That Avenue

Got home from Zumba at 9:20 p.m. Spent a portion of class eyeballing myself in the mirror and wondering how I arrived at plump again. It's not the first time and it won't be the last time for musings of that sort.

When my mind goes down that avenue, I also feel like a bit of an ingrate because I love to feel my body in motion and I'm doing that -- plump or not.

Saw Dianne Bondy repost the situation below on Instagram and it totally resonated.

You are, we all are, so much more than our bodies. Your spirit withers under the pressure of counting, measuring,  weighing because your energy gets drained 😦 use your brain,  wisdom & energy for meaningful and important things in life, whatever that is for you 💙 Thanks to healthyplace.com (sorry,  Insta chopped the bottom off!) #bodypositive #bodycare #bodyrespect #mindfulness #spirit #energy #edrecovery #endeds #recoveryispossible #healing

A photo posted by Fiona Sutherland (@themindfuldietitian) on Oct 5, 2016 at 1:43pm PDT

When I went to the yoga event on Saturday, I was pretty sure that they'd be taking pictures and when I saw the camera on a tripod and a remote control, I cringed. Later on when I saw a picture on Instagram, I studied my image. I like the picture.We are all in action -- doing variations of a pose. I also like that it is not a staged picture. I don't like that I'm plump. However, I enjoyed the class. I was able to do almost everything. I laughed. I sang. I got high off of being around good people...

Original Photo by 314Yoga