チェルシー・ルーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (チェルシー・ルーズInstagram)「My story begins when I was 13. Part 1. I had already been climbing for 2 years and participated in 2 Youth National Championships + qualified for the US Team for the first time. I had never been really good at anything prior to climbing and nothing struck my fancy like climbing had. I had the unwavering support of both of my parents in my climbing journey growing up. That’s why my dad had set up a coaching session or two with 2 well known coaches from Colorado who were visiting Atlanta for some coaching gigs. Honestly I do not remember the climbing sessions themselves with these coaches. The ONLY thing I remember about these sessions is that my body composition was analyzed using skin fold calipers, otherwise known as fat calipers. Apparently I had an undesirable fat distribution that was hindering my climbing and “if you could lose this then you’d be even better of a climber.” Prior to that experience I never viewed my body through a critical lens, but suddenly I did. “Omg, I have a fat back, and look at my thighs. And wait, my arms don’t look like the arms of the really strong climbers. Even my face looks fat.” Unfortunately this critical lens has followed me around ever since; 21 years later it’s still with me. It was at that moment that I began to restrict my intake of food. After all, I wanted to look like the females who were in the older age divisions who were winning National Championships, X-Games and World Cup events. They were small and seemingly had very little body fat; something I was told I needed to aspire to. I’m lucky that my mom took notice of me cutting down my dietary intake, while simultaneously noticing that these other girls I looked up to were extremely tiny. She put two and two together and immediately things around the house got more strict. I had to write reports on nutrition books that mom would make me read, and I had to make sure I ate properly & enough before my dad would drive me to the climbing gym for youth team practice. My experience with disordered eating ended there...at least until I was 17, fresh outta highschool + spreading my wings to Europe for 2.5 months to compete in the World Cup. Photo desc in comments」2月7日 8時28分