Whitney Way Thore.Photo:whitneywaythore/Instagram
whitneywaythore/Instagram
TheMy Big Fat Fabulous Lifestar posted a series of videos on Instagram in response to some of the rude messages she’s received about her body, fitness and diet.
In two clips, the 39-year-old is seen dancing and carelessly showing off her body after one follower called her “gross” and another told her to cover up her legs.
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Thore also responded to someone who commented, “You can’t say you like to work out and still drink Coke🤦🏼♀️”
The reality star shared a video of herself at the studio for her fitness program and app, No BS Active. She jokingly did sit ups while taking a sip of Coca Cola in between each rep.
“I’m Whitney. 39, never married, no kids. Likes working out and drinking Coke. I’m so ~~multifaceted~~ 💁🏻♀️,” she teased.
“you look amazing!!! I adore your confidence so much!!!” one person wrote, while another follower added, “Girl you look amazing you have come a long way ❤️🥰”
“I love the way she handles the trolls, keep doing you girl👏🏻” another person wrote. “You look great. Look happy and healthy.”
Thore has long been active in the gym, from CrossFit for years toweightlifting competitions.
“They don’t want to see you working out, and it’s so ridiculous because the people who maintain that I should lose weight should be applauding me, if that’s what they think I should do, and yet they still find a way to criticize me,” she said. “It’s just fat phobia and I don’t listen to it.”
Thore pointed out thatthe people who criticize herdon’t understand the difference between working out to lose weight andworking out for health reasons.
“The thing is, exercise is a healthy behavior, it’s something you can do or not do,” she said at the time. “Whereas losing weight is not a behavior that you can just do. You can lose weight or you can not, but regardless exercise will benefit you in a million other ways.”
“I think there’s a lot of stereotypes and misconceptions about fat people working out, and at the end of the day you just need to do what’s right for your body and dismiss what other people think.”
source: people.com
