Is your sole purpose for exercising is to lose weight? Does this take the joy out of fitness for you? If the answer is yes, you may want to consider separating working out from weight loss. Today we’re talking with Louise Green, founder of the fitness brand Big Fit Girl. For over a decade she has forged a career as a plus-size personal trainer, global fitness coach, fitness activist and author who is changing the narrative and the idealistic standards of our fitness culture. In this episode, we’ll talk about how the pursuit of weight loss can interfere with wellbeing, ways to measure success that don’t involve the scale, why the “no pain, no gain” mentality is problematic, and how to make fitness fun again. Find the full post over at foodheavenmadeeasy.com Produced by Dear Media See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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