Did you know that you offend people who hate themselves and their health?

Allow me to back up for a moment.

I don’t mind offending people. I certainly don’t go out of my way to anger people or offend their beliefs or life choices or anything, but I do offend folks sometimes, and it doesn’t bother me. I’ve been doing it for years, and it’s just kind of what happens when you speak the truth, define differences between right & wrong, and offer definitive opinions in today’s world of “Everyone’s OK, tolerate everything.”

However, I realize that some folks don’t like to offend others, so I just thought I’d let you know that you, by exercising and trying to get into shape, offend fat people, and give you a list of things you need to do to make sure that you don’t offend them any more.

You definitely have to stop coming to the club to exercise, you need to stop working out at home, taking the stairs instead of the elevator at work, parking more than four spaces away from the front in parking lots, stop making healthy choices at the grocery store, and don’t even dare think about eating healthy when you are out in public!!
Actually, to further accomodate the rest of society that is unhealthy & addicted to the food first lifestyle (60% of Americans are overweight, and as high as 35% are estimated to be obese), go ahead & stock up on junk food, plan on eating at Micky-D’s three nights per week, and why don’t you be a dear & make folks feel like you’re doing your part to kill yourself as quickly as they are by chain smoking cigarettes and boozing every night too?

I’m being facetious, obviously.

I’ve been blown away before by many things in the fitness industry, typically excuses that people come up with to not exercise and be healthy (”I can’t afford a membership/personal training”–yeah, cause DR bills are SOOO much less expensive; “I want to lose 30 lbs, but I don’t want to sweat,” & I think I’ve told you before about the woman I offered to train for FREE but she wouldn’t do it b/c her DR had told her to walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes three times per week to lose 30 lbs in 8 weeks.) but this one has seriously derailed my thinking.

An employee from Nona’s Italian restaurant has come out and harassed Kelly & our boot camp members several times (for those that don’t know, our boot camp clients exercise all over outside, and typically in the common area between the buildings) about being out there, and their customers being able to see them exercising. Of course, there is nothing they can do about it, as we all pay rent & CAM, and that is a common area, so it has become humorous to us now.
“Funny, haha, they’re eating & gaining weight, our clients are working out & losing weight! Hahaha,” ya know, that kind of thing.

Last night though, the guy came out and said that he received a complaint from one of his customers who said that they were offended at watching our boot campers working out, getting healthier, getting in shape, trying to make sure that they were around to see their kids graduate college and be able to still function & play with their grandchildren.

OFFENDED???!!
I realize that there are a lot of backwards things going on in this country, where we’ve gone from calling “evil” or “wrong” to calling it “good,” or “right,” but, what?!

By trying to better YOUR life through health, fitness and living a positive lifestyle, you OFFEND someone who is slowly killing themselves through their food addiction and inactive lifestyle.
You offend them because of the THEIR guilt, but you are the one expected to stop your behavior.

I’ve never once complained to the owner of the pizza place when I’ve walked out of my gym and run into a cloud of cigarette smoke, or when I roll into the parking lot Saturday mornings & there are beer bottles everywhere, or when I’ve been outside with my boot camp and we smell his employees and the band members out back smoking pot.

I’m pretty sure both those things are bad for you, but I’m not OFFENDED that folks choose to do that to themselves because I choose to live a healthier lifestyle, nor am I even offended that they do it so closely to a “healthy place” like a gym.

But you and the rest of our members & clients doing something healthy near an unhealthy place offends their customers.

I am absolutely blown away by this. I’m not typically as forward with this type of thing, but this just really set me off, and I’m super protective of my personal training clients anyways, but if watching someone who cares enough about their health and their lives to exercise offends you: Get off your ass, do what they’re doing, and LOSE WEIGHT.

PLEASE leave your comments below and let me know if you have had experience with this, or if you’ve ever personally “offended” an unhealthy person b/c of your eating or exercise choices.

ZAY

This is completely unrelated to fitness, it’s just for fun!

I’m a huge Florida Gator fan, as you know.

I just wanted to see how my clients and members split up on this huge SEC game coming up this Saturday here in Jacksonville!!

So, post a comment and tell me if you’re a Gator fan, a Dawg fan or if you’re neutral for the game this weekend!

Thanks, and have a great weekend!
ZAY

Yo!

So Mike Roussell, world renowned nutritionist, and creator of the Naked Nutrition Network
through out a challenge to a bunch of other fitness professionals to see how many reps they could increase their total max chinups by from October 14th to Thanksgiving.

Always a competitor, I threw my hat in the ring, and kinda shot my mouth off in the process of making this video!

Oh well, I’ve said it, so now I have to do it!!

Check it out!!