Mirna Valerio is shutting down the notion that she’s selling an unhealthy way of life, just by current in a bigger physique.
Valerio, who’s a Lululemon ambassador, writer, anti-racism activist, and ultramarathon runner, took to Instagram on Nov. 30 to share a video of herself participating in every kind of bodily exercise, from mountaineering and climbing to weight lifting. On the video, she wrote, “Promoting obesity. Let’s be real — existing and moving in my fat body joyfully and in public is the real issue.”
She continued her ideas within the caption, writing, “There I go PROMOTING OBESITY again! Have you ever said/thought/heard the phrase ‘PROMOTING OBESITY?’ Y’all, what does this phrase actually even mean? You show a fat lady RUNNING, CYCLING, SWIMMING, HIKING, SKIING in public…. And folks start saying ‘YOU ARE PROMOTING OBESITY’ HINT—I already know the answer…It is the highest level of fatphobia. They tell us, GO TO THE GYM, GO WORKOUT, RUN, GO TO BOOTCAMP CLASS. Guess what? I do all of that and more, and I’m still fat.”
Valerio added that the time period “promoting obesity” is only a method of “moralizing the existence of fat bodies.”
“Some people think that their naturally thin bodies make them morally superior. Some folks even think that if they have managed to lose weight, this also makes them morally superior,” she continued. “Whatever. I’m just going to go about my morally wrong fat way, doing my fat things, running while fat, hiking, skiing, riding while fat on my fat bike, and hanging off rocks with my fat ass. If this is ‘promoting obesity,’ I’m going to keep doing it.”
Followers applauded Valerio’s phrases within the feedback part, with one writing, “Thank you for promoting LIVING, baby! We love you for every ounce of who you are. You are a light and a treasure.” Another added: “You are the reason I started distance running — so thank you for promoting self love and giving myself the gift to do what feels good in my body!”
The athlete, who is named “The Mirnavator” on social media, beforehand spoke to Yahoo Life about how individuals don’t should be a sure dimension or form to begin operating or participating with athletic actions.
“The most important thing to do is to decide that you are a runner,” Valerio defined. “A runner is someone who runs. We may have this idea that a runner looks a certain way; that they run a certain pace; that they run in certain areas; that they don’t run on a treadmill or they wear certain shoes. When we realize that is all what society has created and the messaging we’ve received, once we separate that from our natural human need to move it becomes easier to decide you’re a runner and to go outside or get on a treadmill and start running.”
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