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Thursday, June 10, 2010
The Fitness Industry
I asked this question before...I really wonder...If the fitness industry is working on getting people healthy...why don't more instructor look like me? Like they are on a journey to health? What say you?
I say, I love your class and I am so glad you have gone outside the norm to stretch your wings!
I think the fitness industry is a business... thin beauty sells. Too bad for them, generous beauty is even better! They don't know what they don't know.
Teach on Amy! You are wonderful and an inspiration! xoxo
If more people were on their way to fitness I think it would help more people (like me) to go to the gym and not have that complex that all the skinny trainers are looking at me with disgust. I agree with Suzy, You are an insperation!!!! Keep going!!!!!
Thanks...its interesting though I went to a Zumba class with an old friend and a new friend...both friends to me are smokin....of course the Zumba instructor although NOT seeing any of us ever assumed that the thinnest of us was the instructor that had emailed her....no judgement here just saying I get it....but it isn't going to stop me from forging ahead.
have you looked at a before and after picture lately? i think you will be pleasantly surprised! on the body journey with myself, i always think i should get a monthly massage to keep it real. i dont know where i begin or end. my perspective of myself is not reality. i think i look like the women in the picture you posted. when i see that, i think, "at least they are happy." but are they really? i know i am not. so how could they be?
EXACTLY. Our perspective...your perspective vs. reality...I will say to my sister or cousin..."When I get that big please tell me...or Am I that big?" Those questions are rooted in my own insecurities....the body journey is really in my mind as I am reminded often by Willis. How big is too big? When I hear "thin" people talk about fat or being heavy or five pounds they gained. I want to cry knowing that there is a difference between a Smart Car and a Mini Van...size does matter. Hmmmm how might I tackle this?
I say, I love your class and I am so glad you have gone outside the norm to stretch your wings!
ReplyDeleteI think the fitness industry is a business... thin beauty sells. Too bad for them, generous beauty is even better! They don't know what they don't know.
Teach on Amy! You are wonderful and an inspiration!
xoxo
If more people were on their way to fitness I think it would help more people (like me) to go to the gym and not have that complex that all the skinny trainers are looking at me with disgust.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Suzy, You are an insperation!!!! Keep going!!!!!
Thanks...its interesting though I went to a Zumba class with an old friend and a new friend...both friends to me are smokin....of course the Zumba instructor although NOT seeing any of us ever assumed that the thinnest of us was the instructor that had emailed her....no judgement here just saying I get it....but it isn't going to stop me from forging ahead.
ReplyDeleteNot for nothing, but honey, you are smokin!
ReplyDeleteRemind me to tell you my "skinny" jeans story... worth a laugh.
and ps... beauty is not a size.
ReplyDeletehave you looked at a before and after picture lately? i think you will be pleasantly surprised! on the body journey with myself, i always think i should get a monthly massage to keep it real. i dont know where i begin or end. my perspective of myself is not reality. i think i look like the women in the picture you posted. when i see that, i think, "at least they are happy." but are they really? i know i am not. so how could they be?
EXACTLY. Our perspective...your perspective vs. reality...I will say to my sister or cousin..."When I get that big please tell me...or Am I that big?" Those questions are rooted in my own insecurities....the body journey is really in my mind as I am reminded often by Willis. How big is too big? When I hear "thin" people talk about fat or being heavy or five pounds they gained. I want to cry knowing that there is a difference between a Smart Car and a Mini Van...size does matter. Hmmmm how might I tackle this?
ReplyDelete