Once people ask what I do, I hear it all the time. You hear it all the time. People are talking about it all the time: "If only I could get rid of this." I'm not sure if this is where I am supposed to put my trainer's cap on and switch the conversation from social to clinical, or if they just want to vent about how unhappy they are with their body. And then when I try to empathize, I usually get a disgusted response like, "yeah right, like you have anything to worry about." You guys know that I have to work at my health just like everybody else. The underlying theme here is that I do work at my health. If you don't, you simply won't be healthy.
Then another woman joins in the conversation and it escalates from there. They feed off each other, pointing out their flaws and listing their busy schedules. If they are sincerely as annoyed with their shape as they say they are, why not start on the long road toward recovery?
It's like some sort of weird sorority and to be a part of it you have to have issues with your body. You have to beat yourselves up together. You have to complain about yourself incessantly. Do you have girlfriends like this? The people that you surround yourself with have a huge influence on you. Rise above, sister. Change the topic, change the negativity and even (dare I say), change the friends. Leave the life-suckers behind and start your journey. When the sorority comes back around know that you are in control and in the process of making changes.
The helpless feeling of being stuck in a situation and not having the power to get out scares me. If I find myself in an unhappy place, I am all about finding a solution and taking immediate action. Even if the action produces slow results, the mere thought that I have begun the journey empowers me and lightens my load. I can control my life, so I do.
Then another woman joins in the conversation and it escalates from there. They feed off each other, pointing out their flaws and listing their busy schedules. If they are sincerely as annoyed with their shape as they say they are, why not start on the long road toward recovery?
It's like some sort of weird sorority and to be a part of it you have to have issues with your body. You have to beat yourselves up together. You have to complain about yourself incessantly. Do you have girlfriends like this? The people that you surround yourself with have a huge influence on you. Rise above, sister. Change the topic, change the negativity and even (dare I say), change the friends. Leave the life-suckers behind and start your journey. When the sorority comes back around know that you are in control and in the process of making changes.
The helpless feeling of being stuck in a situation and not having the power to get out scares me. If I find myself in an unhappy place, I am all about finding a solution and taking immediate action. Even if the action produces slow results, the mere thought that I have begun the journey empowers me and lightens my load. I can control my life, so I do.
