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ALL Bodies are Summer Bodies
185 Plays2 years ago
Read that title again, and let it sink in. Dani and Kels want you to know how loved you are and remind you that you deserve to show that same love to yourself! Exactly as you are. This time of year can be extremely triggering when it comes to our bodies, it seems like everywhere you look people are campaigning for us to change them, don't give in. Love yourself as you are. You are beautiful.
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Introduction to Awakened Bake
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Welcome to Awakened Bake, an educational, high vibrational, mystical, spiritual, pot, I'm sorry, podcast from one girl, no joint, and a journey to awaken what's inside all of us. In the words of the Wise Wiz Khalifa,
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Let's roll something and get the day started.
Solo Hosting and Updates
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What up, guys? It's your girl Kelce, just me flying solo again. If you have watched our recent YouTube video, then you are in on the secret of what Danny is doing today and why I'm here alone. If you haven't run and joined the almost 200 people who have already watched it and are 125 subscribers, if this was a YouTube video, I would have like little
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fireworks going off because that is a huge deal. I am so excited to be here. This is just going to be a quick little episode. I wanted to talk about something, get ahead of the game, get the ball rolling.
Challenging Body Stereotypes
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All bodies are summer bodies, guys. All bodies are summer bodies.
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I have already it is April 12. And I have already been seeing so many like, get your body fit for the summer, do all this stuff, you know, have a hot pot, all blah, blah, blah. I don't care. It's all bullshit. If you have a body, then it's already perfect and ready for summer. This summer is going to be a little weird for me, you know, growing up having an eating disorder, and it
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continuing well into my early adulthood. I now think of myself as someone who is healed from it. However, anything you heal from will forever have triggers that will, you know, get you. And for me, it's seeing those videos, those flash lines, flashlights, headlines, whatever, those things that try and grab your attention to remind you to work out. Don't forget to start running. Don't forget to blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Get yourself bikini ready.
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Um, we can all have hot girl summers, no matter your size, your shape, your. Anything like it is confidence. That is what, if you don't follow Ella Helicus, go out, do that. Uh, she talks about delusional confidence. And that is what we are talking about this summer. That is what matters. Your ability, your. Undying unrelenting love for yourself is all that matters exactly how you are. And then like, if you love working out, if you love running, that's amazing. That's a part of you.
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I am not that bitch. I love going for walks and I love being active. I love having a passively active life, like doing things all the time, but not putting those labels on or that, like going to the gym. You're never going to see me at the gym. I'm sorry about it.
Dislike for Gym Culture
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I just, I can't do it. It doesn't work for me. I've tried for years to force myself to be that person. And I think one of the most healing parts of my
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eating disorder journey has been accepting that that is not me. That is not something that ever is going to bring me joy or bring me happiness, like going and lifting weights. That's just not right now, at least who I am right now. That's not for me. And like I said, I feel like this summer is going to be a little bit
Pregnancy and Body Changes
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hard for me. I'm pregnant. I already am gaining weight in a way that is a little triggering. My stomach is growing. Obviously, I am mostly just grateful, incredibly grateful for it. It is my little baby in there growing inside of me. It's so fucking cool. However, this morning when I went to put my shorts on and they were a little bit snug, my initial instinct reaction was, oh my God, I have to lose weight.
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No, I hate that. I hate how ingrained these thoughts are in us, these immediate judgments of ourselves. When my body is doing the most incredible thing right now, it is creating life. It is absolutely perfect. And even if you're not creating life, you are absolutely perfect how you are, your body,
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is where you need it to be. It's where it needs to be. As long as you are giving it nutrition, as long as you are taking care of it, as long as you are being healthy and how healthy works for you into your life, that is what matters. And even if you're not doing those things, as long as you're giving yourself love, I find that that is honestly the first step to making it work, to living a healthy lifestyle be something that is consistent for you, is just loving yourself.
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I've talked before about my weight journey and not that this is really about weight at all. However, what I think of as my quote unquote weight journey was more of my journey of a relationship with
Reevaluating Relationship with Food
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food. And yes, my body changed as I healed through it, but I realized that food was something that I turned to in times of stress. When I was really depressed, I was ordering out a lot and like just binge eating. I have a binge eating disorder.
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That is what they call it because that's what it is. And when I reevaluated my relationship with food and instead of thinking of it as something that I needed to be punished for if I ate this, so then I would eat double because I was like, okay, but this is the only time I'm going to get it. Or when I stopped thinking of it as something I have to earn or something that I have to,
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okay, I can have this, but then I have to walk a mile or I have to try running or I have to do all these things that ended up with guilt and just building these resentments, not only towards food, but towards myself because I wasn't able to reach the goals or the bars that I was putting for myself that made no actual sense in the real world, in the real way that my life, my body works. None of it made sense.
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And so reevaluating that and finding a new way to consider food as a gift from source to nourish my body and then enjoying each bite of it, like as an intentionally eating it and enjoying it and making it a beautiful process where I love the cooking, the cleanup, the doing my dishes, even like all of that has been created into a fun part of my life. Like I've found joy in those things.
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And yes, I've lost weight throughout the past six years really. I'm 28 now and I think this really, I had my awakening moment when I was around 22. So it's taken me six years to develop this new relationship with food and even this new relationship with my body and just giving it grace and giving it love no matter what size, no matter what shape.
Journey of Self-Love
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It's a long journey. So if you're out there and you're listening to this, and you're just at the start or hell, even if you're in the middle, it seems like you've still got a long way to go. You probably do. And that's okay. You're not alone. Like I, this is going to be a journey that I think unfortunately, we're going to be on forever. Like I said, I, I still was triggered this morning, when my pants were snug, and I'm pregnant, I should be nothing but happy. And I really am.
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But that first intrusive thought was, OK, so we have to lose weight. That's immediately where my mind goes. And while I was able to fight that thought, I have to recognize that that is still exactly where my mind went. And that's not what I want. I'm so grateful that I'm at a point now.
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where I am able to combat that and I'm able to fight that and remember who I am, how far I've come and what I'm here for. But it doesn't make it any less frustrating to think like, oh my God, so am I still that person? No, I'm not so that person. I am so much stronger than I was because I was able to replace that one intrusive thought with a million grateful thoughts for my body, for my life, for my baby, for my health,
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for literally everything and I have everything because that is what's important. It's your body. Everyone says it. I feel like nowadays, but your body is the least interesting part of you. And it's true. Our bodies are beautiful, but they are not us. It's our mind that makes us who we are.
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And I love seeing people express themselves through their outer, through their exterior and like by dressing up or dressing down or even embracing their nakedness, like just embracing yourself at any shape, size,
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color, whatever, like literally exactly as you are is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. And I love that it's starting to rise up and starting to be something that we see more prevalent and not only in social media, but in all medias. And then there's the fuckers who will say like,
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You know, no, we're not giving them any time. So just as summer is coming, I wanted to give everyone that reminder that your body is so beautiful. Your body is so loved. Your body carries you through
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Life, it is your vessel in this reality on this earth. It is your ability to touch the grass. It is your ability to smell the roses. It is what gives you eyes to see. It is the most beautiful thing for you. And that's the thing is that it's only for you. Your body is yours. If you choose to share it with someone, you know, you go get a girl or boy, whoever.
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But the most important thing is that you find the love and acceptance for yourself, that you know that you are a confident, bad bitch. You can rock whatever you want to rock. Wear the bikini. Go nude. Hey, go to the nude beach. I have been dying to go to a nude beach. I really wanted to go when I was in California with my best friend, John, and we just never
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Never made the time. I'm forever going to regret that. However, I am definitely going to make a trip back out there and we are going to do that because I feel like, OK, I'm not going to get too into it, but I'm really into the idea of like being nudist, not because I actually don't want to wear clothes. I love wearing clothes. I love clothes. I love shoes. I love all that stuff. But I watch this documentary about how like nudism isn't about being like it's not like a sexual thing. It's just about like
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embracing and loving yourself exactly as you are. And I just thought that was
Considering Nudism
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so cool. And I was like, Oh, okay. So this would be a fun challenge to like, just be naked in front of people and be like, okay, I'm naked. Um, I also think you should get some sun on your genitals. Like do it. Hell yeah, hon. Get your tits out. Um, so yeah, I know this was kind of a short one and just a little bit rambly. I didn't even like write anything out. I just was like, I felt called to do this episode really quick.
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Like I said, Dani is in the middle of some huge stuff. Check out our YouTube video to see what it's about because it's amazing. She literally manifested it all. I think that's what our next episode will be next week. We will be back together again. The dynamic duo coming at you. And yeah, like I can't wait for you to hear the story because it's literally insane. And we both kind of got signs about it that it was happening. Like when she told me that this is what she wanted, I was like,
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Just know it's coming. It's literally here. And I'm sure she'll share on Instagram before we have that episode, but I can't wait for you to hear the actual story of what it is. And I'm not going to be the one to give her a secret. You have to check out our YouTube. Go say hi to her. Make sure you like, comment, subscribe, all that good stuff.
Podcast Updates and Future Plans
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Also, don't forget to check out our Patreon. We've been much more active on there. We have a new TikTok at Awake and Bake podcast.
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It's a fishing show. Once we're done with this little transition period, first I was moving and then now she's in the middle of doing this big thing and so it's kind of been crazy for both of us and I'm so excited for once we both kind of
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Take a deep breath. We're setting ourselves up for that period of time to be a lot of work, work, work, go, go, go. But in the best way, we have the funnest stuff planned. Guys, just good stuff's coming. Awake and Bake, we are almost at 10,000 listeners. I think we're
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500 away or something like that, which is fucking insane. And just, yeah, like, thank you for being here. Thank you for being a part of this loving community.
Gratitude and Community Support
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Thank you for loving yourself. Thank you for taking care of yourself. Thank you for reaching out when you need help. Always know that Danny and I are here for you, as well as anyone that you see on the Awakened Bake page. Like, we are all about love here, gratitude, and we just want you to know how grateful we are.
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for you and how much we love you and also how much we love ourselves. I am feeling myself up right now. I am touching my titties. I am touching my
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big old pregnant belly. I am jiggling my thighs and I am loving it because this is my
Closing Message of Self-Love
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human suit. This is my body. This is what is deserving of so much love and I am so grateful for it and I hope you are too because babe, you're perfect. You are beautiful. You are stunning. You have a summer body. You have the summer body. You're a hot, badass bitch and I love you. Stay high. Bye.