I use bluetooth earbuds to fill my brain with positivity. I dig into audiobooks and podcasts in a way that I never have before, and I find it helpful to surround myself with positivity and inspiration while I’m breaking a sweat. Maybe you do, too!
My issue is that my headphones are cheap. They connect ok, and they do the job, but they’re not particularly comfortable, and thankfully I’m not using them to convey anything with a desired level of fidelity, because it would be an exercise in futility. Lately, they’ve not been charging properly, and my gym visit the other day netted frustration in that they didn’t charge at all, thereby denying me the opportunity to live inside my own head.
As it would happen, on this particular day the Edmonton Police training was happening on the pitch below the fitness facility, and the music being played was particularly loud in the shared air space, and grating on my otherwise iron will – but the other things I heard while not being relieved of my auditory sense were somewhat bothersome. Left with no choice but to overhear conversations between other patrons, I overheard a few negative criticisms directed toward the wannabe cops below in reference to their physiques. I’d never witnessed the inter-gym physique shaming before this, and as I reflect on it I wish I’d said something at the time – but I didn’t.
Maybe it was my place, and maybe it wasn’t. Certainly no bad would have come from interjecting, so it’s possible that I chickened out, but I’ll say it now: Walk a mile.
The amount of power it takes to start a regimen of self care and health maintenance is astronomical for ANYone. That amount is compounded for everything you see in the mirror that you don’t like. I don’t aim to comment on ‘fat shaming’ in general, but I will say that the next time I hear someone being denigrated for their physique while they’re in the act of doing something to improve their health & well-being, I most certainly will have something to say about it.
Personally, I’ve lost 166 lbs.
75 of those lbs. I lost while being a member of THIS fitness facility, and I’m not alone. I’ve seen people transform themselves in incredible ways from my sideline view, and you simply cannot judge someone’s progress at first glance.
Aside from that, Training this week was… juuuust alright. The time change messed with me a little bit, but luckily it was also a bit lighter of an effort, so sayeth the training program. I missed Sunday’s brick workout completely, but got through everything else quite well.
The Conscious Pilgrim 