Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Excuse Me—I Think This Is Yours
Incendiary Act #1: Refuse to Apologize for Having a
Body
Chapter 1
Why Bother?
Whys and Wherefores
A Note on the F-Word
30 Things to Love About Exercise (None of Which Have Anything
to Do with Your Weight, Your Size, or What You Look
Like)
What Do You Think You’re Doing?
Body Practice
What Do You Want to Do with Yourself?
25 Sample Goals for Your Body Practice
What Do You Call It?
Health At Every Size
Getting the Right Feedback
Incendiary Act #2: Pay Real Attention to
Yourself
What’s So Bad About Boredom?
Give Yourself a Break
Incendiary Act #3: Have Your Own Reasons to Do the Things You
Do
Getting Back on the Horse
Chapter 2
Chub, Sweat, and Jeers
That Target on Your Back
Incendiary Act #4: Don’t Make Yourself Responsible for
Other People’s Bad Behavior
Voices in Your Head
Opinions Are Like Assholes
When Compliments Aren’t
Concern Trolling
Incendiary Act #5: Don’t Do the Assholes’ Job for
Them
Get Out of My Way
Teachable Moments
Incendiary Act #6: Claim the Right to Be Unattractive
(Just Like Anybody Else)
Finding and Creating Fat-Friendly Space to
Move
Chapter 3
What Am I Going To Do?
Stealth Exercise
Outdoors Versus Indoors
Solo Exercise
Exercise Partnerships
Group and Class Exercise
At Home in Front of Your TV
Incendiary Act #7: Flail Proudly
Team and Competitive Sports
Personal Trainers and Coaches
Functional Fitness
101 Things You Can Do with Your Body
Chapter 4
Hit the Ground Running
The Unapologetic Fat-Girl Lowdown on Gyms
Choosing a Gym: A Checklist
The Locker-Room Thing
Hitting the Showers
Incendiary Act #8: Know That You’re Not Alone
Play Pool
Safety and Weight Limits
Comfort and Ergonomics
A Fitness-Equipment Shopping Note
Dressing for It
The Well-Shod Fathlete
A Word About Bras
Coping with the Belly Flop
Chapter 5
Action and Reaction
The Long Haul
Play, Work, Meditation, and Vitamin Pills
The 80 Percent Rule
Building a Workout
Two Sample Workouts
Modifying Movements
Incendiary Act #9: Play to Your Strengths
Managing Your Expectations
Incendiary Act #10: Dare
to Not Compare
Change Is Inevitable
What’s Buzzin’ Cousin?
Wanted Versus Unwanted Changes
Incendiary Act #11: Focus On What Makes You
Fierce
Body Weight and Size Changes
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting
Stop Right There
Common Sports Injuries and What to Do About
Them
Some Insider Secrets for Happier Body Practice from the
Ancient
and Exalted Sisterhood of Incendiary Fat-Girl
Exercisers
Getting What You Came for at the Doctor’s
Strategic Advisors
Nutrition and the Active Eater
Getting Down (and Up Again)
Incendiary Act #12: Know That You Are the Authority on
You
Institutionalized Body Hatred and the Unapologetic Fat
Girl
Epilogue: What Moves You
Resource Guide
About the Author
HANNE BLANK is a lifelong fat girl and movement coach who has a devoted (but not monogamous) relationship with her elliptical machine. A writer and historian, she is the author of six books including Big Big Love- A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them) and has taught at Brandeis and Tufts universities. She divides her time between north central Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia.
“This revolutionary guide is perfect for every big girl who wants
to incorporate more movement into her life. Hanne Blank is my
ideal coach: hilariously entertaining, utterly motivating, and
ready to defend fat women’s right to exercise wherever and however
they so choose. With Hanne at your side, you’ll be able to hit the
ground running, improve your health, and exorcise the Ghost of
Skinny Jeans Past.”
—Linda Bacon, PhD, associate nutritionist at the University of
California, Davis,
and author of Health at Every Size
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