I <3 Crunches and I Hate Gym Rats!

May 28, 2012

Picture From The Curvy Fashionista

I may be a big girl, but like I mentioned in my previous post on Plus Size Healthy Living, I try to live a semi healthy life style.

I gym it up 3-6 days per week depending on my schedule and what’s going on in my life.

I don’t necessarily LIKE going to the gym and working out. What I like is how I feel afterwards–mentally, emotionally, and physically.

Yesterday, I went to the gym as normal. My basic routine (most recently) is to do any weight lifting/crunches before I do cardio. If I wait till after my cardio, I end up doing less because I am tired. So, my theory is to do weights first and I’ll do more because I have more energy.

The one exercise I ALWAYS do are crunches. One thing that I have found to be of great benefit to the inches around my waist and back are CRUNCHES! This is why they are #1 up there with cardio and stretching for me.

I digress… Back to yesterday–I had just finished my crunches and was headed out of the weight room when this semi buff guy gets up from a weight machine and stops me.

He calls out, “Excuse me, can I ask you something?”

Me: “Okaaaayyyy….?” (WTF does this dude want?)

Guy: “Doesn’t that hurt your back?” (Points to the crunch machine I’ve just left.)

Me: “No…..” (Why would I be doing them if they did?)

Guy: “You know, I lost 15 pounds in one week! Do you want to know how? By eating tuna and eggs for every meal and I cut out bread.”

He continued on with this for a while longer, while I tried to stay nice. When I was finally able to get away from him, i was really annoyed. This guy really pissed me off. Either he had a really lame ass excuse for hitting on me or he was stereotyping me for being heavy or BOTH!

I hate when people assume because I’m bigger that I don’t know what I’m doing with my health! I work hard to stay healthy and I hate to be boxed into a category. I’m sure I’m not the only plus size girl out there that has this happen to them…

2 comments

  • kk

    I wouldn’t worry about some meathead who’s boasting about losing 15 pounds in a week…that is so unhealthy! Eating only eggs and tuna isn’t exactly nutritious either! Keep doing what you’re doing because it sounds like you’re doing all the right things to maintain a healthy lifestyle :)

  • Laurel Teixeira

    Thanks for the supportive comment! Yeah, I usually just ignore them, but he got me an a ranting rampage day! ;) haha

Leave a Comment

You must log in to post a comment.

All rights reserved © 2012-2017 The Curvy Elle & Laurel Teixeira · Theme by Blogmilk + Coded by Brandi Bernoskie