one of the major reasons i've been able to start a running routine and enjoy running is because i've consciously said to myself over & over that this is not about weight loss, it's about getting strong, and forging a relationship to my body outside angst & panic attacks. 1/
there's so much messaging from everywhere - family, friends, omnipresent culture - that the only reason to exercise is aesthetic. that alienates people from their own bodies so much! i stayed away from anything fitnessy for so long bc of those messages. 2/
but just getting stronger and living in your body and inhabiting it fully - your pulsing limbs, your racing heart, your growing strength - is lovely in and of itself. don't let anyone tell you the only reason to move is to get smaller. fuck that. get strong enough to punch bears.
(also don't literally punch a bear.)
(also i know it's silly to be preaching only ~4 months into this whole thing, but it's a big change in my life enabled solely by blocking out a decade of shittiness)
not a bear puncher yet but i got guns. pew pew 😅 
anyway goals
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