No, that's not a typo.

Apologies for formatting, I'm on mobile.

I started working at a gym a year ago and employment comes with a free membership. So why did I only start taking advantage of it a few months ago? Because every time I brought it up, people told me:

"But you're already thin!" 🙄🙄 "You're beautiful just how you are!" 😒😒 "You don't need to go to the gym!" 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ "Don't waste you're time! You're perfectly healthy!" 😠😠

And I let them convince me it was a waste of time. What a mistake that was.

I'm 5'4" and 145 pounds. I've always been in the "healthy weight" range, but after I threw my back out for the second time at the age of 24, I realized that even though I was thin, I was not in shape. I decided I'd use my gym membership to do the core exercises given to me by my doctor, And that's when I discovered that working out was not only helping my back, but I enjoyed doing it! I started working on different parts of my body (arms, legs, shoulders, chest, etc.) spending 1-2 hours at the gym 3 times a week and taking my dog on daily walks. My depression and anxiety weren't as severe, my posture and my mood improved, I felt like a whole new person!

So when my friend told me the other day that she was thinking of joining a gym, I told her: "That's awesome! We should workout together some time!" If you want to go to the gym, good for you! If you don't want to go to the gym, good for you!

Quit fit-shaming. 🙅🏻‍♀️ Quit fat-shaming. 🙅🏻‍♀️ Quit body-shaming! 🙅🏻‍♀️

Unless you're someone's doctor, you have no business telling them what they should or shouldn't do with their body.

👉🏻 https://www.reddit.com/r/TwoXChromosomes/comments/cj066r/quit_fitshaming_me/