Lessons From the Fat-O-Sphere!

So I think I've been going about this the wrong way.  It's been just over a month since I last posted in this blog and what a crazy month it's been.  My bestie left for WA (I'm in NY - so nothing like a country to keep you apart), I've celebrated my 5 year wedding anniversary, attended a wedding, and been killing it in the gym.  I'm still following the Run Your Butt Off Couch 2 5K Plan and have made it to Week 5 where I've hit a bit of a wall, but I'm still pushing through it, and I still plan on running the entire Color Me Rad 5K in September.  Two things have changed:  I'm not running to lose weight anymore, and I've stumbled across this incredible book - Lessons from the Fat-O-Sphere by Kate Harding and Marianne Kirby.

HOLY CRAP!  What an inspiring and eye opening read.  I'm about half way through and I'm hooked.  In a very brief summary the book is about learning to become healthy at every size, STOP yo-yo dieting and start intuitively eating, learning to accept/love yourself NO MATTER WHAT, and screw the media's ideals of "beauty".  What am I teaching my daughter if I'm constantly beating myself up because I'm "too fat"... why not teach her that I want to exercise/be active because it's something I LOVE doing.  I love becoming a runner, I love hiking, and I'm sure there's 1,000 more activities just waiting for me to fall in love with.

And this bullshit of forcing kids to finish every bite on their plate no matter what.  How about we teach our children intuitive eating.  Are you hungry? Eat... you're not hungry - why force it down your throat?  My body is so out of whack from constant yo-yo dieting that I honestly don't even know how to read my own bodies cues anymore.  It's going to take a lot of practice, but my main goal is to start eating intuitively and to find activities that I LOVE to help me get more fit.  Whether that fit is at 225 pounds or at 175, I truly feel that you can be active, and fit at any size.

So this something wonderful that is about to happen... it's me... learning to love myself NO MATTER what, and no matter what size I am.  I can't think of anything more wonderful than that!

And PS - are you honestly gonna tell me that these women aren't gorgeous just because they're over a size 8?

(KEEP READING THERE'S JUST A SMIDGE MORE AT THE BOTTOM!)

 

 And FYI the gorgeous woman in the bottom left hand corner is Jes from The Militant Baker, who is one of my new favorite body positive people to follow via Facebook, Pintrest, and so on!  Please check her out... her blog is where I found this incredible list of must read body positive books... here's the link!

The next book on my reading list is The Unapologetic Fat Girl's Guide to Exercise and Other Incendiary Acts by Hanne Blank! What a great title :)