As a person who works in the fitness industry I dish out a lot of advice to my friends. When they want to talk to me about weight loss though ... I’m not the person to talk to about that. I will talk to you about building strength, having more energy, improving your flexibility.

I am not the girl to talk to about weight loss - mostly because I get annoyed. Especially with women. I interrogate them and I ask why it’s important for them to lose weight. Why does it matter?

I get annoyed because we have overcomplicated weight loss. It’s simple, calories in < calories out = weight loss. It takes discipline and that’s what the people lack. So they look for cheat codes - which leads to confusion.

I don’t count calories. I don’t portion control. I eat what I want, without overeating. BUT I MOSTLY eat things that come from the dirt. Why? I, too, am made of dirt.

There was a time in my life where I wanted to lose weight. But I had to examine why. 1) There was a drop in my activity level and when I returned to activities I couldn’t do them with the ease that I could before. 2) I didn’t feel like myself, I’ve been an athlete since I was 3.

I literally felt HEAVY. Like I couldn’t lift my legs up in ballet class. I hated it. So I was like fuck that, I’m losing this weight and gaining my strength back.

Anyways - my homegirl right now is really interested in losing weight. She feels like her workouts aren’t burning enough calories, wondering if she needs to workout longer, asking how I burn so many calories during my workouts, etc.

I burn so many calories because I’m fucking crazy and I have to burn the crazy out. But also - idk. I’m not trying to burn calories. I’m trying to get fucking strong in case I need beat up a a Karen or out run zombies. My goal is strength. My goal is stamina. My goal is POWER.

I’ve been training this way since 2016 so like ... my workouts be intense AF because I’ve trained to be at this level of intensity.

BUT the fixation on calorie burning and weight loss is something that I struggle to empathize with. It’s such an external measurement of a process that is very internal (mental/spiritual) for me.

So, if you want to lose weight ASK YOURSELF WHY. WHY THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER?! Is it for health? Did you gain weight because you were depressed? Were you out here living your best life and you put on a few pounds? Are you still able to do the activities that you love?

Fuck weight loss. Black bodies are so fucking policed as it is. Don’t talk to me about weight loss. I’m the wrong fitness professional for that.