Maintaining Balance Through The Chaos @carainprogress - Tumblr Blog

Decided to go for a run outside since I can’t afford a treadmill and the gyms have no plans of reopening anytime soon. I’ve also been struggling with allergies.

I’m an idiot. But an idiot who ran 2 miles.

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In the middle of all this craziness I’m trying to focus on positives. They haven’t closed my work yet so I’m still getting paid. I’m, so far, healthy with plenty of food in my cabinet and enough toilet paper for a month or so (I didn’t buy more so I was concerned my stash would be too small).

But I wanted to come on here and do an update. I haven’t posted in a while and a lot has changed. I give some credit to a 40 hour a week job where I’m on my feet, grad school and it’s craziness, and trying to be a good horse mom, dog mom, and friend. But I also give credit to the hard work I started putting in. Now the Cara I see in the mirror matches the image I have in my head. I have my body back. It’s strong, athletic, and it can run two miles with out stopping or slowing (which is insane, I am not a runner). I am emotionally in a better place. I’m not saying I wasn’t beautiful heavier, because weight doesn’t make you pretty or ugly. I am saying that I look like someone with a degree in nutrition and wants to help people through food. I feel like an athlete again. I think my body has found where it wants to be, at least when I treat it well and fule it properly.

The photos aren’t normal before and after photos, because the journey I accidentally went on in august was less about my body and more emotional. I started working out again because my knees hurt, because I was winded going up stairs. Because I wanted to be healthier. Not to lose weight or to look a certain way. But in the process I found more balance than I’ve had in a long time, and I got my athletic body back as a side effect. So here is to maintaining balance through the chaos, staying healthy, and spending more time on self care and self love.

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New year, new decade, and the same me. Starting the year off already leaner than I went into last year. I don’t really have any new resolutions. I started most of mine when I started grad school but this year I will continue to be (*work on being) financially responsible, healthy physically and mentally, and to be a better student.