# Female Dopers: Ever heard of Stumptuous?

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**Created:** [April 1, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-ever-heard-of-stumptuous/617522 "2012-04-01T23:18:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![BTEzra04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-ever-heard-of-stumptuous/617522/1 "2012-04-01T23:18:39Z")

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It’s a great website:

[http://www.stumptuous.com/](http://www.stumptuous.com/)

I come back to it every now and then, but I thought I’d share it. It’s a great site for learning about exercise and learning to love yourself. Largely promotes getting women into weight lifting and eating a certain way, but I swear the rants themselves are worth it. They helped me through some rougher times and fights with body image.

One line in particular I try to keep in my head, from another reader of the site:  
“I can make up any story I want about it, but stories are bullshit: I can be a warrior, or I can be a victim. For the warrior, no excuses; for the victim, only excuses.”

I feel like it fits in a lot of situations in life.

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**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-ever-heard-of-stumptuous/617522/2 "2012-04-02T12:18:18Z")

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Love Krista! She was my coach when I did the Lean Eating program through Precision Nutrition. I like to read her food mag, Spezzatino, too.

OK, that sounded like an ad, but she really does kick ass. 🙂

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**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2012, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/female-dopers-ever-heard-of-stumptuous/617522/3 "2012-04-04T12:24:02Z")

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I’ve read her stuff more than a few times; it was particularly inspirational at one point when I was trying to get back in shape after not taking good care of myself. I do like it as a starting point for folks that are afraid of the idea of lifting heavy weight or doing a strength training program; it’s especially aimed toward women who fear “getting huge” from lifting weights.

Something similar essay-wise is a book called “Healthy At Any Size”. I’ve borrowed it from a friend recently; the author talks about many of the pitfalls of how women (and humans in general) trap themselves into unrealistic ideas about their bodies and lives. Things like “When I lose [insert weight here] pounds, I’ll go [do or acquire something awesome]” when those things are doable or obtainable at their current weight. It goes beyond that, though, and tackles a lot of the disordered thinking that many folks have about their bodies and whether it’s a moral judgment on their lives.