I've been maintaining for about a year now. I'm pretty happy with my body and by most modern standards you'd probably say I was in good shape.
I go to this spin class and occasionally run into a coworker there. There's another guy we see all the time. He goes to many of the classes and he's honestly a joy in all of them. He amps up the class more than the instructor does. But he's also a bigger guy.
I was singing his praises to my coworker and mentioned how astounded I was at how many classes he goes to. She gave me this coy look, a smile crept on her face, and she told me "it sure doesn't look like it, though" My heart sunk. I knew exactly what she meant. I still asked "What do you mean?" Hoping she'd get the point that I wasn't in on this party. She didn't. "He's fat!" she said glibly.
I'm not out to get in fights with people. I told her simply that I still thought he was an inspiring person and then changed the subject.
This kind of conversation really bugged me. She thought that just because I wasn't fat that I'd be willing to make fun of someone because they were. Worse still it's a dude that clearly LOVES doing something. You don't have to be skinny to spin on a bike. And despite being larger, he's probably in better health than literally most people.
The conversation bummed me out. It made me wonder how many people did that to me before I lost weight.
Anyway, this is my public service reminder that, if you're on a journey to lose weight, you remember the effort required, the discomfort that motivated you to start, and never ever turn your back on others who are on that journey as well.
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