When I was 15-21 years old,I always hated my body. Because I always compared me with other friends who looks so slim and cute,and I felt “I can’t be such people.” But I’m 23 years old now,fortunately,I have a great opportunity to reflect on myself, I noticed it’s the most important matter for me to stay healthy,spend wonderful my life and love myself deeply.

I love this podcast style talk. Relaxing to listen to and positive message.

Anna, I have been following and doing your workout videos for about two years. As a male, I can say that you are indeed a very attractive person!! Though it's a bonus, that is not the main reason why I choose your videos over all the other people who make fitness videos. I choose your videos because your workouts are genuinely challenging, and the style of your videos are so good. I believe you have the best model for an online workout video. No time is wasted, and I can get right into the movement. I also wonder how you retain focus and discipline to continue to make this content?! I always wonder how people learn these skills or possibly get help? Whichever way, you do good work. I'm early in my own journey of releasing more personal content creation, and I'm enamored by the effort some people put into this. I exercise with you because I wish to "grow" my brain, dopamine, discipline, and focus. If only I could slow down time. :) Thanks for being so candid, you are loved!

You are one of my favourite content creators online. I found you a month ago and i am happy to be here listening your podcast. 🤍 I have many insecurities about my body. Today is one of these days that I hate my reflection...My belly is bloated, because of the coming period. I am feeling insufficient like I have to be more beautiful and fit. I am fit. I work out for 5 years in the gym. I have so much progress from the first day, but I am not feeling enough. I am feeling insecure because my body has imperfections. I want to be confident and feel sufficient and not be critical so much of the time... I know this is a long journey. I want to change my thinking and to be thankful for my body and to appreciate it every day and be happy with who I am today. Your podcast helps me. Hugs for you🤍💌

I love, how you open up, especially about deep validation seeking and avoiding contact to your dad. Thank you so much for sharing❤ Same here.

So excited to watch this video. Thank you so much for all ! 💕✨️

I love your transparency on this topic. I too stuggle with my body image and i take really good care of myself. Its like this internal voice that never shuts up. It started for me when i was in school also. A boy told me my legs giggled when i ran and i starved myself. Its been an uphill battle for 22 years of bulemia, drugs, and anorexia. I am not active with any of those behaviours anymore thank God, but its still a mental struggle. Its crazy how many of us, men and women, are struggling with this. Its unfortunate cuz we are all so beautiful in our own way. Thank you Anna!!

I'm so glad you talk about this, ive struggled with body dismorphia in the past and you help a lot

Anna! I have been doing your workouts for over two years now. Not only are your workouts amazing but YOU as a person are wonderful. You sharing this not only helps me but so many people. You use your platform for the greater good and its so honorable. God Bless you lady ❤

Anna, I want to thank you for this incredibly comforting and wise podcast. Listened to your words with bated breath. I started hating my body when I was 16 years old. Back then, I didn't look as slim and trim as my classmates. And the realization of my ugliness began to separate me from my body. I was starving myself and doing frantic exercises to lose weight, I was unhappy and didn't want to live, achieve and realize anything. At the age of 20, I seriously started working out, I gained muscle mass and had an athletic physique. I trained three times a day and followed a strict diet. I achieved my dream body, but I was still unhappy. You said the right thing, that happiness and love come from within. I didn't love myself and tortured my body first by starving myself and then by serious exercise. When I was 23, I found your KZfaq channel and decided to try your workouts for myself. You know, I could feel your love and energy through the screen. I could feel the goodness and light that you exude from yourself. And I fell madly in love with your workouts. You are an amazing person, wise, kind. Thank you for your love and kindness. You do amazing things that save the day. I apologize for my snaggy English, I am not very good at it, but I really want to express my feelings and thoughts. Thank you for this podcast. Love and light to you! 💖❤💗❤💞❤💘

To be honest, this podcast really relates to me a lot, with the struggles that i struggled with when i was 10 or 11 years old. I used to compare my self alot with people that i know, and i put myself in strict diets and workout plans, and i couldn't lose weight at all. I became really stressed. And now, at the age of 14, i realised that the beauty of a person is on the inside, not on the outside. And it has been over a year since i started working out. I started to focus on losing weight, and now i focus on building muscles. Thank you for your podcat it really has helped alot through out my fitness journey

Thank you,Anna. It is important sometimes to stop and think when these thoughts and influence started. I was ignoring it for years, but once I started struggling with my body image, I tried to look back and was horrified when I checked old messages, videos from school, family occasions...there are so many words that were just said, but never thought through how much it would impact us later. Saying no to a cookie, because you just had your lunch and you are full is considered foolish because "you are scared you will get fat again, right?" . As an adult I can deal with this, but the worst thing is such comments come from much older people - women and men and are thrown at young girls and boys. 🤯 I am sure your input helped many people to think about their body image they are struggling with. You are doing a great job! ❤

Realistic. Speaking. Awakening of consciousness. Helpful. Inspiring. Thank you 🙏🏻

With her calming voice and valuable content combined, Anna really gave all the audience such a wonderful gift of self caring and peaceful moments.

Thank you for helping about this instead of using issues and insecurity as a means to promote your content 💗

Dear Anna! I just simply want to say: thank you❤ This podcast was exactly what I needed.

I needed to listen to this podcast today. You are so incredible, Anna. Thank you for this! ❤️

Saved to my watch later playlist for after school❤

I love your podcasts, Anna! I’ve grown sooo much ever since I started watching your videos and you’re so motivating and inspiring

Thank you so much Anna!! I just love your personality- you shine so bright! And I also love that you incorporate mental health and other topics into your fitness videos- you inspire me so much with not only your courage to talk about those topics, but also to support those needing help in those areas through your consistent good example! Thank you for being a sound, consistent voice of reason in the crazy world we live in! I wish you the best and I hope you know that you are loved! 🫶

hello, anna! there's so many thoughts in my mind now, and i don't know, what i should start with. first of all, thank you! i'm so comfortable when i see your videos or shorts, you're such a positive and cool person, so it's really motivating thing for me besides, i have changed my mind after your videos. i had troubles with my eating habits, and it had hurt my body for a long time. thanks to you, i understood that there's something wrong with my way of thinking. i started to change it slowly, day by day. you really helped me, and i will be grateful to you for a long time. there's a lot of things that i need to rethink, some of them are really hard to explain to yourself. now i want to thank you again, because it's really important for me and you helped me to do my first step on this difficult way. you're so amazing! i think there will be a lot of people, that will love themselves because of your work and creations. don't stop, and be proud of yourself!!!❤

Anna, thank you for sharing your story with us and being your authentic self. ❤ I wanted to add that one tip my therapist told me regarding browsing social media is to stop and ask yourself "What is my purpose for going on social media right now?". I feel like this has definitely helped me in times where I'm already feeling down as it prevents me from comparing myself to others online.

I just did one of your workouts Anna, thank you for all you do, you help so many people improve their life ❤

Anna thank you so much for this podcast episode! I really needed to hear this:) pls more videos like this:)

Loved this podcast. I've struggled with body image most of my life, and just recently started to change that and feel confident in my own skin. It's a journey, and it has its ups and downs . Watching your video reminded me I'm not alone that even someone as amazing as you struggles sometimes. We should all remember that and try to be kinder to ourselves and our bodies 🤍🤍

You are my absolute favourite KZfaqr. I think you are absolutely amazing for sharing this type of content, you have no idea how much we all appreciate you. Ilysm, keep being a lovely person!! 🪻🩷

Thanks Ana for this podcast. I love that you are so honest and accurate. It has helped meso much! I actually have a big insecurity and it is my thick back. I often say to myself I have a thicker back than a man's. It has been a big one for me and I have been doing handstands trying to improve my posture. Perhaps it can be improved. I often find myself fearing being judged and not liked. However, I know this body is my home and I must welcome my imperfections! Everyone holds imperfections.

Thank you so much Anna for sharing honestly parts of your thinking and your own story about that sensitive topic ! From my point of view it’s so important to create more awareness about selfdestructive thinking and mechanisms we’ve developed as a normal part of our daily lives in regards to fitness and our self image. Thank you- you’re an inspiration 🌿

Watching your podcast made me realise that I've been excessively working out everyday and not eating enough food which is not healthy for me and I've changed that from today since my friend was also talking to me about this yesterday and she was telling me how unhealthy it is to workout today and she was saying that I need to take breaks and I started to do stretching on rest days which is how I found your channel. When I saw the title of the video it caught my eye because it reminded me of myself, I have so many insecurities about my body and I'm kind of overweight but its not that bad because of my height. When I was watching the video I realised how I get affected by the offline world so much, because people around me have a good body, like some people have average body whereas there as many skinny people and I feel like it made me think really bad of myself. I really appreciate your video and the time you took to share your journey with us because it takes alot of confidence but I wanted to tell you that it helped alot and kind of made me feel better about myself.

I really enjoyed this podcast, Anna. I feel every word you said ❤ I admire you for being honest and kind, in the first place with yourself, and with us!! I've been working out with you for some years, and believe me, woah! I feel how my muscles burn woah! We appreciate you❤

I overcame my body image issues when I learnt about different body types. I was a pear while everyone else was a ruler or an apple, or even an hourglass. And that was it! I’ve always been either skinny as a child or perfectly fit as an adult. My calves are just a little thicker than other people’s.

Thank u so much for sharing this. It really helps me a lot and makes me feel that I’m not alone struggling this kind of problem and this sad experience.

Love the podcast! We get these negative thoughts for our body, which obviously affects our fitness journey..in my case, more than social media, i found it hard to put myself in the society.. as a south asian person, i encountered comment for my body from relatives and people i know.. 3 years ago, i was too fat for them.. now when lost weight, i am too thin.. "dont you eat anything" "are you on diet?".. these things make me think what are we supposed to be!?.. but now i just laugh it out, dont really care about those comments because now i know my worth..in fact i try to encourage them to get into fitness! 😊

❤❤I love your honesty and straightforwardness❤❤❤ it is very difficult to be a content creator and present a narrative that isn't all about your personal conent or agenda

Omggg!! Really looking forward to it!!! ❤❤❤

I’m a recent workout attendee and appreciate the quick choices and progression. I am a 53yo father of a seventeen year old daughter who is sensitive like you were. I would say what is in my mind at the moment and didn’t realize how she would make more of her interpretation of that than I ever wanted or realized. You and she are perfect and made just like God wanted. The is comfort as a believer in a creator and loving father in heaven who sent His son to die for our sins. I’m accountable for the way I have lived and want to change and be better. I pray you rekindle a relationship with your dad. Laying it out is great therapy. Try not to care about what the world thinks. Let love for other people be primary and others will see your great heart.

New podcast from my favorite KZfaqr... yay🥳🥳 Thank you so much for talking about this topic 🙏. You're so true!!

Thank you❤ I'm struggling with ed , recovery Is hard and it helps listening to other's stories

Just heard your podcast for the very first time, it really helped me reflect some moments in my life... Danke Anna ☺

Thank you Anna!! Great Podcast 😊 I‘m proud of you ❤️I love your videos sm and you should do more talking videos like this!

please make more of these. i love them so much. your workouts have helped me a lot with my mental health and body image.

I’m waiting

I’ve been needing this video, and I’m exited for when it comes out!!! ❤

I honestly felt so understood in this moment. This was really helpful thank you Anna!

This changed the way I see my image . Thank u . Really helpful

You are so comfortable and balanced as a person, I feel healed mentally by listening to you 🫂🤍

Omgosh Yayy Anna I was waiting for this, I totally love your workouts but I love hearing you speak too!!! Love you!!! 💗💗🫂🫂

You are officially my favorite podcast person. Just listed to your other one on discipline and I loved it. It's great learning more about who you are and how you got here. You're so wise and intuitive. Can't wait for more episodes!

IT WAS NICE TO HEAR YOU. SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO FACE PERSONAL FEARS. YOU MUST BE SECURE ABOUT YOURSELF INDEPENDENTLY OF CRITICS WHICH CAN HELP FOR IMPROVEMENT IF YOU HANDLE IN THE RIGHT WAY. YOU LOOK GREAT DO NOT COMPARE TO OTHERS. BE HAPPY!!!!!!!! 😊 AND SLEEP WELL......

Ahhhh I love the topic can't wait

Omg I would love hearing this, so exciting thanks Anna for everything you do ❤❤

Woaaaaaa ! It’s deeply ! Thank you for you speech. Thank you so much !!!!!

Hi! It's the best podcast ever 😍 I like your soft voice 🥰 You've already given a lot of useful pieces of advice. I'm grateful for them. Please continue making podcasts. They inspire me not to give up and to move on. As you've said: "It's a lifestyle journey".

Really needed this. I didn’t realize how much I compare myself to others and how shitty it makes me feel. This was rlly nice bc no one seems to speak about it. Just hate feeling not enough perpetually. I want my life to be filled w love. So done w all this bs

Thank you so much for this video! I loved every minute of it and you have helped me so much with my mindset and growing myself to become a better version of myself ❤😊

Youre such an amazing person. I work out everyday and im never happy with my body, i feel so bad whenever i look at my body and i try to overcome this horrible feeling. Some people feel better whenever they work out but i still can not. I work out daily and i really wanna focus and improve my confidence but its so hard. I get what happened for you at school.. i went through bullying for very very long time. Idk but maybe those are related. I am doing my best tho.. Thank you for your sweet words here.

Thank you anna for having the courage to speak about this topic! It must be very hard but i am so glad i saw this video

Wunderschöne Podcasts. Sehr angenehm anzuhören! ❤ Versuche mal von außen betrachtet in anderen auf annerkenndene Art etwas schönes zu sehen oder was sie erreicht haben. Versuche anschließend mit diesem wohlwollenden und anerkennenden Blick dich selbst zu sehen. Sowohl für das Aussehen, als auch für das alles was du in deinem Leben schon erreicht hast! 💪🏼 Das hat mir persönlich sehr geholfen stolz auf mich zu sein, ohne es immer von anderen hören zu müssen. 😊

Omg I am soooooooo excited for this video!!! I struggle with this so I am so happy to this from my favorite KZfaqr!!!!!!! ❤😊🎉

Danke für die tolle Podcast Folge. Selbst heute, als gestandene Frau hab ich immer noch Probleme mit meinem Körper, größtenteils mit meinen Beinen. Mittlerweile akzeptiere ich es wie es ist und fühle mich gut dabei ❤

I can totally relate to the presentation scenario. At the end of high school I somehow got a more positive perspective on that. Instead of thinking "I want to be like this person, who just got such a nice feedback", I am rather thinking "What can I learn from this person? What is it what makes their work so great and how did I get there". That kind of approach takes a lot more work than the first one, but it's so worth it. I started talking to the people, how they did certain things and complimenting them on their work. You will be surprised how honored a person will be hearing that. So I took notes and tried out essources the person recommended me and tried to replicate it at home. That switch of mindset took me all my years at school and it's, depending on the area, sometimes easier and sometimes harder to apply (especially when it comes to body immage, because bodies are so different and genes play a huge role), but in my opinion it's always worth a shot to try to learn from others, instead of hating them or looking up to them and feeling like you never going to get there

hey Anna! My name is Alena, I am from Russia and I live in Canada now, I have been doing your workouts all over the world, thank you fore creating this community! I also love that you started your podcast now, yay!

Cant wait to see it ❤ See you After on the mat 😊 Xoxo ❤

I really enjoyed your podcast as much as I enjoy your workouts ❤ thank you for sharing your thoughts and feelings ❤ I appreciate it so so so much ❤ can't wait to listen and see the next episode ❤

You know, internal beauty is the most important and anyone who watches your videos and listens to you knows you’re internally beautiful 🥰❤️! Your body is just a tool to use to work hard and do life 😊!

Thank you for sharing this video. Your voice is so cute and calming and I love it. It helpes a lot. Luv ya😊❤Lots of from Uzbekistan❤❤

I really needed this podcast💯 I randomly get through this video❤ You talking made me feeel so much ease❤💯 Thank you so much❤

thank you for this, i really needed it right now. I love your voice, it so relaxing.❤️

I love your podcast. You are a big inspiration.

I'll wait patiently!!❤

anna, its so helpful video!! im 15 and i really wanna love my body but i still can’t accept myself.. when i eat some chocolate, cookies or too much bread smth like that i always blame myself and promise to myself kinda “you’ll never eat it cause you can gain weight” i think that people can hate me and don’t wanna communicate with me cause i don’t have a perfect body so your podcast is so amazing! thank you sooo much! i love you and our big family-team❣️

Omg, I’m so exited 🥰

I really needed this, I have been struggling with my weight and muscle definition, and I needed some motivation. Thank you ❤

Anna❤.... Idk why how but you have changed my life.... Most importantly, u hv changed d way i think about myself.... U r sooo healing.... Love u❤😊🎉 And THANK YOU...... ❤🎉😊

Omg I CANNOT WAIT for this one. This has plagued me for all my life.

Thank you so much Anna for sharing this, l just want to let you know that I am obsessed with your workouts ❤❤

Hey Anna, I'm a dad with a 10 yr old daughter - what could your dad have done that would have helped you growing up. Or what advice would you give me to help me be the best dad/role model for my daughter.

I agree. When I was a little kid I was a cocky confident little girl. I always thought I was pretty and then probably about elementary school is when I started to notice insecurities and how my body was different than other girls and I also think that a part of it has to do with the other people in your life. My mum always struggled with her body image. She would take diet pills. She would crash diet. She would do all of the things that you would expect to not necessarily create a good example for a little girl and I think a good part of my body image stems from that. I also think I had some really terrible learnt behaviours from her poor food choices and inconsistency in any type of healthy regimen for my my life. So I wound up becoming obese and then in my 20s I made a serious effort in change and I have been maintaining a strong, healthy lifestyle since for the past 10yr

Love it to bits. Hope to hear one about hormonal imbalances as well. Its quite a major issue in women of all ages.❤❤

WAITINGGGG❤❤❤

I love the podcast. Thank you Anna 🙂

I listened this podcast and I agree with all thoughts about body❤Thanky you for motivation to be the best version of myself

Thank you so much for making this Anna! This helped me a lot 😊❤❤

You're pretty inspiring. Thank you for sharing your journey and for giving us tips. I didn't thought of some reminders you mentioned for the bad body image days hahah

Good job. This was a great, honest, genuine video. Thank you.

Woo 😯 excited ☺️

Thnak you for this podcast :) It was really interesting, and very kind of you to talk about this topic.

Looking forward to this!

Dear Anna, I don't workout, I got fluffy this year , looks don't bother me but I m bothered by the way I am moving, is like carrying an extra backpack and my clothes don't fit anymore, and with this inflation 😢 I'd rather not changing my wardrobe right now. When I was a teenager I always thought everybody and anyone looked better than me😢, so I understand you. Long story short I really love your honesty and the way you present your thoughts and you inspired me to try working out, so thank you😊 I m sorry I missed the live, but the reply is as good👏

Dude checking in here. I've lived with body image issues all my life but in my case the singular biggest influence was my mother. In her prime she was a very beautiful woman and she used it, bless her. But growing up I had some typical emotional problems and I withdrew and turned to food to some extent. Unfortunately my mom focused on my weight and she was somewhat pointed about it. No one else really said anything that I recall, or at least not in a way that obviously affected me. Unfortunately my mother's comments only made me only more acutely aware and it got worse, withdrawing and turning to food for comfort even more. It took me decades to get somewhat straightened out. I'm much better physical and mental health-wise these days but still struggle with feelings of lacking self worth due to my shape even though others tell me I 'look fine.' Anyway, just saying it's not something only ladies struggle with.

So excited ❤❤🎉🎉😊

Thank you for doing a podcast about this topic

Amazing podcast. This was the best way to start my birthday morning to turn 27 in healthy way❤🎉

Danke fürs Teilen Anna!

This makes me feel like I'm talking with a close friend. By the way I love your accent!! Keep up the amazing work and effort you put into your videos 😊✨

Thank for sharing your workouts,, you are one my best trainers . I have learn a lot from you , I am a man 47 years old , I feel energetic , and younger

You changed my life and help me to be confident of my self and you give me an negative energy and l wish you do an another workouts and l want to thank you so muchh❤❤❤

Loved it, I wish your podcast was on KZfaq

As of now i really really hate myself and your right it does start with rude comments mostly first it started with my brother basically calling me fat almost every single day and making fun of my forehead and that was while i was having issues with my friends and being all lonely coming home crying every single day , and then i had people at school calling me fat recently and the thing is it was this guy who was calling me fat saying i'm the fattest girl in the whole entire class and the thing is i didn't even do anything to him i was simply just talking to a friend of mines and he kept on calling me fat and saying i was ugly and just kept saying "Shut your bitch ass up" when i wasn't even talking to him i was taking to my friend , so its like i have my own brother calling me fat every single day for pretty much a year and the next year i have people calling me fat at school? , not only that but what also really made my self esteem drop very low (very recent) was people degrading me one time i was tying my shoes and and this girl called me big backed and i replied that i'm not big backed and she walked pass me while pushing my head to the side with her hands , the same girl also pulled my fake ponytail of my head and put the dirty classroom broom on my hair , and not only that i had a friend who would spit on me and hit me even when i told her to stop many times and she told me that i have a quadruple chin and that i was big backed and that really hurt me considering i told her that i struggle with self love , one time she was eating Oreo's and she chewed them up and spit on my jacket , and odd enough she doesn't really do that to other girls in the group as much as she does me one of the girls in the group she can't even do anything to , she also pulled down my pants and underwear in front of the friend group , and because of everything that was going on i started SH , and when my family found out (my sister especially) she told me to report all the people that bullied me and so when i also reported her instead of talking to me about it she started ignoring me and talking the girls in the friend group about it when i decided to have a talk with her she said they were planning to uninvite me to their plans because SHE ( ONLY HER) was going to be uncomfortable with me there , i did make new friends but i have also had problems with them before but they seemed to have changed and matured but i'm just tired of it its like a repeating cycle i just hate it , so even though my body issues started from my brother body shaming me for almost a year , school just made it 10 X worse (and i'm still struggling to love my self and my body).

Thank u for talking about body image issues. I really needed to hear about it❤️