Those looks to my gut are a great motivator early in the morning when I don't want to get up, or don't want to keep going.
But it still stings a little. I used to be really thin. Too thin, probably, but still.
Be well. Well is good.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Thanks for the sentiment, honey
How do you know, despite your wife's insistence to the contrary, that people think of you in their minds as a person who "has a gut?" A significant portion of people who learn that I'm training for a 25K trail run instinctively look to my midsection when I tell them. And they're not checking to see if my badassness is visible through my trousers either.
Those looks to my gut are a great motivator early in the morning when I don't want to get up, or don't want to keep going.
But it still stings a little. I used to be really thin. Too thin, probably, but still.
Be well. Well is good.
Those looks to my gut are a great motivator early in the morning when I don't want to get up, or don't want to keep going.
But it still stings a little. I used to be really thin. Too thin, probably, but still.
Be well. Well is good.
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People may feel inclined to compliment you on weight loss when they find out you're training for a 25K, regardless of whether they had ever even considered your midsection before, and regardless of whether it's changed -- but they'll look to see if they can notice a difference to say something about. Losing weight in our culture is nearly always something to compliment, and it's easy to notice, unlike other benefits one might gain from training for a race. You could think about those looks not as judgment about your appearance but as people searching for a way to express their support for your endeavor.
ReplyDeleteGreat observation. The one thing I didn't factor in, is my own self-identification as a person with a gut, and how that colors my perception of others' reactions.
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