"Working out because you are single". Oh, now that is a new one.
I have had comments such as, "You work out because you don't want to get fat" {me: "true"}; "You work out because you don't want to have kids" {me: "you mean I could have saved thousands upon thousands of dollars on birth control all these years with a simple aerobic step and dumbbell? They didn't teach me that in Health Class."}; "You work out because you are avoiding something else in life." {me: "yes, a heart attack"}
And the list goes on and on. I also get comments on the fact I truly enjoy fruits and vegetables. I grab produce and nuts as snacks. I also don't gourd myself on fatty, heavy meals and bloat myself into oblivion like most of the commentors. After a meal, I feel satisfied while they are all complaining about how much they ate and how they need to start a diet. And don't get me started on the fact my favorite drink is water. I live in the extremely HOT desert and an ice cold water is just so refreshing. And guess what? I don't burp after water (like pop), I don't bloat after water (like milk) and I don't 'crash' after water (like sugary fruit juices).
And if working out 1-2 hours a day makes you obsessed with working out, I guess that means I am also obsessed with hygeine (about 1 hour per day in showering, washing hands, brushing teeth, nightly ritual, blow drying, etc), I'm obsessed with peeing (you know, after all that water I am peeing like crazy), sleeping (I'm really obsessed with that - like 8 hours obsessed), driving (getting around town takes awhile for us obsessed folks), talking (ok....that may be a real issue with me. I *do* like to talk), working (well, I am obsessed with getting paid), and sex....oh my!
And I guess that makes the rude commentors obsessed with eating (the minute they arrive to work, they discuss what is for lunch, what they had for breakfast, what they had last night for dinner, what they binged on last night in bed, what they will have for dinner tonight, etc.), they are obsessed with dieting (that is all they ever talk about - how they are fat, how they need to start a diet, how they are bloated, how they will start an excercise program...tomorrow, etc.), they are obsessed with TV (all-day talk about what was on TV last night), and obsessed with ailments (I know too much about every single person's health.)
Sorry - I had to vent also because this is also an issue with me that I just don't understand. No one mentions how my boyfriend is "obsessed" with working out - is it just to us ladies? I couldn't get away with comments such as "you are nuts for sitting on your a$$ all day and doing nothing" (they tell me I am nuts for working out most days of the week) or "Oh Brother.....here is Suzy and her obsession with her favorite food - BUTTER - all together now, 'ewwww'". (they tell me I am obsessed with my favorite food - berries - ew!). And why is it OK for them to say "you don't need to eat fruit, you are already skinny." when I can't say, "You don't need to eat that twinkie - you are already fat."
And I get it from my family! Do you know how much time we drive around for a "front spot" because they can't walk a few hundred feet to a store? Or how all vacations/visits involve doing nothing because they can't walk a block? (it isn't to have a lounging/restfull vacation, it is an 'I don't take more than 100 steps per day and therefore can't walk visit). And how much I have to hear about their weight and obviously lifestyle-related ailments. Yet I am the one they comment on.
I have been the same weight since my last growth spurt (other than pregnancy) and they say, with disgust, "you are as skinny now as you were in high school." Like it is a bad thing.
Ok, I better end it here. I am feeling snarky. But seriously, what do they care what I do? It isn't like I start exercising during a work meeting or out at a movie or on the phone with them.
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