My favorite saying in the world?
“People will wish you all the happiness/luck in the world. Then talk shit about you when you get it.”
Ok, I may have paraphrased or whatever, but you get the point.
Growing up I was always the athletic kid with a fast metabolism who could eat whatever and stay in shape. But as an adult, I got lazy, the metabolism slowed down and let’s just say that while round may be a shape, it’s not one I like on myself.
I’ve gained about 20 pounds since I got out of college. Most people look at me and say “there’s no way” well you don’t see me naked, trust me there’s a way.
That 20 crept up on me slowly over the past 5 years and I kept making up excuses as to why it happened and that I was ok with it (even though I wasn’t) but I never did anything to change it. Until finally I got sick of looking at myself naked and realized that I had to get off my ass and do something about it…NOW
That was January. Since then I have struggled, fought with and hated myself for waking up at 7am to go run, going to the gym after work everyday and not letting myself drink soda or have doughnuts…
But now, after 6 months of torturing workouts and learning how to eat the right way, I’ve lost 18 pounds and I’m DAMN proud of that. I’ve worked my ass off (literally) with a trainer, taken up boxing lessons, and started training for a 10k.
I’m not gonna lie and say it’s easy, its hard as hell and I still struggle with getting my butt out of bed every single day to go do my training. But I feel better than I ever have before, and I’m not scared to see myself naked anymore.
And I can’t stand it when people try to make me feel inferior because I’ve decided to change myself for the better to be healthier.
Just be happy for me or shut the fuck up. Don’t talk shit because I got off my butt and changed something for myself “People will wish you all the happiness/luck in the world. Then talk shit about you when you get it.”
I’ve come to realize they only do that because they wish they were brave enough to do what you did but are to chicken shit to actually do it. The old “Better to never try than to try and fail” motto.
Guess what? Hate on me all you want, you still won’t be as brave as I am for deciding to make that change…unless you get up too.
