Am I a Fitness Snob?
Yesterday my honey had the day off from work so we decided to take a little shopping trip to town. I wanted to pick a couple of things up from MC Sports and she likes to go and check out the clothes there.
We had a pretty good day…spent too much money but all in all it was a nice afternoon. On the way back home though, and out of the clear blue sky my wife turns to me and says, "You know what?" "Your a fitness snob!" WTF!! "A fitness snob??" I kind of chuckled and ask her what would make her say that.
"Well," she explained, "We were hardly 2 blocks from home and you saw that guy sitting on his porch drinking a beer, remember?"
"Yes"
"Well after you saw him you went on for 5 or 10 minutes about how fat and unhealthy he was and how all he probably did was sit on his fat ass and drink beer all day and then moan and groan all night about how shitty he feels." "And instead of bitching he should toss that bottle and get up and exercise."
"So" "He was fat and unhealthy!"
"So from there you started going on about how you used to tell your mom how she should throw those damn smokes away and start walking even if it was just to the mailbox each day and how she never would…..and how all my dad does is bitch about how bad he feels because he’s had a couple of heart attacks yet all he does is sit on his fat ass and chew his nasty ass tobacco all day."
"What’s your point?"
"Well my point is," she explained, "That you are in great shape which is really fantastic….I’m glad your fit and healthy but you look down your nose at those who don’t follow your lifestyle!"
Since that conversation I have been considering that question…..Am I a Fitness Snob???
Well I would like to think I’m not any kind of snob cause Lord knows I have many faults but after thinking about it I guess I could come off looking that way.
I really don’t mean to it just that I believe in being physically fit and I think everyone owes it to themselves to do the same.
I mean we only have one life why would you want to live it in pain and misery or have it shortend by disease. If you do that aren’t you denying your loved ones a chance to spend quality time with you. I mean I don’t want my loved ones to remember my final days in a hospital in extreme pain so drugged up that I didn’t even recognize them. What kind of memory would that be?? Not a very good one and I’m speaking from experience.
I know it may not sound like it to some people but in reality I say stuff like I did yesterday because I’m concerned. I really don’t want anyone to be unhealthy and it pains me to see people throwing their lives away when there is a better way….a healthier way. It’s just so frustrating to me at times….I just want to grab someone and knock some sense into them…so to speak.
Now I know why Richard Simmons is always crying and hugging people…..I used to think it was just hormones!! LOL!
August 25, 2007 at 9:06 am
LOL @ Richard Simmons! I find myself doing the same thing. It saddens me with I see a grandmother, mother, father, etc. with a child and can’t play because they are just trying to catch their breath walking. Or kids who can’t play or run because of extra weight. I almost feel like a fitness evangelist sometimes when I am talking to people who ask about what I’m doing. LOL. Because sometimes I really can’t believe how much better I feel.
August 25, 2007 at 9:10 am
Yup, face it, ….we are, Bryan. But I love every minute of it.
August 25, 2007 at 11:43 am
It is hard though to see people around you that you know can live better or get a little healthier and they don’t do anything about it. It’s hard for me to see my mom tired ALL the time. She doesn’t move at all unless she has to so when she does move it really tires her out. It’s even harder for me with my son. He is about 10-15 lbs overweight which for a 9 yr old is a lot. He says he wants to get healthy like mommy is trying to do but he argues with me constantly over wanting seconds or deserts. I keep hoping if I can get healthy then they might try harder. I don’t know.
August 25, 2007 at 11:54 am
Oh wow…the place I could go with this one!
Brian, you are passionate about fitness and it’s human nature to want to share what we are passionate about with others be it religion, politics, lifestyle whatever!
This said, it shouldn’t keep you up at night what others choose to do with their lives (within reason) but I think that a certain level of zeal regarding your recent ‘epiphany’ about health and lifestyle change is normal.
oh, wow….I may have to blog abput this one to get it all out LOL
see what ya gone an done! haha
August 25, 2007 at 11:55 am
BTW I was cleerlee never a gud speler LOL