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mythunderheart:

When an athlete reaches the college level (specifically Division I), you expect them to already have certain movement things mastered. I mean body weight exercises, running, skipping, jumping…things that most six-year-olds can do without batting an eye.

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kmeiselle:

Keep calm and yoga on.

By Michelle May, M.D.

Bias. Stereotyping. Prejudice. Discrimination. Bullying. 

These ugly words describe a serious problem weight stigma. Our culture is entrenched in the belief that fat is bad, people with fat are bad, people who exceed a BMI of 25 are unhealthy, and that only a narrow range of body sizes are beautiful. Billions of dollars are spent trying to attain the cultural ideal, but the more we diet, the further we move from it.  A recent Calorie Count post talked about new research showing just how damaging weight stigma can be.

Whether subtle or blatant, weight stigma is broadcast into our living rooms and shows up in our classrooms, break rooms, and exam rooms. For many of us, weight stigma hits even closer to home:  right between our ears!


Making the invisible, visible

What beliefs about weight have you internalized? Are those beliefs helping or harming? 

By internalizing this cultural bias, we condemn ourselves to living within its limitations. We allow the bully to move into our brains.

You can only change what you are aware of. Without awareness, you may repeat old, even painful, patterns simply because they are familiar. In other words, you create your own reality.

What is the reality you are creating?

I’m not letting the bullies off the hook, but if you believe them, you become them. For example, you may have old tapes that sound something like this:

• I’m too embarrassed to be seen exercising.
• I can’t go to the gym until I’ve lost some weight.
• I’m trying to eat healthy but I’m not losing weight—it doesn’t matter what I eat.
• I’ll get diabetes because I can’t lose weight, so why change the way I eat?
• I can’t eat what I love in public, so I’ll binge later in private.
• I’ll never look like I did in high school, so why bother with healthy eating and exercise?
• I don’t deserve someone who loves me because I’m too fat.
• I don’t feel sexy because of my weight.
• I don’t see how my partner can think I’m sexy so I thwart his/her attempts.
• I don’t believe my husband when he tells me I’m beautiful.
• I don’t want to go to the doctor because I regained the weight I lost.
• I don’t take my blood pressure medicine because I know I should lose weight instead.
• I won’t buy new clothes until I reach my goal weight.
• If I was thinner, I would ask for that promotion.
• I’d love to travel but I want to lose weight first.
• I love going to the beach but I hate putting on a bathing suit.

Making the impossible, possible

What if? What if you booted the bully from your brain? Ask yourself, “How could my life be different if I didn’t buy into those limitations?”

• I’m exercising.
• I go to the gym.
• I’m trying to eat healthy.
• I’m at risk for diabetes so I’m changing the way I eat.
• I’ll never look like I did in high school. I’m eating healthier and exercising.
• I eat what I love.
• I deserve someone who loves me.
• I feel sexy.
• My partner thinks I’m sexy.
• My husband tells me I’m beautiful.
• I go to the doctor.
• I take my blood pressure medicine.
• I buy new clothes.
• I’m going to ask for that promotion.
• I love to travel.
• I’m going to the beach.

Boot the Bully from the Block

Take your power back. Boot the bully from your brain! Then, lets boot the bully from the block! To learn more about weight stigma, visit: BEDA Online.

Your thoughts…

Are you dealing with a weight stigma?  What steps are you using to change it?


Michelle May, M.D. is the award-winning author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle. Download chapter one free.  Dr. May is also the founder of the Am I Hungry?® Mindful Eating Workshops and Facilitator Training Program that helps individuals learn to break free from mindless and emotional eating to live a more vibrant, healthy life

littlefishyhoe:

3 certifications down…two more to go.

[ x ]  BodyAttack
[ x ]  BodyStep
[ x ]  CXworx
[   ]  BodyFlow
[   ]  BodyJam

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A shout out to CrossFit TRH.

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Inspirational Motivational of the Day: Sami Stoner loves to run. When the Lexington, Ohio teen was diagnosed with Stargardt disease — an inherited juvenile macular degeneration — she knew she would soon be declared legally blind, and her parents thought that part of her life was over.

But tenacious Sami wouldn’t give up, launching an effort to convince the state to let her and her guide dog Chloe join her school’s cross country team.

With the help of Athletic Director John Harris and head coach Denise Benson, Sami eventually managed to obtain a precedent-setting waiver from the Ohio High School Athletic Association, allowing her to run with Chloe. ”As I told John, she already has a handicap,” said OHSAA’s cross country director Dale Gabor. “She doesn’t need another one, so let her run.”

Sami was put on a 20-second delay to prevent Chloe from tripping other runners. And she is only allowed to participate as a non-scoring competitor. Still, it’s a start. 

And Sami couldn’t happier.

“I don’t run for time or place or anything,” she said. “I run because I love it.”

Read the rest of her amazing story here.

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