by Jamie Thurber | Nov 29, 2017 | How It Is.
Yesterday I weighed in at 130.8 and screamed with excitement. You see, 2 years ago I started this journey to healthy and 130 was my ideal “healthy weight” but I wanted to build it on. Not like I really had any choice in the matter. I always hovered around...
by Jamie Thurber | Oct 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
I will never forget this moment… as silly as it sounds, I gave this pic a double take after I took it and remember thinking to myself “whose body is that?!” I was so fucking proud. I’d worn that dress so many times, it is one of my “go...
by Jamie Thurber | Oct 17, 2017 | Health, Independent Woman, Inspiration
“Guys don’t like girls with calluses on their hands”. After posting a photo of the proof on my hands that I lift heavy shit and put in the work on my body, I got a message telling me that men don’t like girls with calluses on their hands. I sat there for a minute and...
by Jamie Thurber | Oct 4, 2017 | Be the Change, Health, Inspiration
Every time I weigh in at the gym and the number goes down, I get pissed. No one around me, except my trainer gets it. They all look at me like I’m crazy… Because apparently since I’m a woman, that must mean I only have goals to lose weight and be skinnier. Nope....
by Jamie Thurber | Sep 29, 2017 | Self Reflection, Who I Am
“Skinny fat”… it’s a thing. It’s a thing no one thinks is a problem… and for some, maybe it’s not…but for me it was a BIG problem. I was always sick. I had no energy. I had zero strength. I could eat more than most grown...