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hi everyone it's Joanna here I thought I
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would take the time and share something
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quite personal which I had struggled
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with for over 2 to 3 years and that was
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acne most of you might not know this but
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I had pretty bad acne from the end of
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2009 till about 2012 so I wasn't blessed
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with natural glowy skin or clear skin
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before I start I just want to be clear
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that I am not a skin expert in fact I
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have a very limited knowledge in skin
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care and makeup so what I'm sharing with
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you today is based on my own personal
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experience and what has work for me what
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you're looking at right now it's me
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without any cream or foundation on just
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a little bit of eye makeup because if I
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don't put any eye makeup you will not be
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able to see my eyes they're so small so
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as you can can see there's still a
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little bit of Scar and redness from my
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acne growing up as a teenager I never
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had acne it first started during my
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final year of college and looking back
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right now it was really down to poor
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nutrition lack of exercise lack of sleep
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and high amount of stress which messed
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up my hormones back in 2009 I was
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juggling between my college work
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full-time internship and I also started
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my part-time personal training course
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over the weekends and what made it worse
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was when I left home for college I did
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not enjoy any more homecooked meals and
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I did not have a clue on how to make my
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own meals so I was constantly eating out
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every day on every single meals I did
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not care what goes into my mouth how big
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the portion was at what time of the day
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so I was staying up really late at night
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and I was eating a big greasy meal at
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3:00 or 4:00 a.m. in the morning and I
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only had about 3 or 4 hours of sleep a
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day so this picture you're looking at
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right now was taken towards the end of
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2009 when I first started developing
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acne after a year of really poor
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lifestyle when I started developing acne
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the first reaction was to get stress and
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to get panic so I decided to take things
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into my own hands bearing in mind that I
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had very little knowledge on skin care
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and nutrition at that time every time I
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stare into the mirror I would be really
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upset and my hands would be touching my
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face trying to pop an acne out instead
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of doing my usual cleansing or to have a
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better diet and lifestyle I ended up
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scrubbing my face every day my thought
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was that the more I scrub eventually all
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the acne will pop out and disappear and
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of course that did not happen and as you
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know it only made my skin worse so I
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decided to go to thees and get some
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medications I started applying the
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medication and I guess what I was
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looking for was a miracle cream I was
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hoping that by applying the medication
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for a week and it would just go off I
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even did my own online research trying
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to look for a miracle cream just like
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some of you who might be looking for a
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quick fix on weight loss I bought the
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cream and of course nothing worked
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eventually I ended up going to a
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dermatologist and to be honest it wasn't
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a really positive experience for me in
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his opinion my skin condition was
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nothing in comparison to his other
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patients so all he did was to stare at
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my face for about 30 seconds and I'm not
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even kidding give me some medications
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and cream to apply and off I go so I did
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apply the cream and took the medications
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for the next 6 months and it did help to
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improve my acne but once I stopped it
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came back again and it's because I did
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not get down to the core of the problem
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which was my really poor lifestyle bad
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nutrition lack of exercise and just
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constant stress and lack of sleep all
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these events happened in the course of
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just over over a year and at that time I
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really really hated looking at myself in
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the mirror it's because before my acne I
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used to do a lot of part-time modeling
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and acting and once I had my acne I
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wasn't able to do any of that anymore
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and so looking at myself every day in
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the mirror just made myself hated the
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way I look eventually I got fed up and
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just give up all treatments and really
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not caring about myself anymore and
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unknowingly at that time I started
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looking more into my own nutrition
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exercise and sleeping habits as I
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started working as a personal trainer so
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I started exercising on a regular basis
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car more about my food slept at least 8
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hours per night and this helped to
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reduce my stress level all of this did
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not happen overnight in fact it happened
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over 2 years of ups and downs and
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eventually when I came to the UK towards
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the end of 2010 my skin started to break
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out again because I wasn't used to the
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weather here it was too dry for me
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adjusting to the food here was another
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challenge for me so being so far away
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from home and not having much I had to
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stop prepping my own meals with very
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limited knowledge I prep really basic
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meals which I believe actually helped me
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towards curing my acne and what was
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really important for me was when I
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learned to put my physical appearance
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aside to be able to look into the mirror
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and to be truly happy with who I am
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despite having a lot of acne
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slowly as my frustration and stress went
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away day by day I had clearer and
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clearer skin so let me share with you 10
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tips that has worked for me let me start
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with nutrition the first tip is to eat
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basic real food as much as you can try
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to prep your own meals eating out too
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often and not knowing what goes into my
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food was one of the causes to my acne
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what I mean by basic real food is to
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choose Whole Food minimal ingredients
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which doesn't require much time time to
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prep at all so my food recipes videos
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are basically the type of food I have
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been consuming for the past 2 years
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which has helped towards my acne and it
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has helped towards my weight maintenance
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as well the second tip is to cut down on
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greasy food consuming greasy food really
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messes with my digestions and it makes
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me feel as though my pores are opening
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up and it gives me oily skin I know
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there are no proven signs behind this
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but this is based on my own personal
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experience and cutting down on greasy
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food has helped me to gain clearer skin
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this then leads on to my next point
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which is to consume more food that helps
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with better digestion when I had my acne
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I had really poor digestion not only did
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I feel bloated almost every day poor
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digestion has caused my skin pores to
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clog so foods that help with digestion
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are basically foods which are high in
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fiber and water content such as
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vegetables and fruits my alltime
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favorite is banana food that you should
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avoid are greasy fried oily food and
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dairy products if you are lactose
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intolerance the fourth tip is to be
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aware of your sodium intake this is true
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in my case when I used to eat out every
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single day the meals I used to consume
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were either processed food fast food or
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meals which are high in sodium not only
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did these meals make me feel so bloated
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but they also manage to ruin my skin so
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again it comes down to the principle of
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preparing your own meals eating clean
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unprocessed food which are low in sodium
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this has made me feel better and to give
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me clearer skin as well tip number five
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is to drink more water as obvious as
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this might sound sometimes with our busy
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schedule especially during my stress
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through period we tend to forget to keep
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ourself hydrated at all time drinking
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more water helps to flush out internal
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toxins which has helped to reduce my
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breakout tremendously and drinking more
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water has also kept my skin hydrated
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inside out and this was needed when I
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first came to the UK and when I was
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still adjusting to the dry weather here
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plus drinking water helps to keep you
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young helps to keep the weight off and
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to stay fit so keep drinking and
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drinking another method I use to get
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more fluid into my body is to consume
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food with high water content when when I
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was in Malaysia I used to drink a lot of
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coconut water and watermelon juice other
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foods with high water content include
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strawberries zucchinis cucumbers spinach
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Tomatoes broccoli and more what you can
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do is to boil and blend your favorite
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vegetables to make a thick and creamy
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vegetable soup which is currently my
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favorite dish the next tip is to cleanse
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twice a day again this might sound
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really obvious but when I was awake at
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at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. in the morning I
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wasn't thinking about cleansing my face
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so just like getting into a fitness
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routine I had to get myself into a
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cleansing routine to cleanse in the
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morning and at night and to trust that
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all these changes I making every day
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will help towards my skin remember my
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acne did not go away overnight it was 2
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to 3 years of ups and downs for me so
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just like losing weight you have to
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start making the changes and to trust
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that all these positive changes you're
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making will help towards your results
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for those of you who do your regular
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exercises sweat from exercising can also
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lead to breakouts via skin irritation
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especially around your forhead so it is
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very important for you to cleanse and
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shower right after your workouts and to
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wear fresh clothes do not wait for hours
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to shower shower once you have cooled
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down tip number eight is do do not skip
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on your beauty sleep lack of sleep
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increases stress and stress leads to
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breakout and weight gain I personally
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experienced both of these in my final
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year of college when I finally get my
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life back into more of an order
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naturally my skin starts to appear
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clearer as well so even up to today if I
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like my beauty sleep I can see and feel
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the difference on my skin sleep for at
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least 7 to 8 hours every day the next
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tip is to exercise regularly exercising
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has so many more health benefits
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including clear skin exercising on a
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regular basis has helped me to reduce my
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stress level and to regulate my hormone
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levels which is one of the main causes
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of acne so if you want clearer skin
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fitter body Better Health and to look
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good and feel good inside out do your
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regular exercises my final and most
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important tip is focus on the change and
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not the problem this is true whether
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you're struggling with acne or to lose
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weight or any other life
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circumstances focusing on the problem
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will not make the problem go away
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instead Focus your energy into making
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the changes which will eventually solve
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the problem I had to learn this the hard
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way my acne would not go away in fact it
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only worsen with the stress and
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self-hatred my skin only be became
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clearer when I started to love myself
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again to focus on the positive changes I
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made daily and to slowly rebu my
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confidence by putting my physical
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appearance aside hence I always believe
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that we have to learn to love ourselves
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as who we are right now before any
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changes can happen just like being
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consistent with your workout and their
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plan to lose weight I had to be
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consistent with my skincare routine in
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order for my acne to heal once you have
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have set your mind to a goal mind being
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to cure my acne you have to stop having
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doubts and start having faith that every
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positive changes you make will only lead
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you towards your goal no matter how long
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it will take you stick by it it took me
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2 years to have clearer skin but this
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has helped me to regain my confidence
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and for me to love myself even more so
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start having faith for new fitness food
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