crimzy
Active Member
Originally Posted by Flower
http:///forum/post/2977751
Okay, I guess I am sensitive, and self conscience. Once when I was at work I had to run the store, I had a bandanna on my head and some teens made a rude comment about Aunt Jamimma.
I turned around and looked at them. They buried their heads laughing. That really hurt my feelings, I would never go to a public place to work out.
I have friends who echo the same sentiment. Being self conscience is why many teens won’t take a shower in school and either cut the class or make excuses not to attend.
It really is a big problem. Self esteem is the underlying reason for obesity in America.
I was never made fun of in school; I didn't gain weight until I started having children. The incident at the store is as close as I ever came to such cruelty. However I watched what it did to other kids.
In the end.. Allot of people who need the gyms the most, don't go.
As to your last statement, I'd say that a large part of the REASON that they need the gym is BECAUSE they don't go. It's circular logic.
I think my original statement was pretty insensitive in hindsight. I often see larger individuals at the gym and in my head I applaud them for trying to change and become healthier. The point, (which I didn't do a very good job of making), was that when I see them, I don't believe that they are the people to emulate because they have made a long term commitment to staying/becoming fit. Right or wrong, I typically think that they seem to be people trying to make a change and not necessarily people who have done a great job at devoting their adult lives towards staying fit.
http:///forum/post/2977751
Okay, I guess I am sensitive, and self conscience. Once when I was at work I had to run the store, I had a bandanna on my head and some teens made a rude comment about Aunt Jamimma.
I turned around and looked at them. They buried their heads laughing. That really hurt my feelings, I would never go to a public place to work out.
I have friends who echo the same sentiment. Being self conscience is why many teens won’t take a shower in school and either cut the class or make excuses not to attend.
It really is a big problem. Self esteem is the underlying reason for obesity in America.
I was never made fun of in school; I didn't gain weight until I started having children. The incident at the store is as close as I ever came to such cruelty. However I watched what it did to other kids.
In the end.. Allot of people who need the gyms the most, don't go.
As to your last statement, I'd say that a large part of the REASON that they need the gym is BECAUSE they don't go. It's circular logic.
I think my original statement was pretty insensitive in hindsight. I often see larger individuals at the gym and in my head I applaud them for trying to change and become healthier. The point, (which I didn't do a very good job of making), was that when I see them, I don't believe that they are the people to emulate because they have made a long term commitment to staying/becoming fit. Right or wrong, I typically think that they seem to be people trying to make a change and not necessarily people who have done a great job at devoting their adult lives towards staying fit.
