On Sunday night, Demi Lovato attended the MTV Video Music Awards in a show-stopping red gown. On Monday, she Instagrammed a photo of herself from the night before, along with pictures of three of her previous VMA looks. The first of the series is from way back in 2008—Demi had just turned 16 a few weeks earlier.
This picture makes me feel so many mixed emotions.. I remember the day I wore the dress in the very first picture. I remember asking for spanx to flatten my stomach because I use to feel so heavy and "fat". Now looking at this picture, you can clearly see my hip bones. It makes me sad because I wasted so many years ashamed of my body when I could've been living the happy and healthy life I live today. It TRULY just goes to show you that your perceptions can lie to you. OR they can make you learn to enjoy life. Fortunately looking at the picture of myself in the red dress yesterday, I not only feel so grateful for the love and support I've had from fans, friends and family, but... I also feel.. beautiful. I'm so excited to live my life the way I deserve to and to the complete fullest. Thank you guys once again.. I'm so thankful for my Lovatics. I love you... And never forget that staying strong is worth it. ❤
Demi's post is a great reminder that, oftentimes, we're our own worst critics. In a TODAY and AOL survey from earlier this year, 77 percent of adult women had complained about their looks to someone else at least once in the prior month. We need to break that cycle. To live a happy, healthy, complete life—just like Demi—it's important to learn to focus on what's important, and realize that there's no such thing as "perfect," and that striving for perfection (rather than happiness, health, strength, and so on) is a fruitless and frustrating endeavor.
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