I’M A PLUS-SIZED FITNESS INSTRUCTOR
WOMAN'S OWN|August 01, 2022
Becky Scott, 40, explains how she’s finally learnt to love her body
MOIRA HOLDEN
I’M A PLUS-SIZED FITNESS INSTRUCTOR

Squeezing into a pair of shorts, my cheeks burned. I was 12 and in a bid to get out of cross country, I’d fibbed to the teacher I’d forgotten my kit. But when the first runner came home, the teacher ordered me to change into their kit and run the course.

Larger than most children my age, the borrowed shorts and vest, already sweaty and dirty, was ridiculously tight. I’ve never forgotten that humiliation.

Exercising to music, though, was a complete contrast – the movement filled me with joy. So, while I hated PE lessons at school, I loved my dancing classes.

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