WHEN Y'ALL SEE HEALTHY/FIT/THIN PEOPLE DOES IT INSPIRE YOU OR INTIMIDATE YOU OR JUST PISS YOU OFF? lol IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE SETTING I WAS AT THE GYM AND (remember BAD knee) AND I WAS DOIN INTERVALS OF 5MPH FOR 1 MINUTE AND I WAS SO PROUD AND FELT LIKE KING KONG ON COCAINE THEN THIS PROBABLY 70 YEAR OLD 100 POUND 4 FT 11 ORIENTAL LADY GOT ON AND STARTED RUNNING AT 7MPH AND SHE DID IT FOR 30 MINUTES I TELL YA I FELT LIKE A BIG OLE LOSER! OF COURSE NOW I'VE LET MYSELF GET WAY OUT OF SHAPE AND I'D KILL TO BE ABLE TO DO A 5MPH MINUTE. ..... HUMANS JUST CANT SEEM TO BE HAPPY WITH WHAT WE HAVE CAN WE!? I USED TO FEEL ASHAMED IN THE GYM WHEN I WAS AT MY HEAVIEST SO I MOSTLY WORKED OUT AT HOME TO DVDS EVEN WHEN I PAID FOR A GYM MEMBERSHIP. I'M PRETTY MUCH OVER BEIN BOTHERED BY THE PHYSICAL APPEARENCE BUT I HATE IT WHEN SOMEONE OUTDOES ME THAT IS BIGGER THAN ME AND I USE THAT TO PUSH MYSELF. BEING HEAVY DOESNT MEAN YOU AREN'T FIT SOME BIG PEOPLE ARE ATHLETIC ROCK STARS. I TRY TO CHANNEL MY ENVY/ANGST INTO POSITIVE ACTION. IF YOU SEE A REALLY FIT PERSON DONT BE AFRAID TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY DO (NOT WHILE THEY'RE WORKING OUT!) MOST PEOPLE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE SOMEONE TO TALK TO.
AND PART OF THE PROBLEM IS WE COMPARE/COMPETE WITH EVERYONE. SOME PEOPLE ARE GIFTED PHYSICALLY, SOME MENTALLY, SOME SPIRITUALLY, SOME ARTISTICALLY...........SO COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING NOT ALL ARE CREATED EQUAL. YET WE PERSIST IN HOLDING OURSELVES UP TO AN UNREALISTIC STANDARD. THOSE REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES/SKINNY BITCH POSTS BOTHER ME BECAUSE ALL WOMEN ARE "REAL" WOMEN. MAYHAPS THAT SKINNY BITCH IS BULLEMIC OR HAD/HAS AN ILLNESS. MAYHAPS SHE SIMPLY HAS NO FOOD, JUST AS THAT FAT BITCH HAS A THYROID PROBLEM OR MEDS THAT MAKE HER GAIN WEIGHT. SAME FOR GUYS THOUGH MEN GET MORE OF A PASS, AT LEAST STRAIGHT MEN DO. GAY MEN ARE BRUTAL WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT AND AGE ISSUES. SO DONT THINK WOMEN BEAR THE BRUNT OF IT.
THIS IS KINDA THE SAME THING IN REVERSE, YES TANTUM CHANNING IS AN IMPOSSIBLE STANDARD TO LIVE UP TO FOR THE VAST MAJORITY BUT HE IS GENETICALLY GIFTED AND HE WORKS OUT ALL THE TIME AND EATS RIGHT TOO.
AND SOME AWESOME THOUGHTS FROM THE BIGGEST SEX SYMBOL EVER, MARILYN
AS FAR AS MY EATING TODAY WAS AVERAGE:
CHEESE PUFFS
REESE CUP (OF COURSE lol)
CHICKEN BREAST
BOLOGNA
PEANUTS
SAUSAGE
CHICKEN BREAST (again)
SCRAMBLED EGGS
AMERICAN CHEESE
I'm sure when people have personal trainers and chefs and don't have to work 9-5, it's easy for them to look great! But the average person who has to work, take care of home & family, do all the cooking & cleaning & shopping, it's a bit tougher.
ReplyDeleteI miss going to the gym (I let my membership lapse for a while) there were the occasional Channing Tatums there, but more average people than not. Always good people watching, tho!
I go back and forth between being motivated by the thin athletic type and being near down and depressed. It really does depend on my mood!! That said I try to remind myself that I don't know the story behind that thin grandma who is flying by me at warp speed while I run at a snails pace!!!
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