A Letter to the Women in the Room
As young kiddo, growing up it was easy to not really care about what you were eating.
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But as a teenage girl, once you do start paying attention to the messaging around food and diet, you start learning about weight loss and how a woman โ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐โ look. โฃ
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Sometimes the messaging is less obvious, like a woman in a sports bra on the cover of Cosmo Girl. โฃ
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Sometimes itโs directly in your face, like the Hydroxycut or Jenny Craig ads. โฃ
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Youโre made to believe youโre ugly or just lazy if you donโt look like an โafter pictureโ. โฃ
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I remember starting to drink Slimfast Shakes for breakfast and snack on Special K bars for lunch. โฃ
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FORTUNATELY, this did not last long because not only did I notice my performance in softball suffer, but I just genuinely enjoyed food. I wasnโt going to let some BS magazines tell me not to eat. โฃ
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Ever since then, Iโve rebelled HARD against that messaging. โฃ
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Why do you think I get so fired up about BS weight loss products and expensive starvation diets?โฃ
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Iโm so sick of women being told (by men AND women) that they need to lose weight because thatโs what sexy is. That being attractive means you have a thigh gap or skinny arms. โฃ
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Iโm sorry, but thatโs BS.โฃ
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You know what is sexy? Confidence, self-esteem, and actually caring about what makes you healthy.โฃ
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- ๐๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. โฃ
- ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. โฃ
- ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ.โฃ
- ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด.โฃ
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I wonโt lie to you guysโฆ I wrestle with the expectations of what a fitness professional ๐๐๐๐๐๐ look like. I donโt have a 6 pack, I have insecure body parts, and Iโm definitely not stepping on a bodybuilding stage anytime soon. โฃ
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But I seriously have to ask myself, wtf is actually important to me? Is it a 6-pack lifestyle? โฃ
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๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จโฃ
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ซ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ดโฃ
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐จ๐ถ๐ตโฃ
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆโฃ
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฟ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐บ๐ฎโฃ
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ตโฃ
๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง*๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅโฃ
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I want all these things because they are ๐๐ expectations of a healthy life, and ๐๐๐๐๐๐ elseโs.โฃ
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๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ.