...But dig a little deeper, and you’ll see that her passion is rooted in something more serious — her own struggles to stay healthy through an incredibly public struggle with her weight and confidence.
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While it may seem like an easy transition from Olympic athlete to fitness buff, Johnson’s road has been bumpy. “I’ve kind of gone through the gamut when it comes to health,” she says. “I’ve hit lows with — I don’t want to say diagnosed eating disorders — but eating disorders. And then I’ve gone the other way, where I’ve rejected fitness,” she says. “[I’ve] kind of gone through the whole education system, all the nutritionists, and now I’m finally healthy.” It took an injury — and a lot of self-reflection — to for Johnson to the mindset she has today....
She loved dancing, but the sudden shift from the gymnastics world to Hollywood left her exposed to body-shaming critics. It didn’t help that she felt like she was constantly struggling to stay fit after retiring from gymnastics.
“When I first went on [DWTS], I was 16, and I turned 17 on the show,” Johnson says. “Going from this strict, regimented schedule to going through puberty on national TV and gaining weight, and just being kind of a huge target for criticism, was just really difficult for me.” To cope, she researched quick weight-loss fixes online, even trying detoxes and juice cleanses. None of it worked.
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Another challenge that Johnson didn’t expect after she retired from gymnastics was not knowing how to work out. Sure, she did demanding training for the Olympics and for DWTS, but when all that was over, she realized she didn’t feel confident knowing what to do in a gym. “I could get on a treadmill and run, but I didn’t know how to lift weights or how to work out,” she says. “I could go do a handstand against a wall, or go do gymnastics, but I didn’t know how to work out.” After DWTS, Johnson decided that she was done pushing herself to the point of exhaustion — and she quit working out.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/shawn-johnson-on-body-shamers-1301516652462134.html
CCCA = Coli Chubby Chasers Anonymous
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While it may seem like an easy transition from Olympic athlete to fitness buff, Johnson’s road has been bumpy. “I’ve kind of gone through the gamut when it comes to health,” she says. “I’ve hit lows with — I don’t want to say diagnosed eating disorders — but eating disorders. And then I’ve gone the other way, where I’ve rejected fitness,” she says. “[I’ve] kind of gone through the whole education system, all the nutritionists, and now I’m finally healthy.” It took an injury — and a lot of self-reflection — to for Johnson to the mindset she has today....
She loved dancing, but the sudden shift from the gymnastics world to Hollywood left her exposed to body-shaming critics. It didn’t help that she felt like she was constantly struggling to stay fit after retiring from gymnastics.
“When I first went on [DWTS], I was 16, and I turned 17 on the show,” Johnson says. “Going from this strict, regimented schedule to going through puberty on national TV and gaining weight, and just being kind of a huge target for criticism, was just really difficult for me.” To cope, she researched quick weight-loss fixes online, even trying detoxes and juice cleanses. None of it worked.
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Another challenge that Johnson didn’t expect after she retired from gymnastics was not knowing how to work out. Sure, she did demanding training for the Olympics and for DWTS, but when all that was over, she realized she didn’t feel confident knowing what to do in a gym. “I could get on a treadmill and run, but I didn’t know how to lift weights or how to work out,” she says. “I could go do a handstand against a wall, or go do gymnastics, but I didn’t know how to work out.” After DWTS, Johnson decided that she was done pushing herself to the point of exhaustion — and she quit working out.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/shawn-johnson-on-body-shamers-1301516652462134.html
CCCA = Coli Chubby Chasers Anonymous
