{"id":5696,"date":"2017-03-21T12:58:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2018-06-17T19:24:52","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T23:24:52","slug":"size-18-healthy-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/size-18-healthy-body\/","title":{"rendered":"My Size 18 Body Doesn\u2019t Mean I\u2019m Unhealthy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been an athlete my entire life. I\u2019ve played on varsity sports teams, in travel clubs, through individual programs, and even recreationally. Over half of my closet is dedicated to athleisure. Nonetheless, my athletic career (and my dedication to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/snacks\/N-cp99lg\">eating well<\/a> and staying strong and fit) has always been questioned and overshadowed by my size. I am a size 18.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m constantly having to explain my body to people that can\u2019t grasp anything outside of the <em>thin-equals-healthy<\/em> and <em>fat-equals-unhealthy<\/em> binary. One time, someone asked a group of people I was sitting with if they wanted to do a group SoulCycle outing. They totally skipped over me because I don\u2019t look like your typical spin class rider (um, I basically live at SoulCycle).<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/size-18-healthy-body\/ld-weightlifting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting.png?fit=857%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"857,850\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LD-weightlifting\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting.png?fit=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting.png?fit=740%2C734&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\" wp-image-5700 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c34193.sgvps.net\/~mauricez\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting-1.png?resize=468%2C464\" alt=\"LD-weightlifting\" width=\"468\" height=\"464\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5700\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/size-18-healthy-body\/ld-weightlifting\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting.png?fit=857%2C850&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"857,850\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LD-weightlifting\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting.png?fit=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting.png?fit=740%2C734&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\" wp-image-5700 alignright lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20468%20464%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"LD-weightlifting\" width=\"468\" height=\"464\" data-src=\"http:\/\/c34193.sgvps.net\/~mauricez\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-weightlifting-1.png\">And my experience isn\u2019t mine alone. The average American woman is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17543266.2016.1214291?journalCode=tfdt20\">size 16<\/a>, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/17543266.2016.1214291?journalCode=tfdt20&amp;\">the<em> International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, isn\u2019t it about time we start giving all sizes a seat at the fitness conversation table?<\/p>\n<p>To start with, let\u2019s talk about the word \u201chealthy.\u201d Sure, it\u2019s a word often associated with photos of acai bowls and green smoothies on Instagram, but it\u2019s also a word that only seems to be attached to people of smaller frames. But healthy doesn\u2019t always mean skinny.<\/p>\n<p>In magazines, bodies like mine are consistently and stereotypically labeled \u201cbefore\u201d bodies, as if I magically house a skinny person underneath all of my fat. This furthers the myth that plus-size people have given up on their own health, are unmotivated to be healthier, or haven\u2019t set a foot in a gym since it was required of us (ah, high school).<\/p>\n<p>That couldn\u2019t be further from the truth, though\u2014lots of thin and plus-sized people alike worry about and want to care for their bodies in the same ways.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/c\/training-accessories\/N-8g9\"><strong>Shop training accessories to make your workout the best it can be<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The only difference is that people are socialized to believe that being thin has more value; we\u2019re taught to see bigger bodies as lazy or incapable of fitness or sport achievements.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that there isn\u2019t always a correlation between body size and healthfulness. A 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ijo\/journal\/v40\/n5\/abs\/ijo201617a.html\">study<\/a> in the <em>Journal of<\/em> <em>International Journal of Obesity <\/em>showed that a person\u2019s Body Mass Index (BMI) is not an accurate way to determine a person\u2019s healthfulness. The study found that half of Americans considered overweight by their BMI are actually healthy, while 30 percent of Americans who happen to have an average BMI are actually unhealthy cardiometabolically (which means they have a risk of diabetes, heart disease, or stroke).<\/p>\n<p>Despite this information, size 18 isn\u2019t (at least not yet) considered a healthy size. But my size 18 body is the strongest and fittest it has ever been in my entire life. I can thank the fact that I run, do yoga, and lift weights several times per week for that.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/08\/parenthood-fitness\/https:\/whatsgood.vitaminshoppe.com\/2017\/03\/08\/parenthood-fitness\/\"><strong>How Parenthood Helped Me Redefine The Meaning Of&nbsp;Fitness<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At my smallest size, which was a size 10, I hit a low point. I wasn\u2019t doing any of those things. I was crash dieting, shaming myself out of eating, doing elimination diets, and suffering from disordered eating (which, according to a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21727255\"> study<\/a> in the <em>Archives of General Psychiatry<\/em>, have very high mortality rates, proving thin doesn\u2019t always equal healthy). At this point in my life, I was very depressed and very angry.<\/p>\n<p><noscript><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/size-18-healthy-body\/ld-hanging-bar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar.png?fit=709%2C896&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"709,896\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LD-hanging bar\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar.png?fit=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar.png?fit=709%2C896&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\" wp-image-5703 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c34193.sgvps.net\/~mauricez\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar-1.png?resize=391%2C494\" alt=\"LD-hanging bar\" width=\"391\" height=\"494\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5703\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/size-18-healthy-body\/ld-hanging-bar\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar.png?fit=709%2C896&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"709,896\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LD-hanging bar\" data-image-description data-image-caption data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar.png?fit=237%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar.png?fit=709%2C896&amp;ssl=1\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\" wp-image-5703 alignleft lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20391%20494%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"LD-hanging bar\" width=\"391\" height=\"494\" data-src=\"http:\/\/c34193.sgvps.net\/~mauricez\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/ld-hanging-bar-1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Sure, I would get compliment after compliment when I was thinner\u2014which only exacerbated my disordered eating and bad habits (I just wanted to keep feeling valued by my peers), but it was truly an unhealthy way to live.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s taken years to undo those effects, but I\u2019m finally at a place with my body where I feed it what it wants and needs with without compromising my sanity to do it. And I take care of it by making it strong. I\u2019ve got to tell you\u2014it\u2019s <em>so <\/em>much better on this side.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m grateful for the many body-positive campaigns we\u2019re seeing lately in the media. They\u2019re expanding public understanding of how a bigger body can be a healthy, fit body. They\u2019re showing that \u2018healthy\u2019 has no jean size associated with it.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a step forward in the right direction, and hopefully, all people will eventually realize that size doesn\u2019t determine worth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plus-size bodies can be healthy, strong, and fit, too.<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vitaminshoppe.com\/blog\/size-18-healthy-body\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Size 18 Body Doesn\u2019t Mean I\u2019m 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