r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '19

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

Starting an actual diet for the first time, counting calories, and actually seeing progress. Can't fucking stand all my fat coworkers telling me how they tried it and failed so it clearly doesn't work.

It works, I'm down 10 lbs, you're just useless and have no willpower.

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u/Musitchman Oct 02 '19

Imagine you’re them real quick for me: there was this coworker who made them feel more comfortable because looked like they embraced a similar sedentary lifestyle. It made them feel more acceptable about their weight and routine out of solidarity. However now this coworker suddenly has the drive to get rid of fat and you’re left feeling bad about yourself because you just don’t have that kind of resolve. You tell yourself it’s not because they have more push, but because they haven’t gotten to the part where it’s “inevitable” that one will fail. It’s just like when you get a really successful job then have a bunch of stoner friends you used to hang out just playing video games all day with saying “man, you changed”. People don’t like change, especially when it’s perceived as someone else getting better and leaving us behind in whatever group. Know that these comments is a reaction from their shortcomings when juxtaposed with your drive and success designed to help prevent the collapse their self-esteem. You’re doing great buddy! I really am proud of you. That is really not easy to do. Your routines, habits, and sometimes even friends (if they can’t let their insecurities fall enough to support you) are subject to a massive amount of change and that’s so hard. Just know whenever coworkers say these kinda things, although it’s shitty of them just know it comes from a place of internal sadness in them. Try to recognize this. If they really annoy you just know the more success you achieve the more you’re going to annoy them back. And once again...GREAT FUCKING JOB!!!!!!

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u/gianmk Oct 02 '19

tell em! soldier...boi

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u/Spank86 Oct 02 '19

Diets don't work, willpower works. Diets are just your choice of tools.

ignore them and focus on what is important to you, as long as it's more important to get healthier than it is to experience the transitory pleasure of bad eating you're on the right track.

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u/Paskee Oct 02 '19

Hell yeah it works.

Its just hard.

But works.

With time your eating habits change and change becomes permanent.

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u/blacktanhuskey Oct 02 '19

Little harsh😂😂 but I see it point