I have a membership at my local gym and I just started going again. A couple of days ago I over heard some of the guys I went to high school with comment on the way I was working out. I have never been a very fit person and working out is not my favorite thing to do. So when I’m in the gym and i’m making an effort at changing my life it hurts to hear some of the comments I heard. One comment was made about the incline on the elliptical not being high enough and that I shouldn’t be sweating as much as I was because the god damn thing was almost touching the ground.
Another thing, Someone showed me an easier way to do pushups, which is on the ball. They were saying shit about that too. Snickering and taunting me. Man I felt like I was in high school all over again. I just wanted to crawl in my little corner again. So I got discouraged and left.
I have not been back to the gym since that happened and I would be a liar if I said that wasn’t the reason why. I’m just so angry and in a way I’m letting them win by not going. I just don’t want to relive my high school years all over again. They were my nightmare years. I don’t know why I let it bother me so much. I don’t know why I let them hurt me again.
I wish I could take what they said and use it as fuel to my fire. But i’m afraid if I go back and hear them talking shit again It will put me right back in the mood i’m in now.