An open letter to the thin girl at the gym,
I’ve been a pretty thin girl for my entire life. There were moments I ate too much, and there were times I didn’t eat enough.
With that being said, I still always enjoyed being little. I wanted to like how I looked, but more importantly, I wanted to be healthy.
Going to the gym, I always felt self-conscious, not because I didn’t know exactly what I was doing with the different machines, but I felt like people looked at me like- “Why do you need to be here?”
I actually let it get to me for a while. I stopped going as much, and I even became more self conscious than I already was.
When you get stared at for so long, you start to wonder what people are thinking, or what made them start thinking it.
Here’s the thing, those kind of people are self conscious too, but for different reasons. They’ll try and tell you that their reasons are better than yours, but that’s not true nor right. No one else gets to tell you that the way they feel is more important than you. I would never tell that to someone overweight at the gym, just like I wouldn’t expect them to say that to me.
We are all at the gym for the same reason-to be healthy. Where we start is our own business because it’s everyone’s journey and that’s exactly what it’s suppose to be.
What I should have done when I felt like this-which I know now-is to smile at the person giving me a scowl.
Say hello to the woman whispering to her friend.
Offer help to the lady rolling her eyes at me doing the same workout as her.
I will always be kind to those who aren’t kind to me because being mean will only make me miserable.
I’m a thin girl, but I’m different than you, your neighbor, your cousin, or your uncle. I have curves, and now with the help of the gym, some muscle too. I don’t hate on anyone who is over weight, and I wouldn’t expect anyone to hate on me for not having more fat on me. At the end of the day, it won’t do you any good by being upset with me for trying to better myself. It’ll ultimately make you feel more crappy, and less motivated.
Instead of bringing me down, encourage me, and I’ll encourage you too!
We can help one another, and if one of us becomes big enough to do that, imagine how many girls we can motivate to be confident and not insecure?
To the thin girl,
To the big girl,
To the weak man,
To the muscle head,
To the skinny guy,
To the strong woman
To the strong man
Keep going, despite what anyone else tells you, thinks, looks, or believes.
You do you, and no one else can say anything that should discourage you from keeping on.
