article_snippet.sent: Three years ago on New Year's Day, LaNia Roberts was standing in front of LaNia Roberts mirror, vowing to change LaNia Roberts - but also to love LaNia Roberts more, after enduring years of cruel comments from LaNia Roberts peers, and an ever-present feeling of self-doubt.
article_snippet.sent: Now, at only 18, LaNia is sharing details of how LaNia learned to accept LaNia for who LaNia is – and how, through LaNia love of art, LaNia learned to find beauty within LaNia own appearance.
article_snippet.sent: Earlier this month, LaNia gave a moving motivational speech titled 'Love Yourself Unconditionally', during which LaNia LaNia recounted LaNia journey to self-acceptance and eagerly shared the lessons LaNia has learned.
article_snippet.sent: The path to this realization came after LaNia made that New Year's resolution in 2012.
article_snippet.sent: LaNia joined the track team at LaNia high school and lost 50 pounds, eventually being able to stand in front of that mirror again and call LaNia beautiful.  
article_snippet.sent: Little did I know that love was so conditional,' LaNia explained in a moving motivational speech titled ', reports The Daily Orange. '
article_snippet.sent: But then over the summer of junior year, LaNia gained the weight back. '
article_snippet.sent: Every pound that I gained, I lost a pound of love,' LaNia said. '
article_snippet.sent: So you can do the math of how much love I lost for LaNia.
article_snippet.sent: I would look at LaNia in that mirror and say, "Oh my gosh.
article_snippet.sent: Lessons learned: LaNia's journey began after making a New Year's resolution to lose weight and love LaNia more back in 2012 .
article_snippet.sent: Beauty is something that we have learned over time,' LaNia told Cosmo. '
article_snippet.sent: But for LaNia, the real moment of self-acceptance came one night when LaNia was getting ready to go out, and noticed that LaNia jeans were not fitting quite right. '
article_snippet.sent: Little did I know that love was so conditional': LaNia lost 50 pounds after deciding LaNia wanted to change LaNia appearance, but later gained the weight back, which caused LaNia to change LaNia outlook .
article_snippet.sent: Taking the stage: LaNia recently decided to share LaNia journey to self-acceptance with LaNia peers . '
article_snippet.sent: My love-handles was poking out a little bit, so I looked in the mirror and said "Oh, that doesn’t look too good, but somebody’s going to love them someday,"' LaNia explained.
article_snippet.sent: LaNia says that LaNia realized then that LaNia could not count on others for validation on loving LaNia, because, as LaNia told the Syracuse crowd: ' you are the only thing that you are promised your entire life.' '