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Stuff Mom Never Told You

SMNTY Classics: Is fitspo unhealthy for women?

Stuff Mom Never Told You

iHeartPodcasts

Society & Culture

4.04.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

It's a new year, and for a lot of us that means goals to get more exercise. Fitness inspiration, known as fitspo, is supposed to get women exercising, but is it helpful or hurtful for women's body images? Find out in this classic episode.

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0:00.0

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0:07.8

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0:48.0

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0:52.2

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1:02.4

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1:23.1

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1:38.1

Hey, this is Annie and you're listening to stuff I'll never told you.

1:46.9

It's a new year and that means I've already had not one, not two, not three, but four friends come up to me and tell me about their diet and exercise plans to lose weight.

2:05.2

I have one friend in particular who is big into Pinterest and she has a board with all these pictures of fit women penned on it.

2:13.4

And a lot of them have these motivational quotes and I'm walking a fine line between being supportive for her, but also trying to make sure that her goals are realistic.

2:24.3

This whole idea of fit inspiration or fitspo was really damaging for me when I was younger. I didn't understand why seemingly no matter what I did, I couldn't look like these women that are paid to look that way.

2:38.3

Why I couldn't get the body that I so desperately wanted. It took me a long time to realize that for me, fit inspiration was unhealthy.

2:49.8

And it's not that way for everybody, but this is a reminder to be mindful of the social media and images you are consuming. And if you notice unhealthy patterns developing because of those images, realize when you need to step away.

3:03.6

Please enjoy this classic episode all about the ends and outs of fitspo.

3:08.6

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