A sad sight…
There is a mother-son duo that I first saw at my gym about 2-3 years ago. The mother looked to be in her mid-late 40’s, and the son about 9 or 10 years old at the time. Both were overweight by about 40+lbs each, and I saw them working out weekly…I actually looked forward to seeing the changes they would make…it was touching to see them, mother and son as workout partners…definitely not the norm, so it makes you take notice…I thought it was so inspiring that the mother was taking the time to teach her son the right way to stay healthy, starting early with him, setting a good example by working alongside him and guiding him…they always used the nautilus machines, never the weight room, and they would spend some time doing cardio as well…after seeing them working out a few times I almost went over to the mom one day to give her kudos, just to say I thought it was awesome that she was working out with her son…that’s how impressed I was…I never did though, and stopped going to the gym at the same time as them, and I hadn’t seem them for over a year and a half or so, until yesterday…
I noticed two people walking away from the nautilus area, and thought for a second that they kinda looked familiar to me…then it clicked…it was the mother and son!…OMG both of them looked like they added about 25 lbs or more of fat to their already overweight bodies…they looked more round, definitely have not progressed at all by working out….OH No no no!!..what are they DOING I thought…they are going the WRONG way with this…I felt so sad for them, knowing that obviously mom isn’t teaching her son about proper nutrition, which is so important in getting healthy…aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghh!!
July 14, 2009 at 4:48 pm
eating and food is at least 70% of it….and most people really don’t get that. It is sad….i see so many people at home that go to my hometown gym that year after year their physiques don’t change at all….:(
July 14, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Oh no! I was hoping you were going to say they lost so much weight. That’s a shame that they made the work that much harder for themselves.
And moreso, it’s a shame the mother isn’t giving her son healthy food to eat or monitoring the amount he eats.
July 14, 2009 at 4:59 pm
they seriously look as though they are hitting a McDonald’s or some other kind of fast food place on the way home from working out…it KILLS me!
July 14, 2009 at 5:09 pm
It’s sad. It is MY responsibility to monitor and feed my daughter healthy foods–not her school, or her grandparent’s, but mine. That woman’s son misses out on so much socially and physcially. And imagine to social toll it takes on him. It is terribly, terribly sad.
July 14, 2009 at 5:39 pm
That breaks my heart! Just like it did yours, but you are angry at the same time!!! Geez…I always tell my fiance when I see overweight kids that our kid(s) (only have one right now) won’t get like that. I still have a ways to go to get to my ultimate goal, but I am doing work. Granted, there may be something genetic with some kids that I see, but when you see the parents overweight like that, you can almost be sure its laziness. How sad again…