Guest post by a client:

Picture this. You decide you want to get healthier and challenge yourself. You’ve committed to a specific goal. You train hard and you change your diet to meet the needs of this goal. Then boom it happens. A neighbor asks why you are walking so funny “did you hurt your leg?” Your response, in excitement, “No, I had a wicked training session and I’m sore”. Their response will shock you. Oh my goodness, why do you put yourself through that? Or, here’s another which I have encountered recently. “Look at you, you’re in shape, you can afford to have a drink”. Yes, I may look in shape; however I have a specific goal. And do I really want that drink in my system when I’m nine weeks away from a competition? No.

It’s not that they don’t like what you’re doing; it’s that they don’t understand. Your family and friends may not get it until later because this isn’t their journey, it’s yours. My journey is filled with those who tell me I can afford a drink, question why I don’t eat carbs and I’ve even gotten the “you’re going to wither away to nothing”. Nonsense I say. But don’t push these people away; you need to distance yourself from their negativity because it’s infectious.

If you’ve chosen to challenge yourself or set a goal like myself, then you are the one who must do everything to protect the path to your success. I have had to do this very thing, though I feel like I am avoiding people at times, it works and helps me to remain positive. I try to not talk about food, diet or exercise when with these people who don’t understand what I’m doing and keep the focus elsewhere. I wait for them to ask me what I’m doing differently and I tell them about my SlimFit Diet Products and my cleaner eating habits.

I’ve decided not everyone will fully grasp my reasoning to challenge and change myself, and that’s ok. It makes the journey more exciting and definitely more challenging.