01/10/2019

I’m am so much more than a body.

SO SO much more. (& just so you’re aware-so are you)

I get how this may look- -how my ‘fitragamuffin’ profile may seem to people who don’t know me-

“Wait, I’m confused, she has “fit” in her name-

but posts about funny quotes-

or art that she’s created,

mistakes that she’s made-

or how to find ‘just the right therapist’ when you’re in a new town.”

Yes- you’re right, I do post about all those things-

because fitness and movement are a PART of my life-

AND it also happens to be the industry that I work in- .

BUT it’s NOT my WHOLE life. .

I also enjoy painting canvases and making cookies and volunteering and reading and crying and making mistakes and celebrating accomplishments. .

My body DOES NOT DEFINE ME.

My jokes and my humor do not come from me lifting weights.

My ability to empathize with friends’- does not come from ‘a killer ab workout’

Hand lettering on a canvas has nothing to do with ‘working out everyday.’

As I delve more and more into social media, it takes me all but 2 seconds to see what ‘sells’ in the fitness industry-

Images of bodies, bodies and more bodies. .

We are INUNDATED with them on this platform-

But let me remind you-

that YOU-

That WE are SO MUCH MORE than a body. .

As women, (and men) we are SO much more than a tuesday transformation picture-

we are parents, we are doctors, we are caregivers, we are athletes, we are students, we are A-freaking-MAZING!

So that’s why my profile doesn’t consist of squares upon squares of my body-

Because I am so much more than that.