{"id":14935,"date":"2017-10-03T13:33:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/?p=14935"},"modified":"2017-10-03T13:33:00","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T17:33:00","slug":"plus-size-gym-body-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Sweaty and exhausted, my spent body traces the steps back to the gym locker room, where my locker houses all of my post-workout belongings: shampoo, slippers, and a moisturizer. I need a good hot shower after spending 60 minutes running on the treadmill (while watching two episodes of <i>Veep).<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYdcJYbA1dG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYdcJYbA1dG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\"><svg width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 60 60\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><g transform=\"translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)\" fill=\"#000000\"><g><path d=\"M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BYdcJYbA1dG\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Laura Delarato (@heylauraheyyy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">I peel Spandex, mesh, socks, and underwear away from my body to free my skin from the compression, and then I stand there, fully naked. I stay naked as I traipse to the shower, back to my locker, and while I apply my makeup and blow-dry my hair. I don\u2019t put my clothes back on until I\u2019m ready to leave. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">I do this on purpose. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Leaving my clothes as the absolute last step in my get-ready process is a choice I\u2019ve made because I\u2019m a plus-size woman\u2014and plus-size women often do not get the visibility or representation we deserve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">In order to be represented in a way that allows me to be seen as a three-dimensional person (and not the so-called sexless, unattractive, lazy, fat friend), I have to make myself available and vulnerable in the spaces where my body is often not seen. So, I am taking it upon myself to be a walking statement that says <i>my body is perfectly normal. \u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"s1\">Plus-size women often do not get the visibility or representation we deserve.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Body positivity has made its way across social media in the past few years, but we still need to expand our scope of #BodyGoals to include all different kinds of bodies\u2014and their bellies, hips, chests, legs, arms, and thighs. Championing all kinds of bodies allows our brains to recognize and get used to the fact that there is actually more than once acceptable look out there\u2014which you can see when you see me stripping down alongside everyone else in a locker room. It\u2019s like exposure therapy for the masses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/21\/size-18-healthy-body\/\">My Size 18 Body Doesn\u2019t Mean I\u2019m Unhealthy<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Have you ever encountered a trend that you weren\u2019t really fond of (hello, everything from the &#8217;90s), but over time grew to accept (or even love) because you saw it so often? That is the basic tenant of exposure therapy\u2014expose yourself to something that makes you wildly uncomfortable and eventually that thing becomes normal to you. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Once, I forced myself to wear nothing but sleeveless tops for an entire month just so I could stop hiding my arms behind cardigans during warmer weather. This was one of the best self-care moves I\u2019ve ever done for myself. Basically, expose yourself to all bodies and eventually you\u2019ll start to see their beauty. It\u2019s all about representation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">My body makes people uncomfortable. It jiggles when I run. It has winding curves and a protruding chest and backside. My body can\u2019t just walk into <i>any<\/i> store and find a perfect fitting pant\u2014because they don\u2019t sell my size. When I sit down my belly sticks out. When I bend over, a soft ripple extends across my sides. When I walk, my chest sways slightly to the rhythm of each step.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span class=\"s1\">I am taking it upon myself to be a walking statement that says <i>my body is perfectly normal. \u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">But there I am, walking around the gym locker room with the confidence of a woman that\u2019s been told her body has<i> value. <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Sometimes I get stares. I wish I was doing something interesting to garner those glances, like jumping up and down or singing at the top of my lunges. Most of the time, I\u2019m just looking for my makeup bag or tying back my hair. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">I used to run straight to the bathroom to change the very moment I turned off the shower. I would try to stretch the far-too small gym towel across my body as though I wasn\u2019t allowed to be seen. A belly roll here, a thigh muscle there\u2014constantly behaving like anyone above size 14 had a secret they had to keep under the towel. Everyone else got to gracefully take their time in the nude while checking their phones at their lockers while I found a bathroom to get ready in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The moment I stopped hiding was the moment I saw another woman in the locker room with a similar body type to mine doing the same thing I was doing: She was gathering all of her belongings and heading to an open stall to change. It was like a silent, common understanding that we <i>should<\/i> be hiding. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXdujdCgq-g\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"13\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXdujdCgq-g\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\" display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display:block; height:50px; margin:0 auto 12px; width:50px;\"><svg width=\"50px\" height=\"50px\" viewBox=\"0 0 60 60\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\"><g stroke=\"none\" stroke-width=\"1\" fill=\"none\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><g transform=\"translate(-511.000000, -20.000000)\" fill=\"#000000\"><g><path d=\"M556.869,30.41 C554.814,30.41 553.148,32.076 553.148,34.131 C553.148,36.186 554.814,37.852 556.869,37.852 C558.924,37.852 560.59,36.186 560.59,34.131 C560.59,32.076 558.924,30.41 556.869,30.41 M541,60.657 C535.114,60.657 530.342,55.887 530.342,50 C530.342,44.114 535.114,39.342 541,39.342 C546.887,39.342 551.658,44.114 551.658,50 C551.658,55.887 546.887,60.657 541,60.657 M541,33.886 C532.1,33.886 524.886,41.1 524.886,50 C524.886,58.899 532.1,66.113 541,66.113 C549.9,66.113 557.115,58.899 557.115,50 C557.115,41.1 549.9,33.886 541,33.886 M565.378,62.101 C565.244,65.022 564.756,66.606 564.346,67.663 C563.803,69.06 563.154,70.057 562.106,71.106 C561.058,72.155 560.06,72.803 558.662,73.347 C557.607,73.757 556.021,74.244 553.102,74.378 C549.944,74.521 548.997,74.552 541,74.552 C533.003,74.552 532.056,74.521 528.898,74.378 C525.979,74.244 524.393,73.757 523.338,73.347 C521.94,72.803 520.942,72.155 519.894,71.106 C518.846,70.057 518.197,69.06 517.654,67.663 C517.244,66.606 516.755,65.022 516.623,62.101 C516.479,58.943 516.448,57.996 516.448,50 C516.448,42.003 516.479,41.056 516.623,37.899 C516.755,34.978 517.244,33.391 517.654,32.338 C518.197,30.938 518.846,29.942 519.894,28.894 C520.942,27.846 521.94,27.196 523.338,26.654 C524.393,26.244 525.979,25.756 528.898,25.623 C532.057,25.479 533.004,25.448 541,25.448 C548.997,25.448 549.943,25.479 553.102,25.623 C556.021,25.756 557.607,26.244 558.662,26.654 C560.06,27.196 561.058,27.846 562.106,28.894 C563.154,29.942 563.803,30.938 564.346,32.338 C564.756,33.391 565.244,34.978 565.378,37.899 C565.522,41.056 565.552,42.003 565.552,50 C565.552,57.996 565.522,58.943 565.378,62.101 M570.82,37.631 C570.674,34.438 570.167,32.258 569.425,30.349 C568.659,28.377 567.633,26.702 565.965,25.035 C564.297,23.368 562.623,22.342 560.652,21.575 C558.743,20.834 556.562,20.326 553.369,20.18 C550.169,20.033 549.148,20 541,20 C532.853,20 531.831,20.033 528.631,20.18 C525.438,20.326 523.257,20.834 521.349,21.575 C519.376,22.342 517.703,23.368 516.035,25.035 C514.368,26.702 513.342,28.377 512.574,30.349 C511.834,32.258 511.326,34.438 511.181,37.631 C511.035,40.831 511,41.851 511,50 C511,58.147 511.035,59.17 511.181,62.369 C511.326,65.562 511.834,67.743 512.574,69.651 C513.342,71.625 514.368,73.296 516.035,74.965 C517.703,76.634 519.376,77.658 521.349,78.425 C523.257,79.167 525.438,79.673 528.631,79.82 C531.831,79.965 532.853,80.001 541,80.001 C549.148,80.001 550.169,79.965 553.369,79.82 C556.562,79.673 558.743,79.167 560.652,78.425 C562.623,77.658 564.297,76.634 565.965,74.965 C567.633,73.296 568.659,71.625 569.425,69.651 C570.167,67.743 570.674,65.562 570.82,62.369 C570.966,59.17 571,58.147 571,50 C571,41.851 570.966,40.831 570.82,37.631\"><\/path><\/g><\/g><\/g><\/svg><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" color:#3897f0; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:550; line-height:18px;\"> View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\" width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\" background-color: #F4F4F4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXdujdCgq-g\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Laura Delarato (@heylauraheyyy)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">But after seeing that woman hide, I couldn\u2019t abide any longer. Despite what people have been told, my body <i>is<\/i> a gym body\u2014and it\u2019s important for it to be seen as such so that we continue to recognize all bodies across all spaces. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">The lack of plus-size bodies represented in general (movies, ads, fashion, fitness) gives me the extra push I need to make sure my body is seen in locker rooms or running in public spaces or simply <i>being<\/i> confident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Am I changing the world? No. We as a society have much larger issues to tackle\u2014no matter how naked I get. But am I making it a better place so that other people feel comfortable and good about their bodies? Yeah, I am. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">And if you are the kind of person who silently judges the bodies of others in a seemingly-safe space, I say to you this: Take a good, long look, because <i>this<\/i> is my body goal.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.&#8221;<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":14938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,5,8,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fitness","category-health","category-stories","category-the-latest"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym | What\u2019s Good blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.&quot; ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym | What\u2019s Good blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&quot;Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.&quot; ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"What\u2019s Good blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THEVITAMINSHOPPE\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"307\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura Delarato\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@VitaminShoppe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@VitaminShoppe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura Delarato\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura Delarato\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/00b6e8d0cc204bea46eb82ef1cc40872\"},\"headline\":\"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\"},\"wordCount\":948,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1\",\"articleSection\":[\"Fitness\",\"Health\",\"Stories\",\"The Latest\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\",\"name\":\"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym | What\u2019s Good blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"\\\"Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.\\\" ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1\",\"width\":740,\"height\":307},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fitness\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/fitness\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"What\u2019s Good blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Vitamin Shoppe\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/v-logo.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/v-logo.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"The Vitamin Shoppe\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THEVITAMINSHOPPE\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/VitaminShoppe\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vitaminshoppe\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-vitamin-shoppe\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/VitaminShoppe\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheVitaminShoppe1\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/00b6e8d0cc204bea46eb82ef1cc40872\",\"name\":\"Laura Delarato\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac5916292bfc9e76996f310c4d68311ddf9b6472a5076000ddfdd0ea88c82c44?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac5916292bfc9e76996f310c4d68311ddf9b6472a5076000ddfdd0ea88c82c44?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Laura Delarato\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/author\/freelancervs27\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym | What\u2019s Good blog","description":"\"Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.\" ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym | What\u2019s Good blog","og_description":"\"Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.\" ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/","og_site_name":"What\u2019s Good blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THEVITAMINSHOPPE\/","article_published_time":"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":740,"height":307,"url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Laura Delarato","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@VitaminShoppe","twitter_site":"@VitaminShoppe","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura Delarato","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura Delarato","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/00b6e8d0cc204bea46eb82ef1cc40872"},"headline":"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym","datePublished":"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/"},"wordCount":948,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1","articleSection":["Fitness","Health","Stories","The Latest"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/","name":"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym | What\u2019s Good blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1","datePublished":"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00","dateModified":"2017-10-03T17:33:00+00:00","description":"\"Take a good, long look, because this is my body goal.\" ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1","width":740,"height":307},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/plus-size-gym-body-advocacy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fitness","item":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/fitness\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Why I Never Hide My Plus-Size Body At The Gym"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/","name":"What\u2019s Good blog","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"The Vitamin Shoppe","url":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/v-logo.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/v-logo.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"The Vitamin Shoppe"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/THEVITAMINSHOPPE\/","https:\/\/x.com\/VitaminShoppe","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vitaminshoppe\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/the-vitamin-shoppe\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/VitaminShoppe\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TheVitaminShoppe1"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/00b6e8d0cc204bea46eb82ef1cc40872","name":"Laura Delarato","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac5916292bfc9e76996f310c4d68311ddf9b6472a5076000ddfdd0ea88c82c44?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac5916292bfc9e76996f310c4d68311ddf9b6472a5076000ddfdd0ea88c82c44?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Laura Delarato"},"url":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/author\/freelancervs27\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Untitled-design-3.png?fit=740%2C307&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8QYGg-3ST","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}