Comments on: Being a Fat Athlete http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/ Oh, gosh. I'm not aspiring anymore. I'm a Real Writer! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:53:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Noël Lynne Figart » Blog Archive » Being an Athlete http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-5233 Noël Lynne Figart » Blog Archive » Being an Athlete Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:29:31 +0000 http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/#comment-5233 [...] mused on this before, but I still haven’t internalized the idea that I wanted to — that being an [...] [...] mused on this before, but I still haven’t internalized the idea that I wanted to — that being an [...]

]]> By: Gina http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-3199 Gina Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:44:00 +0000 http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/#comment-3199 I also swim firstly because I love it, and second I'm training to do the Tiburon Mile. My goal isn't to win the race, but to just do it. People tell me "Oh! You've lost weight!" and all I can really say is "Really?" Losing weight is going to happen with the exercise, but it's not that important. Feeling good, and keeping emotional stuff in check, and feeling stronger is why I do it. So, go you! :) I also swim firstly because I love it, and second I’m training to do the Tiburon Mile. My goal isn’t to win the race, but to just do it. People tell me “Oh! You’ve lost weight!” and all I can really say is “Really?” Losing weight is going to happen with the exercise, but it’s not that important. Feeling good, and keeping emotional stuff in check, and feeling stronger is why I do it. So, go you! :)

]]> By: Sia Vogel http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-3179 Sia Vogel Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:10:20 +0000 http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/#comment-3179 Sad. Fat Girl on a Bike no longer exists...I would have like to read that one. Sad.

Fat Girl on a Bike no longer exists…I would have like to read that one.

]]> By: Sia Vogel http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-3178 Sia Vogel Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:07:33 +0000 http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/#comment-3178 Oh, I love this! Thank you. I'm going to post it over at Spiral Steps: http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/spiral-steps/ Are you coming to the North American Discworld Convention? You would make a wonderful Seamstress: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seamstressguild/ Sia Who is trying to exercise in order to fit into that corset she had made in back in 2003. It seem so unfair that we get wider as we get older....in a just world, it would be one or the other, but not both. Oh, I love this! Thank you.

I’m going to post it over at Spiral Steps:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/spiral-steps/

Are you coming to the North American Discworld Convention? You would make a wonderful Seamstress:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seamstressguild/

Sia
Who is trying to exercise in order to fit into that corset she had made in back in 2003. It seem so unfair that we get wider as we get older….in a just world, it would be one or the other, but not both.

]]> By: Tammy http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Tammy Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:46:29 +0000 http://noelfigart.com/blog/2008/01/17/being-a-fat-athlete/#comment-367 Glad you have a postive outlook on this matter. Send me some of that attitude! I have gained 100 pounds over the last 20 years and because of that I do feel that I do not belong in the gym or at the pool. I feel that people look at me being fat and think what the hell is she doing here now! If I take my kids for a walk it is because I want to and enjoy it but other people think...there she goes trying to loose weight. Just because an overweight person is active does not mean we are dieting and trying to be skinny. Of course I need to loose the weight and yes I start everyday thinking this is the first day of the rest of my life and today is the day...hmmm still figuring that one out! Glad you have a postive outlook on this matter. Send me some of that attitude! I have gained 100 pounds over the last 20 years and because of that I do feel that I do not belong in the gym or at the pool. I feel that people look at me being fat and think what the hell is she doing here now! If I take my kids for a walk it is because I want to and enjoy it but other people think…there she goes trying to loose weight. Just because an overweight person is active does not mean we are dieting and trying to be skinny. Of course I need to loose the weight and yes I start everyday thinking this is the first day of the rest of my life and today is the day…hmmm still figuring that one out!

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