Grrrr!!!
So, today I’m feeling a bit discouraged… and I think anyone on here can relate!! I’ve realized that noone close to me understands why I want to take on such a fit lifestyle. It seems America has turned eating terribly into the norm, and eating clean is considered "disordered eating"!! A friend of mine asked me why I wanted to eat egg whites and oatmeal and veggies… and then proceeded to tell me I have a poor body image and should consider "getting some help" for it… I wanted to be like, WHAT?! Eating clean isn’t about trying to be skinny like a model! It’s about putting the right nutrients into your body so that you can be as healthy as possible!!! It’s about eating 6 times a day - just smaller meals - how is that starving yourself?! Being a Fitness/Wellness major, this has got to be the most frustrating thing…. to hear your friends tell you that eating "normal" is eating pizza, and burgers, and french fries, and enjoying your food until you’re full…. and eating "clean" is bad, and obsessive, and going too far to look good…. AHHH!!! What has America done?!
So, needless to say…. I’m frustrated. I haven’t even gotten started on a perfectly clean diet, and I’m already annoyed! But it isn’t about them, it’s about me. I just wish at least one or two of my friends understood so that I could get some support…. Not to mention my parents! I mean, Mom’s great - she obviously wants to support everything I do - but she just kind of laughs at me! And my stepdad is another story…. he’s a big man - and about two years away from a heart attack…. and all he does is try to make me eat bad with him. And yanno what? Sometimes I give in….. I can’t lie, I enjoy the bad foods! Who doesn’t?! But I just wish they could understand the importance of eating well and being active. Yikes. Seeing my stepdad eat and eat and eat and laugh about it, fully knowing how close he is to a severe heart attack breaks my heart 
And he thinks what I’m doing is silly?
Anyway… I’m just frustrated!!!
I must be going, I need to continue to guzzle my gallon of water and hopefully make it to the gym today… To all of you on here sweating your butts off so that you can be healthy and fit and live long - You are all amazing, and an inspiration… I’m just glad I’ve found BodySpace, seeing as it’s the only support I have right now!!! 
Until next time…
November 19, 2006 at 8:57 am
I totally understand what your saying girl! My family was appalled when I told them that I really wanted to get bigger and compete in a bodybuilding competition when I was younger. They still don’t understand what my facination is with being healthy and fit and wanting to look the best that I can.
My advice is to do what YOU think is right. Sounds like you’re making great decisions about your body and I hope to see you on that stage this spring!
November 19, 2006 at 9:07 am
Yeah I think we can all relate to the feeling of nobody understanding why we eat the way we do. Ill admit Ive slacked on my diet lately but eating clean all the time is impossible. Good luck though with everything seems as though you seem to have everything in order, and like cc said it’s all about what YOU want to do and nobody else
November 19, 2006 at 9:07 am
"…and then proceeded to tell me I have a poor body image and should consider "getting some help" for it" -
This type of comment is very common. I was just talking to someone about it yesterday.
As you might guess I talk with a lot of girls who have taken on a healthy lifestyle as we think of it. And I hear them relate the same story over and over about friends, family members, spouses, boyfriends being really put off by it, worried that you have an eating disorder and even saying therapy is needed.
Typically I find that these critics are overweight, out of shape people who are more concerned about getting a really close parking space to the mall entrance or at the fried chicken fast food outlet. They have their own issues and group together in a herd mentality to put you down because of their own failures to take command of their life and body.
Only by your example of being a better person will they ever see what you are talking about. So don’t be argumentative or confrontational. Just be you and the people that have the character to keep up will still be in your life. And you will find many new friends who "get it".
November 19, 2006 at 9:32 am
I think everyone here will agree with you on your views… everyone would be a lot healthier and happier if they spent more time listening to what you have to say and less trying to convince you to eat/live like them.
And giving in every once and a while isn’t a bad thing.. it just means you are human =)
August 9, 2007 at 7:59 am
i feel the same way, i am trying to get a six pack any idea how or what exercises i have to do to get that?