In the past, I have mentioned an older gentleman at the gym
who gives bad advice, and when I say gives bad advice, I really mean he’s rude.
For about 3 months, every time he saw me, he would tell me to stop lifting so
much heavy weight. Then he would say something about how girls should be
working out. Each time I would tell him why I do what I do and how it has
worked for me.
I would literally say, “Well, I’ve lost 100 pounds…..110
pounds…..120 pounds….” This old guy would not even bat an eye at that. He would
just keep rambling about what he does and I should be listening to him. I
finally got to the point that I would look at the floor when I passed him in
the gym or just ignore him.
On Monday he got me. He walked up while I was in the middle
of a set. There was no where I could go to get away at that point. I took out
my ear bud and waited for him to tell me that I was lifting too much weight,
blah, blah, blah…..
Well, I was wrong. He busts out with, “So how much have you
lost now? You look great.”
I let him know that I’m pushing 130 pounds of weight gone
forever. He gets a surprised look on his face and says that I’m doing a great
job and that lifting is a great way to cut down the fat. I said thanks and got
back to work.
I was very confused though. This is the same dude that has
demanded that I lift light weight and do like a million reps, this is the guy
that told me I would get bulky, this is the old dude that thinks he’s a body
builder, and this is the guy that I’ve been avoiding for the better part of 6
months now! What was going on here? Why the sudden change in his attitude about
me lifting weights? I think I know what has happened. He doesn’t recognize me
each time he sees me. He thinks I’m someone new because I constantly lose
weight.
Ok, not really, but it was nice to hear that he is coming
around. He is more receptive to what I’ve been doing. I mean, he can’t argue at
this point. I didn’t lose almost 130 pounds by lifting 5 pound weights and
taking leisurely walks.
I also had another random encounter with someone that I used
to hang out with. This happened on Tuesday morning. I was in a rush to get to
work, but I had to get gas (or I wasn’t gonna get to work!) I hurried into Speedway and was scrambling
to pump gas as quickly as possible. Behind me, I hear someone say, “Excuse me,
but isn’t your name Sarah?” I start thinking, great, I don’t have time to talk
to anyone, dammit!
I turned around and I recognized the girl, so I say, “Yea,
hey, how is you?” She just starts telling me that she was staring at me and she
knew it had to be me because she recognized me car. We caught up for just a
second and she was trying to get as much info from me as possible. I tell her
that I work out like 6 days a week and she’s like, “Yea ya do! Look at the
shape of your legs!” It made me smile. Then she turned to a woman at another
pump and is like, “I didn’t even recognize her. She’s so small.”
So, I’m loving all the compliments lately. I don’t like to
brag to people face to face, so I leave it to my blog. I figure, my blog, I can
say what I want and I want to talk about myself!
