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  • MISS REPRESENTATION: Be The Change You Want to See…

    I watched a trailer for a documentary coming out and it just completely drove home something I was thinking about — just yesterday. Hannah – My amazing, smart, beautiful, funny, quirky, inquisitive, bold, artistic, confident, caring daughter. She is so sure of herself, so confident.  I love that she sees the world as hers for…

  • Girls, You are Full of Awesome!

    Waking Up Full of Awesome Holy Smokes do I love this! There was a time when you were five years old, and you woke up full of awesome. You knew you were awesome. You loved yourself. You thought you were beautiful, even with missing teeth and messy hair and mismatched socks inside your grubby sneakers. You…

  • Scales are not the only indicator — Read this…

    Read this post — I love this post — it really shows why Scales do not tell the whole story or even most of the story: Now that you are done staring in amazement, eyes darting back and forth between the two Debs and down to “155lbs” to make sure you read it right, let…

  • What do you like about You?

    I saw this post today — thought it was a cool idea for all of us to do.  Take time to keep a running list of things you actually like about yourself. It can be made Public or kept private. It’s up to you — Reading that also reminded me of this quote: The more…

  • The number on the scale …

    Attention Scale Addicts! Thought it would be good to post something weight/scale related from a guy’s perspective. He makes some very fair points about the laws of attraction. Have I made my point? The bottom line is that the scale just doesn’t have any really valuable information for you. Everyone has heard the obligatory “muscle…

  • Self Image Sabotage

    I have been thinking a lot about my posture and how I look in general. I saw some candid pictures from the CrossFit Murph WOD on Monday and candidly — I was seriously horrified at how I appear. I was hesitant to post this, but then thought about how one of the things that made me…

  • Venus with Biceps

    I saw a new book review that got my attention: Venus with Biceps: A Pictorial History of Muscular Women It definitely has not traditionally been the look of the ideal woman – strong, muscular woman. I do think the tides are turning or at least in the circles I hang out in …. CrossFit woman…

  • Let’s talk about being Skinny Fat

    Skinny Fat This post from CrossFit Soutbay was so right on — I struggle with this sort of issue myself and I know I am not alone. A few years ago, my general doctor held up a pencil and said to me — some people are born like this, showing me the pencil, and some…

  • Crossfit and Body Image

    Crossfit and Body Image. This post resonated with me. It is so true — women especially spend so much energy on hating what they see. They can be the strongest, prettiest women you have ever seen but if you ask them – they can show you a laundry list of things that they ‘hate’ about…

  • Don’t Mind If I’m “PUDGY”

    Stephy, Full of Grace, Full of Beast. (Sunday Inspiration: Don’t Mind If I’m “PUDGY”). I loved this post. Ideals of what is considered beauty and healthy change all the time. I look at these pics of ‘pudgy stockton’ and think — no way would that be pudgy. That’s a strong, lean person.  So — although…