that I was able to bring out the bold and step outside my comfort zone.