My 4 year old has been coming home from camp saying one of his friends is telling him not to eat sugar, that it will make him tired and "floppy." It is taking every OUNCE of my being to repeat over and over again that we eat everything in moderation, including sugar, including processed sugar as well as the sugar in fruits or other carbs…
My 4 year old has been coming home from camp saying one of his friends is telling him not to eat sugar, that it will make him tired and "floppy." It is taking every OUNCE of my being to repeat over and over again that we eat everything in moderation, including sugar, including processed sugar as well as the sugar in fruits or other carbs. He knows I go for runs and lap swims a few times a week and sees me fueling for them, with energy bars or bananas, ahead of time. I explained that exercise is often best fueled by sugar, that there are different kinds of sugar, and sometimes we just need to eat an Oreo ice cream popsicle at the pool and that's the way it is.
And then I got an email from stupid Babycenter, of all places, saying that weight - again, for 4 year olds! - is on a spectrum between obesity and anorexia, and I LOST MY SHIT at them on email and via Instagram Story.
And finally, yesterday an American pro runner - the 8th fastest female marathoner in the entire world and the American record holder in the marathon - posted that some guy told her she was the biggest marathoner he'd ever seen. I don't know a single female runner in my circles who has not heard some variation of this, that we're big for runners or we must be the biggest one out there or how can you be successful when you're OH MY GOD SO BIG? It's ruinous, and it's insane that it happens to so many pros. If there is anything I want to leave my kid with, it's that everyone's body moves regardless of size, and we have to feed our bodies to keep them moving.
And also -- that moving isn't a moral imperative. (Just to get a little disability rights in there too!) Would love for you to forward me that Babycenter email if you still have it?! JFC.
My 4 year old has been coming home from camp saying one of his friends is telling him not to eat sugar, that it will make him tired and "floppy." It is taking every OUNCE of my being to repeat over and over again that we eat everything in moderation, including sugar, including processed sugar as well as the sugar in fruits or other carbs. He knows I go for runs and lap swims a few times a week and sees me fueling for them, with energy bars or bananas, ahead of time. I explained that exercise is often best fueled by sugar, that there are different kinds of sugar, and sometimes we just need to eat an Oreo ice cream popsicle at the pool and that's the way it is.
And then I got an email from stupid Babycenter, of all places, saying that weight - again, for 4 year olds! - is on a spectrum between obesity and anorexia, and I LOST MY SHIT at them on email and via Instagram Story.
And finally, yesterday an American pro runner - the 8th fastest female marathoner in the entire world and the American record holder in the marathon - posted that some guy told her she was the biggest marathoner he'd ever seen. I don't know a single female runner in my circles who has not heard some variation of this, that we're big for runners or we must be the biggest one out there or how can you be successful when you're OH MY GOD SO BIG? It's ruinous, and it's insane that it happens to so many pros. If there is anything I want to leave my kid with, it's that everyone's body moves regardless of size, and we have to feed our bodies to keep them moving.
And also -- that moving isn't a moral imperative. (Just to get a little disability rights in there too!) Would love for you to forward me that Babycenter email if you still have it?! JFC.
And of course thank you for reminder re disability rights.
Yes I will! I tagged you in my IG story about it as well - I’m @runlelarun. But emailing you now.