チェルシー・ルーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (チェルシー・ルーズInstagram)「(4/7) I had a photo of me featured in an Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper, although the article wasn’t specifically about me. Instead it was about how competitive rock climbers seemed to have extremely low BMI’s, and that the IFSC would be cracking down on regulating weight within the sport, particularly at the World Cup level. I was embarrassed that my photo was the one they chose to go with the article mostly because I had begun fueling better after I got scared at how ‘light’ I had gotten. “She’s just light,” said a random stranger to @krisugarriza as he watched me climb a difficult route a couple years ago. That was his excuse as to why I could do it and he couldn’t. Nevermind all the hard work and hundreds of thousands of hours I’ve dedicated to the practice of becoming an excellent climber. While Kris and I laughed about it all of the time - I’ll never forget the random dude in the gym who felt he needed to create that excuse for me. “Oh I’m so happy to see you eat, you’re so tiny,” was the reaction my new boss had after I had asked if I could snack throughout the day on my second day at a new job. ✨This was years after I had been eating to support my athletic body instead of depleting it in hopes of finding what I thought an athletic body was supposed to be. ✨ Truth is, I’ve always been pretty tiny, regardless of how much I eat. I come from a smaller family of women. I wish people would stop commenting on how ‘small’ I am. It happens weekly; and I get so tired of it. It makes me wish I were something other than what I am. Resonate with you?! Over the years I’ve learned my body is so special. ‼️I’ve learned that I can send my hardest routes at my heaviest weight. ‼️I feel happier, my moods are more level, my brain functions better, I sleep more soundly, and my recovery is better when I am fueled properly. I am more when I’m nourishing myself; and it’s so devastating that the climbing culture has helped propel the belief that thinner = stronger = better, 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 = 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 = 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝘆 = 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹, 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 + 𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻.」2月17日 2時28分