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    Hey Fat Girl....

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    • Posts: 18 Member
      Love this! Thanks so much for sharing :smile:
    • Posts: 193 Member
      Awww, I love this. I'm definitely the one that runs with eyes down and headphones on, extremely self-conscious. I've gotten a little better at it, though.
    • Posts: 1,571 Member
      Just... Wow!! I think that each and every one of us can see ourselves in there... Thank you!
    • Posts: 33
      love, love, love this!
    • Posts: 447 Member
      There are a handful of girls who are this girl at my gym. I see some of them there every time I'm there! They do cardio and weight train and I just want to tell them, "You are so awesome for being here" but I feel like it would be so condescending for me to do that.
    • Posts: 248 Member
      I'm a running fat girl and I run around my town. I've had strangers come up to me and tell me how much they admire my efforts. How I'm looking so good etc.. It really is amazing how much support strangers will give you if you just let them lol.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      How inspiring and motivating this is! Not just for runners, but for anyone who is attemping to accomplish a hard earned goal! Thank you for posting!!
    • Posts: 13 Member
      I just recently started jogging and I am so glad you posted this. I was just telling my friend the other day how I am embarrassed to run at tracks when people are there because of my size and how sometimes while I'm at the track people come and stare at me. This has inspired me and motivated me to keep going. Thanks for sharing.
    • Posts: 189 Member
      Had tears when I read this. Excellent blog post. Thanks for sharing. My daughter who is a personal trainer pushed me to jog when we went to the trail last week. It was really REALLY hard but I did it! I definitely felt like the FAT girl. That was me. Will hold my head high because I am a runner! (not very fast, and not very graceful, but I am a runner).
    • Posts: 2,249 Member
      This is very strong....and so touching...I can definitely relate to it.. Really makes me want to push harder...
    • Posts: 653 Member
      Bump for later
    • Posts: 11
      Wow!!...Awesome!!!
    • Posts: 624 Member
      Love this - thank you for posting
    • Posts: 37 Member
      Freakin Sweet!!
    • Posts: 128
      This makes me happy, seriously! I go running at night because I don't like people seeing me go running because I'm chubby and I'm slow... But this seriously makes me happy!! And gives me motivation!
    • Posts: 612 Member
      Love this
    • Posts: 711 Member
      There are a handful of girls who are this girl at my gym. I see some of them there every time I'm there! They do cardio and weight train and I just want to tell them, "You are so awesome for being here" but I feel like it would be so condescending for me to do that.

      Edit: double post...sorry
    • Posts: 808 Member
      I needed to read that. AWESOME!!!!
    • Posts: 711 Member
      There are a handful of girls who are this girl at my gym. I see some of them there every time I'm there! They do cardio and weight train and I just want to tell them, "You are so awesome for being here" but I feel like it would be so condescending for me to do that.

      I agree it could come across that way. Sometimes a sincere smile and a simple "Hello" go a long way though, I think. :happy:
      There are a lot of very elderly people (some in their 90s) who work out at my gym, and I'm always inspired by them, but I wouldn't know how to say it either. I do try to be friendly though, but I'm very shy too :blushing:
    • Posts: 33
      LOVE it!
    • Posts: 89
      I needed this today :heart:
    • Posts: 1,210 Member
      Beautiful!! This was really motivating to read!
    • Posts: 1,428 Member
      I have always been the "fat girl". And yes I walk everyday at the park and trying to run park of it. So now when I go,I will remember this post and try to keep my head up. This was AWESOME, thank you.
    • Posts: 241 Member
      that choked me up. thanks for sharing.
    • Posts: 1,809 Member
      This is great. Thanks for sharing, but let's all go to the blog and give them some traffic. They deserve it for such a great post.


      http://flintland.blogspot.com/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html

      and no, this is not my blog or anything, but as a blog I know how much fun a spike in traffic can be.
    • Posts: 59 Member
      This is awesome, especially since I am the 'fat girl' trying to run.
    • Posts: 560 Member
      I think I must put that on my mirror.
    • Posts: 147 Member
      Wow, this is beyond awesome! Thanks for sharing :flowerforyou:
    • Posts: 3,904
      Thank you for posting!!! This awesome...
    • Posts: 188
      This honestly made me cry. I hope that whoever reads this continues to be inspired to be their best. Excellent post indeed!
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