Hey, Fat Girl.

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  • stephensmith0929
    stephensmith0929 Posts: 160
    WELL SAID!!!!!
  • Jena_72
    Jena_72 Posts: 1,057
    This sums up how being a My fitness PAL really works those who are in shape helping those of us trying to get there. :love:
  • Neverfitter
    Neverfitter Posts: 4
    This is wonderful!
  • specialkyc
    specialkyc Posts: 384 Member
    :heart: :heart: :heart:
  • katierechgomez
    katierechgomez Posts: 77
    AMAZING!!! Love this so much!!!
  • changling82
    changling82 Posts: 137 Member
    Now i'm crying here at work. This was me not that long ago, and i still have issues with this. Thank you for posting this, this made my day!
  • HotDolphinMama
    HotDolphinMama Posts: 82 Member
    Love this! And needed it today.

    I am the fat girl also! I don't run - I can barely walk with all the weight I carry around and my knees are shot! But I have been steadily whittiling away at the fat protective layer I carry with me.

    this week I started the gym. I walked on the elliptical for 5 minutes and did 20 minutes of strength training reps & was through. Exhausted! That was Tuesday evening. Yesterday I hurt all over. Like an old lady trying to get up or down. And - new form of strange for me - I could feel individual muscles in my thighs and butt that ached like all get out. I didnt even know they were there! LOL

    So - today is Thursday. And my long distance training coach (my son) said I have to do every other day. So as I groaned my way out of bed this morning and have shuffled thru the office today I have been thinking there is no way I can go back there. I am so sore. And there was an incident where I couldn't even lift my leg over one of the machines that I am sure everyone else in the gym probably witnessed. (enough said) Fat, sore & embarrassed.

    But, now I have read hey fat girl. So I will carry on. Because I know that even if those people in the gym saw me (& even if they laughed about it with friends later) I do have people that think I am awesome for doing this - and they are cheering me on. So tonight I go to the gym.
  • Tank_Girl
    Tank_Girl Posts: 372 Member
    This makes me feel a little less bad about being the fat unfit one at my kickboxing classes that struggles to keep up with everyone else
    Im pretty sure the young fit instructor never thought id show up to the first lesson and afterwoulds never thought id return for more punishment lol im far too stubborn to give up!
  • kashrs1234
    kashrs1234 Posts: 8 Member
    LOVE THIS!!
  • maspicantexfa
    maspicantexfa Posts: 73 Member
    I'm 5'2" and over 200 pounds, and I would feel absolutely humiliated if someone had said that to my face (especially the "hey fat girl" part). Once again singled out and scrutinized for no other reason than my weight and defying what you assume to be the stereotypical behaviors of a person whose body looks like mine. I don't need a pat on the head from a beautiful, fit person for my workout regimen (or self-esteem) to be validated.

    Maybe I'm wrong to think this way, but statements like this make me feel objectified and just a little less of a person.
  • kborton1122
    kborton1122 Posts: 914 Member
    Tears ... this is beautiful!
  • chunkydunk714
    chunkydunk714 Posts: 784 Member
    THANK YOU :)
  • kitkatwag
    kitkatwag Posts: 82 Member
    FABULOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • PomegranatePriestess
    PomegranatePriestess Posts: 2,455 Member
    Thank you for posting this. It deserves to go viral.
  • Rayzback
    Rayzback Posts: 73
    Just WOW! I know a lot of us are also working on confidence during our journey.
  • SarBear00b
    SarBear00b Posts: 188 Member
    This really hit home and I needed it to. I have noticed how much I keep my head down and I hate it, but I cringe at the thought of possible judging eyes. Thank you sooo much for posting because I know I should be proud I just get really discouraged.
  • saraemily5
    saraemily5 Posts: 116 Member
    Thank you thank you thank you for posting this. I am bawling because this was me. Totally me. Completely me. March 2011 I began training to run 1 mile. I couldn't even run a quarter mile. It has been a LONG long hard road. But this morning I ran 7 miles. Saturday I will run 11. In October I will complete my first half marathon. There were so many days I wanted to quit. I wanted to give up. But I didn't. I kept on trucking. And I don't regret a single step that I have taken. <3
  • bhfood
    bhfood Posts: 77
    yeah, I've read this one too. made me almost cry too. Sooooooo hits home. another fat girl here.
  • dedemac963
    dedemac963 Posts: 3
    Love this! I really see myself in this! Thank you for posting.
  • sexikc
    sexikc Posts: 153 Member
    I completely balled a couple of times reading this and some of you guys' on the the thread stories.....very very motivating....I may just go running today...
  • megandme120
    megandme120 Posts: 95 Member
    That's beautiful! Thank you for posting! So inspiring. :)
  • rubyautumn4
    rubyautumn4 Posts: 818 Member
    i hope this is a true story :) even if it is not, i hope that it is what we all feel when we see someone new to the gym or the sidewalks, and i hope this is what people feel/felt about us as we all got started!

    I wasn't the "fat girl" at this time, but in HS, i was deifnitely out of shape. I was self conscious, terrible at sports, and very very shy. Gym class was my worst nightmare every day. I remember in 9th grade, we had to run a mile on the track every day for gym before we started whatever lesson we were on. And I remember I hated it because I was so slow and it was so embarrassing; I just wanted to disappear. This girl in my class who was on the track team and ran cross country, I remember her running up next to me one day and saying "come on, run with me. I know you can do it!" And she ran with me that day. She pushed me to go faster than I thought I was able, but she slowed down for me (obviously since she was a distance runner she could have out paced me in second), ran with me and encouraged me to push myself. When I finished, I'd finished the mile the fasted I'd ever run it up to that point and I remember she congradulated me and told me "see! I knew you could do it!" We didn't be come bestest friends in the whole world or anything like that, and I was still shy and insecure and gym class was still terrifying, but she absolutely made my semester, and I'll never forget that she did that for me. It boosted my confidence and got me into running recreationally in HS, and now that I've gotten back into it almost 10 years later, I remember it every day when I go for a run and start to feel self conscious. People who are already athletic and in shape--you have no idea what a difference in someone's life you can make just by smiling at them from across the track, or giving them a thumbs up, telling them good job, or even just running with them. Sometimes for them, it can mean the difference between deciding it's the last day they're going to bother doing this, and pushing on to a healthier life.



    THIS made me tear up! High school can be really tough and girls can be really mean - I love that this girl was so encouraging and positive and that you are running again!
  • The_new_mee
    The_new_mee Posts: 14 Member
    Thank you for this beautiful message!!!
  • PoisonDartFrog
    PoisonDartFrog Posts: 220 Member
    Thanks!
    I needed this today:heart:
  • LNZimmer
    LNZimmer Posts: 94
    1. Crying at work. Geez.
    2. I am the fat girl, but I also give praise silently to EVERY single overweight, out of shape person I see doing ANY exercise. Be it running, walking - anything. It's a challenge. But the rewards are amazing (I did it before by losing 130 pounds, I can do it again)

    I want to add that I give credit to anyone who works out period-- :)
  • healthynotthin
    healthynotthin Posts: 223 Member
    To all who say this is condescending or less than inspiring - don't think of it that way! :( It hits home for me because I am always conscious of everyone around me, and want to encourage where I can. This made me tear up because it's what I want to say to everyone who's starting something for the first time. The reason it's address to "hey, fat girl" is only because it's much more of a challenge at first when you start, and because of that, I respect you all the more. Sure, I have a fair amount of respect for committed athletes/bodybuilders, but they don't usually need extra encouragement because they get enough shallow (or otherwise - I'm not insinuating!) praise from those around them. It's encouraging those who took a much more brave and intimidating step that I am speaking of - because you deserve it. I am awful at art. And as such, when I get praise for my assorted, previously-thought-of-as-junk-work from an art major or a natural artist, I'm very encouraged. Don't think of this as condescending. Think of it as admiration for stepping out of societal stereotypes!
  • laila_ifhtab
    laila_ifhtab Posts: 7
    Love it so emotional and inspirational
  • Golfgirl16
    Golfgirl16 Posts: 26 Member
    Thank you so much for sharing...I am this girl, or I used to be until I joined MFP and Planet Fitness! I feel this way when I run at the gym and after reading this, I hope people think of me as an inspiration and not just someone who makes the treadmill bounce:) I'm going to put this at my desk as a daily reminder to keep on going for all the "fat girls" out there! We can do this!!
  • wcrathbun
    wcrathbun Posts: 85 Member
    Love it! Thank you for sharing!
  • bikinibeliever
    bikinibeliever Posts: 832 Member
    That was great! it should be read again and again!

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