Louise McSharry has posted such an inspiring message on Instagram, promoting body positivity.
The RTE 2fm host, who welcomed her first child last October, got candid on the social media platform about how “fat” people are often excluded from the exercise narrative.
Posting a happy post-run selfie, Louise wrote, “This is the face of a fat woman who just ran for twenty minutes straight.”
“I specify ‘fat’ because fat people are often excluded from the exercise narrative unless they are involved in some sort of weight loss initiative.”
“My training for the Rock and Roll 10K in August has been the first time I’ve properly exercised and not been desperately weighing myself every few days to see if I was failing or succeeding. I am succeeding just by doing it, and it is really rewarding,” the author wrote.
“I never would have thought that someone like me could run until I saw other people like me doing it, so forgive me if I go on. If you look like me, you can run, you can swim, you can dance, you can yoga, you can wear a bikini, you can do whatever you god damn want, you just need to decide to do it.
“F**k the naysayers. F**k what you’ve been told by movies and TV and magazines. You deserve to live a full and happy life NOW.”
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