The Honest Truth

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.