Most people will support you in your efforts to become fitter and healthier. You will have likely have had great results, and with this comes great momentum and you will automatically be feeling much better.
Now and again though, you will have the odd person that tries to put you off and bring you down, usually down to their own unhappiness and lack of direction in their own life.
A rude comment here and there can ruin a good mood. Don’t take it personally though as rude comments usually say more about the person making them than you.
Here are some of the comments I hear off people I train that were said to them over the years.
“Why do you have to train so seriously”
“You are so lucky to be in good shape”
“I don’t know how you stay so disciplined”
“Why can’t you just enjoy life more and forget about your training”
“You have lost too much weight, isn’t it time now you gave it up?”
“If you train that hard all the time, you will end up looking like a man”
“It’s not healthy to eat well all the time!”
“I can’t wait for you to stop training and eating healthy so you’re “normal” again!”
“Once you stop training, all the muscle will turn to fat”!
“You lost all your boobs when you lost weight””
“Why don’t you just walk a dog like most people do”
“You are obsessed, all this exercising can’t be good!
“A week or two from the gym isn’t going to kill you!”
How many of these statements from so called friends or work colleagues are supportive and positive? None of them of course!!
If you let negative people get under your skin like this, then you won’t keep on being successful like you are.
Use negativity and harsh comments as the fuel that’s going to drive you on further and further to new heights! Appreciate the progress you have made, and think of the positivity that has brought into your life.
You aren’t striving to meet the standards that others set for you, it’s all about you creating your OWN standards, and never allowing others stop you achieving what you have set out to do!!
Eat and drink a bit of what you fancy now and again, it’s never going to hurt and keeps you mentally fresh, as long as most of what you eat and drink is good normally.
Have a day off here and there from the gym when you feel you need it, this will freshen you up at times too.
Only do this though when YOU feel like it, and never feel the need to conform to others’ expectations just to fit in!!
Expect the odd bit of negativity now and again, but always look at the person saying it in the first place and their motives, and appreciate where YOU are right now and how far you have come.
