CLICK MY TATTOO! CLICK MY TATTOO!
Are the FAT to FIT!!! photos designed to make you feel poorly about yourself?
I’m at SHIFT CON.
Chatting about my Thirty second FAT TO FIT transformation! & speaking about the diminishing power of FITSPO in our healthy living community.
At least *I* hope it’s diminishing.
The rest of the panel? It remains to be seen.
(cue ominous move’esq music)
I shall report back…
Allie says
October 3, 2014 at 3:15 amI just read your first blog post on this since I didn’t know what FITSPO was!? Now I totally get it and I’m SO WITH YOU!!! I can really relate to what you said about being 40-something (I’ll be 40 in March) with a husband who works a lot (check!) and a parent to a daughter (I have twin boys!) so a photo of someone super fit with a tired saying across her 6 pack is not motivating to me…and the cooking photos aren’t either – HA! So true!!!
Jamie @ Rise.Run.Mom.Repeat. says
October 3, 2014 at 4:01 amI do this in the mirror almost daily. 😉
Since you first posted this, I haven’t looked at fitspo with people in the picture quite the same. I’m a fan of motivational words, but not the pictures.
Nellie says
October 3, 2014 at 4:21 amSuch an interesting panel idea.
I cannot believe people still think FITSPO isn’t dangerous.
Laura @ Mommy Run Fast says
October 3, 2014 at 4:47 amHave a great time! Your voice is so important… I’m glad you can be there to share.
Michele @ paleorunningmomma says
October 3, 2014 at 5:05 amFITSPO disgusts me, it’s terrible. Your selfies had me laughing hysterically however! Rock on 🙂
Michelle Smiles says
October 3, 2014 at 6:37 amI think about this photo (or one you did in the past that was similar) whenever I see before and afters.
misszippy says
October 3, 2014 at 6:45 amThe longer I’m at this whole HLB gig, the more I think there’s a TON of stuff–like fitspo–that should go!
Elle says
October 3, 2014 at 7:04 amI got a google listing when I clicked your tatoo… I don’t really get what FITSPO is so cannot comment…. ??
Carla says
October 3, 2014 at 7:10 amWEIRD. It works on this end to CLICK! to a fitspo post!
denise says
October 3, 2014 at 7:42 amI love you and THIS POST! Rock the ‘con.
Erica House says
October 3, 2014 at 8:56 amLol I love your face in the before photo.
Tara Newman says
October 3, 2014 at 9:52 amI am with the fabulous MissZippy on this one – Fitspo and a few other trends need to get kicked to the curb. Would love to see people start listening to their internal rhythm to define what wellness means to them and living by their own wellness code.
Erin @ Her Heartland Soul says
October 3, 2014 at 10:32 amHave so much fun!! I can’t wait to hear what it’s like!
Janis says
October 3, 2014 at 11:17 amBasically, it’s FAKE. They’re either staged like the one you show above, and the two photos are taken 15 seconds apart, or else it’s a softcore porn photo of some model who never lifted weights in her life and hasn’t eaten anything more than raisins and ice cubes since she was a teenager in a thong and shoving her buttcheeks in the camera.
Fake. And there is no inspiration in fakeness. Never was, never will be.
Nellie @ Brooklyn Active Mama says
October 3, 2014 at 11:32 amI am so curious about this panel, I wish I could go! Hopefully it will be recorded? Until then I will wait patiently for your report 🙂
Dr. J says
October 3, 2014 at 11:51 amlol! Since I do IF and eat late in the day, I start every day like your before and end it like your after 🙂
Hopefully in time most people learn to listen to their highest self and not the chatter of the masses.
BRITTANY LESSER says
October 3, 2014 at 5:07 pmYESSSSSSS LOVE THIS!
Laura @ Sprint 2 the Table says
October 4, 2014 at 5:41 amIs Fitspo a thing?! People… ugh.
Chasing Joy says
October 4, 2014 at 7:23 pmI had not heard of Fitspo before seeing this and going back and reading your earlier posts. Now that I know what it is, I realize I see lots of these post on instagram. I had never thought about them one way or the other but now I can see how they could be more negative and harmful than one would think. I tend to focus more on the inspirational message than the photo. Also the people I find the most inspiring are those who look like me ( overweight) but who are working out and making healthy choices and documenting their journey. They make me feel like I can do it too.