As of today, Memorial Day 2024, I’ve completed four CrossFit 1:1 onboarding sessions, participated in three group CrossFit classes (with modified moves) at my local “box” (AKA, CrossFit gym), and sort-of completed three WODs (workouts of the day) while traveling for work and my uncle’s funeral on Martha’s Vineyard. I also did a hot yoga…… Continue reading Prepping for my first Memorial Day WOD
Tag: health at every size
I’m Fifty and I Just Started CrossFit
On Monday April 29th 2024 I went to my very first personal training session to introduce me to CrossFit, and I decided to chronicle my experience here because I googled “starting cross-fit at 50” and “anti-diet CrossFit” all I could find were before-and-after videos all centered on shrinking body size, or CrossFit marketing materials about…… Continue reading I’m Fifty and I Just Started CrossFit
I talked shit to my bod, and it fought back.
I was on an airplane sitting next to a fabulous woman two days ago. We talked about everything, as one does on airplanes. At one point I was telling her all about my “make gorgeous clothes for larger women” fantasy. I tried to describe my core concepts, using existing designers as baselines – for example,…… Continue reading I talked shit to my bod, and it fought back.
Exercise.
Hi. Good morning. It’s Tuesday morning here in Seattle and it’s finally time to start talking about exercise. Movement. Sweating. Breathing hard. It’s all got to be written but I’ve avoided writing about it. So, here sits Fatty getting ready (with lots of words, so many words) to write about moving her body through space…… Continue reading Exercise.
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