Too Fat for Fitness? Lessons From a Plus-Size Athlete
When the author stopped chasing thinness, she started breaking records.
By Ragen Chastain, Contributor July 26, 2018, at 11:05 a.m.
I used to have lists of all the things I was going to do when I was thin.
But after years of yo-yo dieting, losing weight and – like the vast majority of dieters – inevitably gaining more back, I realized that day may never come. So, I decided to stop waiting for a thin body to show up and take the body I had out for a spin. It was the best decision I've ever made.
I've been photographed doing the splits on Wall Street, taken dance classes at the legendary Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York City, won three national ballroom dance competitions, completed two marathons, became the Guinness World Records' heaviest woman to complete a marathon and begun training for an Ironman triathlon in Arizona in November. And I've done it all in a fat body.
If you're curious about fitness, but worried your size is a barrier, take these lessons from me:
https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/2018-07-26/too-fat-for-fitness-lessons-from-a-plus-size-athlete
