lisaannjam
Cathlete
I am curious to know if this has ever happened to anyone else, knowing you are all fitness enthusiastes out there...I started really getting into daily, intense, exercise about ten years ago when I went through a painful divorce. I started going to the gym every night when I got home from work because I hated coming home to an empty house. I got in shape and gained a new self confidence, which was a great thing. Unfortunately, I lost my best friend of over ten years because of it. See, we used to sit on our lawn chairs in our backyards and eat donuts and say we wanted to get in shape, but never did anything about it. Well, when I went through my transformation, my best friend really got upset with me. And believe me, I didn't talk about the gym with her or anything like that. I knew she wasn't into it. But, I could see she was actually annoyed with me for looking good. She would tell me so and make snide comments. This hurt so much and it was so UNLIKE her to behave that way. We were so close and I would have never, ever have expected this from her. After some time, I just lost her completely. I know intellectually that it's really her issue with herself. But, I still cannot believe that I lost her when I needed her the most. You see it was always she that had some kind of turmoil going on and I was always happy to help in any way that I could. I feel that exercise has brought so much good to my life mentally, physically and spiritually. Heck it's even my occupation now. It was so sad for me. Can anyone relate?:-( :-(