by Jamie Thurber | Sep 11, 2018 | Be the Change, Inspiration, Who I Am
You’re allowed to be proud of your body. In fact, you SHOULD be proud of your own body. Especially if it’s something you’ve had to fight to build. You see, I’ve always been the skinny girl. Like unhealthily skinny. I wasn’t unhappy with...
by Jamie Thurber | Aug 31, 2018 | Health, Independent Woman
My favorite question (Well, one of them): Q: What are you training for? A: Life. I’m training for life. Because I refuse to be in crippling pain all day every day. Because I refuse to be unhappy in my own body. Because I refuse to be afraid to take my shirt off...
by Jamie Thurber | Jul 23, 2018 | How It Is.
I almost don’t recognize this girl sometimes. I have intentionally put on 14 lbs of muscle in the past 2 years. Before that I was the “skinny girl”. Arms like tooth picks, super thin legs, even my shoulders/collar bone area looked completely...
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....
