GF One Ingredient Fettuccine with Pumpkin Sage Alfredo...and the importance of movement

Hello vegheads! It's been a few days since my last entry and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and start to your week. Yesterday I went to my first exercise class since I've began this transformational journey at a wonderful local yoga center where I took a semi-private core training class. I felt so great that I signed up for a package of them. I'm going again tomorrow and then going to stay for a yoga class after. I've been really hesitant to start working out, mainly because of nerves surrounding working out around other people. When you're not real happy with your body, the idea of moving it in awkward poses and motions in front of other people can be quite intimidating! But movement is really important.. it can relax us, reintroduce us to our bodies, and help increase our feel good chemicals in our brain.
I have to say that I've become much more comfortable with my body, though, thanks to my therapist who has really helped me overcome some lingering obstacles from my past, womaning up and facing things I'd usually run from, and working on my self esteem to feel confident in my abilities and comfortable with who I am. What I found really cool was really feeling out my new body with all of the exercises we did. When I got home, I wanted to make something that wasn't too heavy in my tummy, but inspired by a heavier pasta dish and also quick to make. I received a spiralizer as one of my gifts over the holidays from one of my aunts (This one is what I have and I highly recommend it; it even holds other blades in the main compartment) and I hadn't had the opportunity to put it to use, so I decided to try it out. What transpired was delicious magic. And guess what? Completely oil and gluten free.
So much healthy goodness!