What a Fitness Coach Wants You to Know About Getting Your Body “Summer-Ready”

Good news: You made it through another brutal winter. The maybe-not-so-good news? It’s also that time of year when it feels like every person you know is talking about getting their body “summer-ready.”

But fitness coach Chrissy King is here to tell you it’s all nonsense. In a powerful Instagram post, she explains that just because warmer days call for less clothing at BBQs, pool parties, and beach trips, it doesn’t mean you have to stress out about dieting or losing weight.

“From the bottom of my heart, I want you to know that your body is ‘summer ready’ right now,” she wrote alongside a photo of her and her sister from last summer. “It’s almost summer and you have a body. Ta-duh…you’re summer body ready.”

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Writer, Speaker, Fitness and Strength Coach, and Creator of The Body Liberation Project™.

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Thank you to @jameelajamil for sharing this with u

Thank you to @jameelajamil for sharing this with us. Diet culture doesn’t brag about the havoc it wreaks on our bodies or the potential for immense long term harm. It simply promises us that we will be happier and healthier in thin bodies, regardless of what it takes to achieve and sustain it. Nor does it talk about the role of genetics when it comes to the way our bodies look.

I recognize that living in a larger body in a society that caters to this thinness is challenging, and I also know it’s not easy when the fatphobia is showing up more than ever. It’s nuanced and deserves so much depth than the brevity of this video. And you can find it all in my book, The Body Liberation Project.

Long video but worth the listen….this is why I write because I have a hard time being brief 😂

Maybe it’s just my experience, but I feel like m

Maybe it’s just my experience, but I feel like my timeline is literally shrinking in front of my eyes. Thin is in again (not that it ever completely left) but it’s back with a vengeance.

Combine that with warming temperatures and fitspo influencers telling us how many days we have left to get ‘summer body’ ready, it’s not surprising if you’re feeling the tug towards weight loss.

Plus, we have to discuss the elephant in the room – the body positive influencer to Ozempic pipeline.

And while I’m a fierce proponent of body autonomy, the right to make decisions over one’s own body, I do think we should curiously and compassionately interrogate our choices as it pertains to our bodies because we know that our ideas about bodies and what they should look like has been heavily influenced by cultural standards of beauty and white supremacy so how many decisions are even really making our own if we aren’t activity working to decolonize our minds.

The journey to body liberation is hard at times, especially times like now, but it’s still one of the most worthwhile endeavors we can ever pursue for ourselves. As we embrace liberation, we give ourselves true freedom in our bodies in all of its iterations, regardless of what’s the *IN* body.

Body liberation in the age of Ozempic is WILD. And before anyone gets their undies in a bunch, I’m not shaming anyone for their choices but I do have lots of thoughts. Full substack article on this topic dropping later this week. Head to the link in my bio to subscribe.

Some commotion for this photo by @bydamaly and for

Some commotion for this photo by @bydamaly and for my new Substack newsletter, The Liberation Collective.

I come from a long line of women who made choices and decisions out of necessity — for survival. I feel like I’m the first in my lineage of women that get to make life choices and decisions with personal autonomy. I’m actively creating my life and with that freedom, comes difficult decisions sometimes. Decisions that others sometimes may not understand. But on the other side of all those difficult decisions have always been unspeakable joy.

It’s my hope to share essays with you about some of those difficult decisions, but more importantly to amplify the joy that is possible for all of us when we start centering our own desires.

But more than that, I hope to create a communal space for anyone who is in the midst of transition, thinking about transition, or on the other side of transition.

My story is one of burning it all down and starting over, of facing fears, and choosing to live courageously and on my own terms. It’s about beauty from ashes.

I’ll be sharing about body liberation, divorce, grief, my decision to be child free, complicated family dynamics, white supremacy, womanism, intersectionality, and so much more. But really, it’s about choosing myself over and over again.
I love sharing here on IG and I will continue to do that but I’m a long form content girly at heart and 2200 characters just isn’t enough to get into the nuance and express my thoughts fully.

I’ll still be posting content here and will still be doing videos and such, but I’m not an influencer or a content creator. At my core, I’m a writer, and my new newsletter is the place for me to do just that. Write. So my substack is where I’m hoping to connect with more people who want to read my words and build community. Plus, the algorithm is highly unpredictable and this is a chance to actually stay up to date with what I’m sharing in a more intimate way.

So if that interests you, here’s my personal invitation to join me over on Substack. The link to subscribe is in bio. And trust me, if you like it here, you’ll love it over there.

With love from your resident rich auntie.

With love from your resident rich auntie.

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After spending the majority of my twenties focused on shrinking — my body, my voice, and my entire life in general — I’m on a mission to help people love, appreciate and embrace their bodies in all of its iterations. On my website, you’ll find articles I’ve written to help you learn how to truly feel confident and empowered in your skin, start appreciating your body at every step, and finally learn the steps to find peace with your body.

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Thank you to @jameelajamil for sharing this with u

Thank you to @jameelajamil for sharing this with us. Diet culture doesn’t brag about the havoc it wreaks on our bodies or the potential for immense long term harm. It simply promises us that we will be happier and healthier in thin bodies, regardless of what it takes to achieve and sustain it. Nor does it talk about the role of genetics when it comes to the way our bodies look.

I recognize that living in a larger body in a society that caters to this thinness is challenging, and I also know it’s not easy when the fatphobia is showing up more than ever. It’s nuanced and deserves so much depth than the brevity of this video. And you can find it all in my book, The Body Liberation Project.

Long video but worth the listen….this is why I write because I have a hard time being brief 😂

Maybe it’s just my experience, but I feel like m

Maybe it’s just my experience, but I feel like my timeline is literally shrinking in front of my eyes. Thin is in again (not that it ever completely left) but it’s back with a vengeance.

Combine that with warming temperatures and fitspo influencers telling us how many days we have left to get ‘summer body’ ready, it’s not surprising if you’re feeling the tug towards weight loss.

Plus, we have to discuss the elephant in the room – the body positive influencer to Ozempic pipeline.

And while I’m a fierce proponent of body autonomy, the right to make decisions over one’s own body, I do think we should curiously and compassionately interrogate our choices as it pertains to our bodies because we know that our ideas about bodies and what they should look like has been heavily influenced by cultural standards of beauty and white supremacy so how many decisions are even really making our own if we aren’t activity working to decolonize our minds.

The journey to body liberation is hard at times, especially times like now, but it’s still one of the most worthwhile endeavors we can ever pursue for ourselves. As we embrace liberation, we give ourselves true freedom in our bodies in all of its iterations, regardless of what’s the *IN* body.

Body liberation in the age of Ozempic is WILD. And before anyone gets their undies in a bunch, I’m not shaming anyone for their choices but I do have lots of thoughts. Full substack article on this topic dropping later this week. Head to the link in my bio to subscribe.

Some commotion for this photo by @bydamaly and for

Some commotion for this photo by @bydamaly and for my new Substack newsletter, The Liberation Collective.

I come from a long line of women who made choices and decisions out of necessity — for survival. I feel like I’m the first in my lineage of women that get to make life choices and decisions with personal autonomy. I’m actively creating my life and with that freedom, comes difficult decisions sometimes. Decisions that others sometimes may not understand. But on the other side of all those difficult decisions have always been unspeakable joy.

It’s my hope to share essays with you about some of those difficult decisions, but more importantly to amplify the joy that is possible for all of us when we start centering our own desires.

But more than that, I hope to create a communal space for anyone who is in the midst of transition, thinking about transition, or on the other side of transition.

My story is one of burning it all down and starting over, of facing fears, and choosing to live courageously and on my own terms. It’s about beauty from ashes.

I’ll be sharing about body liberation, divorce, grief, my decision to be child free, complicated family dynamics, white supremacy, womanism, intersectionality, and so much more. But really, it’s about choosing myself over and over again.
I love sharing here on IG and I will continue to do that but I’m a long form content girly at heart and 2200 characters just isn’t enough to get into the nuance and express my thoughts fully.

I’ll still be posting content here and will still be doing videos and such, but I’m not an influencer or a content creator. At my core, I’m a writer, and my new newsletter is the place for me to do just that. Write. So my substack is where I’m hoping to connect with more people who want to read my words and build community. Plus, the algorithm is highly unpredictable and this is a chance to actually stay up to date with what I’m sharing in a more intimate way.

So if that interests you, here’s my personal invitation to join me over on Substack. The link to subscribe is in bio. And trust me, if you like it here, you’ll love it over there.

With love from your resident rich auntie.

With love from your resident rich auntie.

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