"You're over doing it" - WTH!!! (Page 2)

Talk about my training????  Guilty as charged.

Don't boast, but it comes up in conversation. When asked "What did ya do this weekend?",  I answer honestly.  Not gonna make up stuff about about the NBA game I didn't watch or the bar I didn't go to. If I tell you I rode a century or ran 10 miles & you think that's "overdoing it", pardon me if I beg to differ.  And when my doc (of 20+ yrs) asks why my total cholesterol is only 131, my LDL is 59, my BMI is "only" 23 & resting HR is 48 (on NO beta blocker), he deserves a straight answer.  I run/bike/swim A LOT (by community standards).

I'm only MOP/BOP around here, but this 53 yo non-athlete is in the best shape of his life. 

Apologize for the tri lifestyle???????

I think not.

Winner!

Wouldn't you like to be able to go up to all the obese people and say, "You are really over eating. I mean way over eating and it is going to make your shortened life miserable."

 Hahahaha, I am going to add that one to my memory bank for future reference.   

Have you been talking to my mom? "They're just jealous" was what I heard any time I had 'social difficulty' growing up. She used to tell me that all the time. LOL

I was talking to a couple of guys at my wife’s 20^th high school reunion, and they were calling me insane for doing a sprint. How triathlons were going to ruin my knees and how I was going to crap my pants trying to cross the finish line.  One guy was 39, the other guy was 44 and they were both talking about the different blood pressure medicines (PLURAL) they were on.

 They casually accept that they’re going to be dead in 15 years but I’m insane because I might have cartilage issues 20 years after they’re dead.

The whole think shook me a little bit.  It was a genuine “There but for the grace of God” moment.

Actually, the problem cuts both ways.  What was once considered a healthy look no longer looks that way.  Think about George Reeves, the TV Superman of the 1950's.  He would not make it as an action star today:

He has a noticeable paunch, and no defined muscles in either his chest, arms, or legs. I think part of the reason so many people are fat is partly because the "ideals" are so unrealistic and unattainable (outside of chemical and surgical enhancements).  Consider pr0n from the 70's - people were saggy and hairy.  Now they are all sleek and enhanced.  Who can acheive or compete with those looks?

When the ideals are too far removed from reality, most people will stop trying to acheive them.  Plus the cheap sugars in our diet don't help.

I guess yes, I am getting irritated with that, simply due to the fact I am not "skinny". I think I have worked pretty hard to be in the shape I am in, and even that isn't where I want to be. I am just tired of the "you're over doing it" comments, when they really have no clue what I do. It's not like I have lost a lot of weight.  7-9 pounds since December.  I am not looking to lose weight, and have no plans of losing anymore, I am just looking to get in better physical and cardio shape, be healthy, and get faster!

I also follow the plan pretty darn closely and am not struggling or injuring myself.

Then I'll stick to my original judgment, ridiculous.  Get over it, then get over yourself.

The paunch is from alcohol.  The lack of arm or chest muscles is worse than you think -- he's got a 'muscle shirt' on.  (Not that I have chest or arm muscles, mind you -- but I'm not superman either.)

Yup, that's it, I'm full of myself. You clearly don't know me. Enjoy your season.

TriAya - 2011-03-07 10:44 AM Get better friends.

This.

I have a girlfriend training for Paris-Brest-Paris.  Next to her, I'm a complete slacker!  10 years ago, I had friends who said I was 'excessive' because I was active for an hour or so every day.  Now that same schedule barely touches the workouts that most of my friends do.  And certainly, no one would even notice if I drink water instead of wine some evening because they often do the same when a big event is on the horizon.

I'm still friends with those other less active people, I just don't hang out with them on a regular basis as much.  We are all a bit happier for it, I think.

EXACTLY!

I remember having my fill of it at one point, when a co-worker went ON AND ON about it... asked my why I did it. I said (rather loudly) "Because I don't want to look like YOU!"

It got rather quiet after that...

Dern double posting!

Wow. Nothing better than a "get over it" response, I love it.

I think for a lot of people chiming in, it's more about the realization that family and friends are not as supportive as we'd like for them to be - and actually take a negative, condescending tone when asking us about our hobby.

I know personally, some of my family/friends are in to things I'd never dream of doing, and frankly don't understand. But I go to their events, am supportive, ask questions/listen to their experiences and let them know I am proud of them- even if I don't "get it" all the way. Lots of us are experiencing the opposite, and that's not exactly something that's easy to "get over", especially when they are friends or family.

I don't think he was complaining that he is too skinny. I read he was upset because other people are telling him he's too skinny.

I've not been accused of that as an adult but was as a teen by a chubby friend and she always said it in a very rude/mean way trying to hurt my feelings telling me I looked like a kid from one of the 'save the kids' commercials. I did not. She was just jealous I was thinner than her.

I actually think you are the one acting rude telling someone to get over it. None of us want to be judged by our physical appearance.