Gather around as I have a story to share with you. A story about body image, shame, and let's call her Karen on a Spirit Airlines flight...

On said Spirit Airlines flight, my middle seat neighbor wouldn't take a hint I didn't want to chat. We talked about her kids, why UGA is better than Auburn, and my experiences with as an equestrian athlete. I was finally saved by the bell of the "remove seat belt" sign as we touched down in Atlanta. 

Karen's next comment shook me to my core.

I jumped up into the aisle, reached for the overhead bin, and then it happened…⁣ Karen looked me up and down - getting to really see my full body for the first time now - and said⁣...

"So is having big legs, like, an equestrian thing?"

I froze and thought, "My legs are big?" I could feel them rub together when I walk. I could see the cellulite in the mirror. I 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 I had gained 20 pounds in the last year.⁣..

But I had no idea OTHER people KNEW. 

From that moment on over the next four years, I would tell myself the story that I'm just built this way.

I found out that this was a false story I told myself after finding strength training.

Lifting saved my self-image and that's why I talk about it so much because I don't want you to have to spend as long as I did disliking your body.

Listen in as Omar and I talk about how to LOVE your body as it is right now, while also strength training and fueling your body to shape it the way you want it to be.

Time Stamps:

(0:20) Gather Around Children

(0:44) Junior Year of College

(3:50) Comment about My Legs

(7:15) When I Started Strength Training

(10:00) Used to Use Genetics as an Excuse

(12:10) Three Important Parts to Transforming

(14:35) Episode 62

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