Too skinny rant…
Ok I know we all have our rants, I have a lot, but I am still adjusting my life to not care about what everyone else has to say, and caring about what I think. In the meantime, I have had a lot of people lately who have been trying to tempt me with really bad foods and when I respond, "oh, thanks, but no." They say, "oooh, you don’t like chocolate cake?" Well, hell yea I like chocolate cake, but not on my @ss! So I politely say, "I’m just trying to lose a little fat, that’s all." The response is the same everytime. "Are you anorexic? You are too skinny already…you don’t need to lose any weight." Come again? Did I say anything about weight? I thought I said fat? I did, I’m sure of it. But then it becomes some 20 minute discussion where I tell people that I am interested in figure competitions and to do them your body fat has to be low, blah, blah, blah….we all know the conversation. So what’s a girl to do? I had one girl who tried to get me to eat doughnuts with her, we had the talk about my goals, and later she saw me eat a meal, 3 hours after my previous meal. She shook her finger at me and said, "how do you expect to lose that FAT if you eat all the time?" WTF!!!! Can people not mind their own business? I just don’t understand why the fat pushers are always trying to bring down the little people. I read someone else’s blog recently, she said that people made fun of her for being fit, because its easier than calling a fat person fat! I know the feeling. I get called all kinds of names, get told I push too much in the gym, and that I should eat some cake. Whatever! One girl, at a party, told me that a six pack wasn’t attractive on a female, and that I should regain some fat because curves are sexy. That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Be fat, like the rest of us! Your abs are intimidating me, and I can’t stand that we are all drunk, and you are drinking water….that’s what I heard her say, anyways.
May 5, 2007 at 7:19 am
I hear ya! It sucks that people don’t understand healthy living and fitness better. My girlfriend has lost 4 pant sizes since we started lifting at the beginning of the year, but has only lost about 5lbs in that time. Her mom is always saying "You’re losing too much weight!" assuming that because she’s getting slimmer she’s losing good weight. It’s kinda pathetic in a way that so few people understand how the body they live in their whole life really works.
Keep it up, you’re lookin great!
May 5, 2007 at 7:19 am
LoL. So true. My husband’s grandmother is the worst. She is obsessed with making desserts, cakes, cookies, and whipped topping/sugar/buttery junk & feeding it to the masses. When you refuse, the guilt trips begin and last throughout the entire meal. It actually got to a point where I told her that I’m diabetic…bad I know.
I agree whole-heartedly…the world has a problem with you succeeding because they are so unhappy with themselves. Just keep up the good work
You have an amazing body.
May 5, 2007 at 7:42 am
Thats happen to me too- people keep saying oh your on a diet- then they keep offering me soda or cake over and over again- when i bring healthy food , they say that looks gross or oh diet food. If i say no all the time i feel like im being a jerk. It feel like a lonely road sometimes.
May 5, 2007 at 8:39 pm
Man I LOVE a good rant! I say forget those people. You keep doing what your doing. And as far a 6 pack not being "attractive" on a girl…… Wrong!
Keep at it!
DJ
May 7, 2007 at 8:09 am
GIRL i totally feel you, and you know it kinda goes the same way for people that are overweight but really healthy and fit in cardio vascular wise. My fiance is a body builder and lean, i am very muscular with a lot of fat… But you know what because i look fat dont mean i am un healthy!!! I out do alot of skinny girl in cardio and weight lifting. But any who I tell them how i want to have a six pack and all and they are always like you will look like a man, how can you lose weight eatting 6 meals a day. I just hand them an old oxygen magazine and tell them to read.. I am so tired of explaining my self!!!
May 7, 2007 at 8:09 am
Thank you so much! I’ve just started training for a figure competition, and even my closest friends are trying to bring me down. I had a friend bring me a package of Zingers the other day–the kind she knows are my favorite (despite the fact I haven’t touched Zingers in years). She makes comments like "I figured you wouldn’t eat them since you’re not eating food anymore…" as if I am starving myself, despite the fact that I eat at least six times a day! So thank you so much for your rant; lets me know I’m not alone and that I’m on the right track. I know it’s only going to get harder as I get more fit, but I’m prepared for the comments and will probably end up cutting out the people who refuse to be supportive. Keep up the good work!