These posts in the next few days are going to be short. My Studio Tour is this weekend, which means I have stuff to do for that along with all the usual house work (that never stops). 

Today is Thankful Thursday. And as I was walking this morning just a few minutes ago, I was thinking…what is the one thing that I am truly thankful for at this moment?

Yes, the usual, weather, a safe life with good food and clean water swept past my mind, but none of them were what were grabbing me. 

Then I remembered I was wearing my weighted vest on my walk. But the weight felt less than last week, and walking with it felt easier.

Then I knew that I was most thankful for my body in that very moment. And every single day. 

To carry me forward in this life with ease and grace. To be the strongest I have ever been. To respond to all the good (and hard) stimuli I give it to work with. And, also as of now, to respond so very well to the calorie deficit that my body is working with.

Not only can I see the fat melting, I can see that my strength training, although maybe a tad bit harder, is also not really suffering. And of course to see the muscles that I have been working hard to develop…all of this makes me very very thankful for my body. 

And it’s ok that I may sound vain to someone…But my priority lies in staying healthy not only for good health in the long term, but also to look good and feel confident in my body. 

I do not completely agree that if you love your body, you accept it in any shape or form, and don’t exercise so hard as to make it be a certain way. 

I think of it from a different angle- that because I love my body so much, that I will do whatever I can to make it stronger and more flexible…so we can live happily together longer…

And with that…thank you body 🙏🏽