How I Stepped Out of My Comfort Zone Despite Body Insecurities

Stepping out of my comfort zone while struggling with body insecurities felt terrifying, but after 30+ hours awake, six bus rides, and a full day of parenting, I still challenged myself to do something scary.

Even with zero sleep, I still did something my son loves — riding the bus.

We went into town to buy my Propud for smoothies, berries, and other essentials, but also to help E practice his social skills.

Two stores, heavy backpacks, and significantly poorer later…

We came home with a toy for E, candy, Pepsi Max (yup, of course), six protein shakes for my smoothies, frozen mangoes and raspberries, a bag of chips, ice cream, bananas, nicotine pouches, on-the-go yogurt, an energy drink, and a can of Pepsi Max.

Let me count…

1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6.

Six bus rides in just two hours.

That’s honestly insane.

At the same time, I challenged myself by stepping way out of my comfort zone — which felt terrifying.

How?

I tied up my shirt so it became a cropped top, meaning I showed a bit of my stomach (see pictures), and I also went out wearing lace leggings.

I never show my stomach, so that alone was huge for me.

Funny enough, the leggings were actually too big for me, which is a pretty massive result of my ongoing weight loss journey — WOHO!

That gives me even more motivation to keep going and reach my goal.

At least E was happy, and I didn’t crash, so I’ll call that a win 🙌🏼

I can honestly say I’m pretty impressed that even after 30+ hours with zero sleep… I was still up and walking.