Support Networks

Very rarely, do we take the time to think about our judgments. We judge far too much and do not consider the support others might need to succeed in life. In life, we cannot just lean on others and expect that they do not need us to lean on. If we are able to switch off, and lean on each other then we can get so much farther.

I say this because time and time again when I try to change my eating habits, and the amount of fitness I get in a day I find that people are so quick to judge. I find that not one of my friends is able to turn to me and say “Good job today on heading to the gym! Good job on not having that cookie and opting for an apple!” but they can easily laugh at me when I chart my calories or get 2 munchkins instead of a coffee roll at Dunkin Donuts. They do not take the time to understand that I am not doing it “to be skinny” or “conform to society’s ideals on beauty”. They cannot fathom that I would simply like to run a mile, or be able to walk up 5 flights of stairs without getting winded. Or that I would like to not worry about having high cholestoral or being scared of a heart attack due to clogged arteries. They see it all on the surface and that is not the case.

I do not even wish to tell my friends what I am doing to change my lifestyle. I keep quite about going to the gym, or not eating too many calories or having a fruit instead of ice cream because I know they simply continue to judge, and make me feel like I should not be doing what I am doing. I refuse to let them stop me.