Kristin Cavallari is preaching the practice of “self-talk” after struggling with her own negative thoughts about body image.
“I know for me personally, growing up I always had a really negative loop playing around with body image,” Cavallari, 38, said during the Tuesday, Nov. 4, episode.Let’s be honestpodcast “I always felt like I was a little fat growing up. Mostly live on the beach and a lot of girls in high school, their bodies were perfect.”
Cavallari recalled that she “always” had “a few extra pounds on me,” which she said was in her “belly” and something she was “really, really self-conscious about.”
He recalled filming scenes while walking Laguna Beach when she was a junior in high school, during which she “carried her purse in front of her stomach because she didn’t want to show it on camera.”
Cavallari explained that it’s “crazy” to keep thinking about those insecurities of the past, but noted, “When you have those thoughts and you’ve had them for years, it’s really hard to change.”
The Uncommon founder of James she said she now feels “the best I’ve ever felt in my body,” but her newfound confidence hasn’t completely silenced the negative voices in her head.
“I still work really hard in the gym. I eat really well. I hardly ever drink alcohol. I test all my hormones and my vitamin levels and my gut. I do all the things,” Cavallari said. “I think I look the best I ever have. It’s not me to brag.”
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He noted that after looking at the photos, she is sure of her bodybut may periodically fall into a negative header space.
“I still sometimes have this loop of shit in my head that’s like, ‘You’re fat,'” Cavallari confessed. “I have to stop and say, ‘Oh my God, you look the best you ever have.'”
She explained that she tries to tell herself, “If you could talk to 18-year-old Kristin and say, ‘Look what we’re going to look like when we’re 38!'” she’d be very impressed.
Cavallari added that she needed to “stop” being so humble about herself your podcast listeners to have fun, too.
“You never know how someone is thinking and feeling,” he said, making it clear that he knows what he’s like and how he’s doing.
Cavallari, however, said it’s not the mirror that’s deceiving him, it’s his mind. “It’s this negative loop in my head, although sometimes it will fix itself,” she revealed.
The Hills alum she explained that due to her past negative thoughts continually haunting her, she has changed her thought process.
“What I’ve told myself over the last few years is, ‘You have the body of your dreams.’ Enough is enough,” Cavallari said, admitting that body image issues “have been a negative loop for me that has been very hard to break.”
In addition to trying to increase her positive self-talk, Cavallari said she’s embraced clean eating while allowing herself grace when it wobbles.
“I used to eat crap, and I’d beat myself up. I felt so guilty,” she recalled, noting that she was embarrassed, which “would make it worse.”
After welcoming her three children, Cavallari said she “developed a real sense of freedom around food” and learned that if she has a day off with food she’ll just “give it up.” (Cavallari shares sons Camden, 13, and Jaxon, 11, and daughter Saylor, 9, with ex husband Jay Cutler.)
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She noted that it makes life “so much nicer” to not make so-called bad food choices and do your best.
“My point is, I was so strict with myself and then I would eat and eat anything and everything. I was so mad at myself. I had never looked so good,” she shared. “Where now I have real freedom when it comes to food and I can enjoy what I want to enjoy and then go back to my normal eating routine. I don’t feel guilty.”
Cavallari concluded, “I look and feel the best I’ve ever been. I really think there’s something to it.”