Back in the Saddle

So it has been a really long time since I have posted but I wanted to start back up again. I am going to continue to use this as a personal fitness and health "diary" of sorts, keeping track of my progress, confessing my failures, expressing my concerns and complaints, etc... as well as a place for motivation. I will also probably be posting silly things from time to time that deal with the things that I get geeked out about as well as some more serious things about the world that are close to my heart. Possibly a few feminist rants will be thrown in, we'll just have to wait and see.

For today, I just wanted to say I'm back. I have been working out and eating right (relatively) for the passed couple months and I am excited to be back to feeling healthier. Since last summer I sort of let myself fall apart a little bit. I was starting to feel pretty depressed around February and then it dawned on me that I wasn't taking good care of myself. I feel the need to declare that I do not want to be fit and healthy because I crave being skinny or have bad ideas about my body. I am confidant in my body and I firmly believe that all woman of all shapes and sizes are beautiful and that beauty comes from happiness and confidence. I love being a little curvy, this isn't about losing weight or being skinny, it's about being happy and healthy. When I work out and eat right, I feel really good from the inside out, and I love that feeling. So that is why I do this. I have had a lot of struggles with depression and anxiety and being fit and active really helps.

The one problem with working out that I have the most is that everyday, once I get started with a workout, I genuinely enjoy it and I have fun and I want to keep going but every day I somehow forget that feeling beforehand and spend at least an hour procrastinating and avoiding geting started (today, I have accomplished this by writing this post). I wish I knew how to quit doing that.

Some silly motivation for that day: