'Don't I look like I exercise?' '...Erm well I don't wanna be rude but...'
The above is a conversation I had with a distant guy friend.
Me: 'Don't I look like I exercise?'
Him: '...Erm well I don't wanna be rude but...'
WELL YOU OFFENDED ME BRUV.
I half feel like I was asking for it by 'pretending' to be fit but the thing is just because I don't have abs and am not skinny it doesn't mean I don't exercise. And if I'm true to myself I'm not actually that fit or rather as fit as I could be because I go through phases where I exercise 5 times a week and then it slows down to once a week but who is he to judge how fit I am from my body?!
I tried to shrug it off because I'm trying to be one of those people who doesn't give a shit but I think because it was a very direct weight-related comment I'm gonna remember it for a long time. It hasn't triggered me to binge which is good. I'm trying to channel my shock and offense into getting fitter - this would definitely show him up and prove him wrong and would be good for myself in many ways. Perhaps this is something I missed in life in terms of motivation: I went to a girl's school and no-one would ever make a comment like that on weight. Perhaps if I went to a mixed school I would have faced this kind of thing and it would have buffered my diet and exercise in a good way. In a similar way if I fancied someone in my class in this hypothetical situation I probably would think more about eating healthily but in a good( ?) way as opposed to in an obsessive way.
Anyway it will be interesting to see how my thoughts affecting that comment change over time - either I will forget, which is good because I don't want to hold on to negativity or stupid comments as I am too mature to let little things affect me; or I will remember and channel my feelings into getting fitter.
Also I went for a 45 min jog today :)
