Last year I took up yoga on a challenge from an IG friend. Aside from running, yoga is the bees knees, man! I feel so great when I'm on the mat!
In the past six months or so I haven't done much in the way of yoga (or running, for that matter), and I can tell a huge difference in how I felt before and how I feel now.
I also put on a little weight (yes, that is important to me). I felt great when I had lost some weight last year, and I want to feel that again.
Enter the yoga challenge. It is what got me started last year, it is what will get me back this year!!
I am going to be quite frank: I love/hate the picture above.
I love the picture because it signifies a new beginning in my fitness journey. In light of recent unexpected events and some expected upcoming events, I am making a personal goal to go healthy!
I hate the photo because I struggle with my self image. I constantly compare myself to the other yogis on IG, thinking I'm not flexible enough, or that my body doesn't look like that.
Well, I honestly think that's something that I will always struggle with. It's also something that I want to put behind me. I am going to pursue being fit, and then maybe, just maybe, I will come to terms with my self esteem.
The point to this post? I don't think there is one. I think that I posted a photo of myself on social media that honestly made me uncomfortable, and I wanted to address it in more than a little blurb.
I did keep the photo on IG, though. I am me. I can't hide from it, so I'm just gonna be honest about me and embrace me.
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