Confidence or Arrogance?

Rowe1

Rowe1

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During this process energy has increased exponentially compared to what it used to be. I'm constantly on the move. One of the by products of feeling this great is i want to talk about it with every one.

I'm so excited about feeling good every day, that all i want to do is share. All these new feelings and experiences are new to me and i feel like I annoy my friends with my constant fitness speak. Instead of chatting about the latest items in world of warcraft, or what new sci-fi RPG book came out this week, i want to talk about running, and eating right, and all the neat stuff I'm learning.

I'm afraid my confidence, and excitement is coming off as arrogance.

Have you all experienced this?
 
I can see what your talking about. I feel like a health genius now. However, it's probably because I was so incredibly ignorant before.

And I do like to talk about it a lot. Lucky for me my sister is doing the health kick now. I like to think I inspired her. So I guess that could be seen as arrogant too.
 
Yeah, you're probably driving them nuts, because that's how I was with my friends, but until someone is overweight then decides to make a change they will not understand the arena you're coming from.
Who cares.. be proud, and they should be happy for your new interest!
=):party:
 
i can definately relate... it seems no matter what we start talking about, it always comes back to weight-loss, excersize and nutrition. it's not so much a feeling of arrogance but the kind of feeling you get as a parent constantly talking about their kids to a person whos never had any... they just can't relate or really care about what your saying. I have one friend who's constantly trying to lose weight but shes one of those fad diet, every excersize tape you can own, try it for a month and dump it kind of people.... she wants to lose the weight but she's just not ready to make the lifestyle change I think... she still seams to feel her whole world will crumble without chocolate bars and chips... i try not to push any of it on her i just kind of hope she'll pick up on what i'm doing and follow suit...
then theres my husband who's happy for me but since he can eat anything and do nothing without gaining a pound he does't really care...
but yeah it's hard not to spill it on people who can;t relate when no one can relate.... At least we have eachother though :grouphug:
 
My conversations are always about this, as I am always striving to be fitter and healthier and to share and learn from others.

If I have any exciting fitness challenges going on, I talk about that and new recipes etc. But mainly people ask me questions or talk to me about health and fitness.

Most of our friends and family are either athletes, fitness enthusiasts or health fanatics, so some how this kind of talk always comes up.

It's better than talking about the weather. lol
 
Seeing as I've lost weight before, and annoyed my friends with talking about it and trying to get them on the bandwagon, then gained it all back, I make sure to hold my tongue unless asked about it :D My mates know about my blog, and they always ask me about my weigh-ins, so that's cool, but I don't force my deal on to them. Weight loss and fitness isn't all there is to life :)
 
:iagree: it is not all about fitness, and a good discussion about the latest RPG book is not a bad thing :D my friends will ask how my training going but conversations always shift back to the latest computer game, whats hapening in WOW or the best new tactics for playing Magic. so a little bit is ok but to much can just drive friends a bit over the edge but then most of my friends are a bit twisted anyway :coolgleamA:
 
like everyone else i can totaly relate, i do tend too get pretty excited when i see some results!! but i try and remeber that talking about %of carbs protiens and fats in a diet is probably about as interesting too someone not into it all as the variations in lamposts on our streets:eek:
 
Personally I let the conversation come up. I don't bring it up. And when it's brought up, I try and be subtle. Too much info tends to turn people off.
 
Rowe said:
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I'm afraid my confidence, and excitement is coming off as arrogance.

Have you all experienced this?
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Ahh been there done that ... i learned as below///
Steve said:
Personally I let the conversation come up. I don't bring it up. And when it's brought up, I try and be subtle. Too much info tends to turn people off.
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Very true. However now that ive lost so much i hate that people seem to think they have to be on some diet or being healthy to make me happy and thats all im interested in.
I have some friends who are severly overweight and whenever we see each other they wax on about some new stupid diet they are on which i know for a fact wont work, or tell me how much weight they have lost (not that you would notice it).
Ive had to tell them nicely that hey im really just not interested.
 
Rowe said:
During this process energy has increased exponentially compared to what it used to be. I'm constantly on the move. One of the by products of feeling this great is i want to talk about it with every one.

I'm so excited about feeling good every day, that all i want to do is share. All these new feelings and experiences are new to me and i feel like I annoy my friends with my constant fitness speak. Instead of chatting about the latest items in world of warcraft, or what new sci-fi RPG book came out this week, i want to talk about running, and eating right, and all the neat stuff I'm learning.

I'm afraid my confidence, and excitement is coming off as arrogance.

Have you all experienced this?
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Hey Rowe, I understand what you are talking about, I experienced that too.

You have the right to be proud and to talk about it. Use it to your advantage, build on it and let it motivate you to go as far as you want to go.

Having said that, not everyone wants to hear about how many miles you walked, reps you did or how you beat your best time on the bike, but we do, tell us all about it.

You keep going and show the world what the "real" you looks and feels like and I guarantee you will inspire far more people than you annoy.

Stay focused and motivated.
Fenster
 
lol my husband likes to pretend like he cares sometimes. unfourtunately like today, as i'm telling him how excited i am that i finally broke my 205 cycle he suddenly breaks off into something else "more interesting" as if he's been thinking about that the entire time i've been talking so yeah mostly it comes down to talking to people here...
 
I actually think the worst is when people are interested and offer helpful advice that you know is wrong, and when you explain to them why its faulty or incorrect, they keep trying to convince you its true.

My friend was trying to convince me I could gain bulk while losing fat if I ate a slight calorie excess. His basis was he read online some people did that.
 
Unless someone comes out and asks me a question about it, I don't bring it up. It seems to turn people off. But there is a way to go about it, and some people just don't know how to do it. For example, I fell off the wagon, and I was eating something not so healthy, this chic at my job who thinks she is the new health guru of the world always has a comment about what someone is eating "oh you shouldn't eat that, let me tell you...blah blah blah." It annoyed me. Unless I ask for your advice, I don't want it. So I've been on both sides.
 
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