I HATE THINSPIRATION!!

Oh my goodness I'm 100% certain that the devil created "thinspiration"- how much more detrimental to our bodies can we be if we are more focused on being thin than on being healthy. Thin is a socially constructed ideal- thin is not a size, it is not a health goal- it is an unobtainable goal because no matter how hard you work out, how much paleo/organic/juice cleanse diets you try someone will always be skinnier than you. And guess what- it could be natural skinniness or it could be caused by a deadly eating disorder. 

This may seem like a kind of out of the blue rant but it isn't, don't worry- I have always been this crazy. This is something that has been simmering under the surface for quite sometime and it was either my .9mile run or the 3rd piece of pizza that's causing it to come out. 

Really this whole thing started with Pinterest  I was looking on Pinterest because I like looking at things, I like food and clothes and pictures of pretty things and places. I even have a fitness board- do I use it? Well... maybe I've tried one thing a couple times but for the most part, nope. That is probably my most wasted board. I actually stopped pinning to it because it was turning into something that caused me shame. My fitness board was causing me to shame my own body. It would go something like this:

this one's kind of a doozy- click through if you love me :)

Arches 10 weeks later

So I actually don't know how long ago we went to Arches National Park but it was a while ago- like almost 3 months so approx 10 weeks.

Not the point.

Point:

After graduation (walking) (which was wonderfully long and boring, especially since maybe 15 people received their diploma (holder) after I did) the ever kind Walton's took us to Arches National Park. They were coming down for graduation, bless their hearts, and had been wanting to go to Arches and thought "why not?" and invited us to go with them. And of course we were like "YESSSSS!!!!" We've decided that the national parks are maybe the best things ever so this was a great opportunity to go to a near by American treasure.

It was a wonderful weekend of hiking and spending time with family and friends.

Because taking pictures with a mural of Nessy and a shark is important enough for 2 pictures

Riding side-saddle because I'm a lady, obviously.

Yes we did get rained on. At least once. 

And this is where Dan starts to be a fart and won't smile for pictures

Some pretty cool stuff went down when God made Arches

Still not happy about taking pictures but in his defense his knee was injured

Creatively named "Walk Through Arch"- we then crawled through "Crawl Through Arch"

You may be wondering what constitutes an Arch- well there are 3 things. 

1. Must be 3 feet in at least one direction

2. Must be created out of continuous rock

3. Must go all the way through the rock

If you are all of these things, congrats! You're an Arch. 

Delicate Arch, of course

Walked the extra 1/4 of a mile to see these awesome rock paintings. Worth it. 

Christmas cards attempt- Yes we have matching sweatshirts, not it wasn't my idea, yes it was Dan's idea, yes I love it.

Not shown: this is a double arch meaning 2 arches on top of each other- we were on the bottom one even though Dan tried to get to the top one. #hubris 

Best (and scariest) hike and also the most worth the effort. 

I highly recommend Arches National Park and doing the Fiery Furnace Hike- not hard at all but go with a guide