{"id":17235,"date":"2016-06-30T10:27:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=17235"},"modified":"2016-06-30T10:27:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T16:27:35","slug":"on-lifting-and-body-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2016\/06\/on-lifting-and-body-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"On Lifting and Body Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I discovered Powerlifting, I started following a bunch of women powerlifters on Instagram (I’ll link to them at the end of the post). \u00a0I also discovered two groups dedicated to supporting women in the sport, Girls Who Power Lift <\/a>and GRRRL<\/a>. \u00a0Both are amazing groups and are all about lifting women up and being positive in all aspects of your life. \u00a0Being proud of who you are and what you can do.<\/p>\n

One side affect to lifting and surrounding yourself with people who are supportive is that you also become more positive and confident. \u00a0About yourself, life, and your body.<\/p>\n

Lifting is a very empowering thing, especially for women. \u00a0Knowing that, yes you can pick up that heavy thing off the floor with no problem is a freeing feeling.<\/p>\n

This was something that I really didn’t give much thought to until lately. \u00a0I have found myself being more confident in myself, my body, and my personality.<\/p>\n

Body confidence is one of my biggest improvements. \u00a0Am I where I need to be weight-wise? Nope, not even close. I’m still a work in progress and have a long way to go. \u00a0However, lifting has given me a confidence that running never did. Sure I gained confidence with running, once I lost 60lbs and didn’t have to worry about jeans being tight. But not until that point and even then, I was not fully confident in myself.<\/p>\n

With lifting, I’m confident now<\/em>, even though I still have a ways to go in my journey. \u00a0I might still be Chubby Andrea but Chubby Andrea\u00a0can pick up 100+ lbs off the floor without blinking an eye. \u00a0And she can do a lot of things now that she has never done before or been able to do.<\/p>\n

I wore a tank top to workout the other day. \u00a0I’ve never done this. Ever. \u00a0Even after losing 60lbs and running in the midwest summer heat, my most revealing shirt was a sleeveless tee-shirt. \u00a0I never ran in a tank or worked out in a tank. \u00a0Too self-conscious.<\/p>\n

Now? Now I don’t give a fuck. \u00a0It’s hot, the gym is hot, screw it, I’m wearing a tank. \u00a0The best part, when I was working out, that’s all I was focused on. \u00a0I wasn’t worried about the tank top, or my arms, or my belly. My workout and getting through\u00a0it had my complete focus.<\/p>\n

I’m sure that part of it also stems from\u00a0getting older and not really giving a shit about how others view me. \u00a0But lifting and doing Crossfit have ignited\u00a0that confidence. \u00a0I’m happy with where I’m at and that is a freeing and awesome feeling.<\/p>\n

Fabulous accounts to follow on Instagram:<\/p>\n

Girls Who Power Lift<\/a><\/p>\n

GRRRL<\/a><\/p>\n

Spunky Canuk<\/a><\/p>\n

Confidence1091<\/a><\/p>\n

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When I discovered Powerlifting, I started following a bunch of women powerlifters on Instagram (I’ll link to them at the end of the post). \u00a0I also discovered two groups dedicated to supporting women in the sport, Girls Who Power Lift and GRRRL. \u00a0Both are amazing groups and are all about lifting women up and being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"status","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58,52,51],"tags":[117,118],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-4tZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17235"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}