On Saturday morning around 11am, I had my first run since the 27th of August so decided to just do a 3.5k. After about 1.5k in, some lady decided to talk to me from her car (she had turned the corner with me and was on the wrong side of the road!) so I ran over to her thinking I had maybe dropped something only for her to say 'i'm a dietitian and you're too heavy to be running, you should walk!'
I mean, wow! **** right off! I can't quite remember what I said, something along the line of 'er what? I'm fine thank you!'
And so this is why I usually go out about 6am in the morning, because of people like that. On my route after this exchange, I made sure I gave anyone who didn't look like the 'ideal' runner a wave as I know that's what I needed at that point.
Anyway, glad to have done that run, I'm in complete agony though as I was no way hydrated as much as I should have beforehand.. or maybe she was right 😅
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I listened to a podcast some months ago and I wish I had bookmarked it. It was a health-related scientist making the point (and giving evidence) that our health policies should move to making getting fit a priority over losing weight.
Some of the things he said were:
- it’s in general easier to get fit than to lose weight
- there are fit people that are overweight, but there are a lot of normal-weight people who are unfit
- the biggest correlation to long life is fitness , not weight
- there are conditions, metabolic issues and genetic aspects that can making losing weight really difficult, but everyone can get fit
- it is easier to get fit and then almost automatically (but slowly) lose weight than loosing weight and then get fit
Dietitian? That's rude, interfering, unprofessional behaviour, and apparently dodgy driving into the bargain.
Shame she didn't remind you about hydration though! 😉
In your stead, I probably would have stood there with my mouth open, catching flies. But afterwards, I would have thought to ask her 'and how much do you run?' or something alike... The nerves...
Argh, that is awful, Kish! I’m sorry you had to endure that. I would have been livid!
For some reason our brains seem to love clinging on to negative comments over positive ones. I hope during your next run you are able to channel all the positive thoughts of your forum buddies, who 100% have your back 👊🏼💛
What a cheek! She must have been having a bad day! 🤯
Rude! I think I would have said ……” l’ll get fit and lighter ……. You’ll always be rude!” I bet the only exercise she does is moving her mouth whilst patronising people with her dietary advice!
I'm afraid you might even hear the same (rude and untrue) sort of thing from a doctor. If ever a doctor tells you that an injury is caused by your weight, and gives you no better treatment than the advice "lose weight", ask them whether thin people ever get the injury you've got. They will reply yes. Then ask the doctor to give you the treatment that a thin person would get for the injury that you clearly could have got whatever your weight.
OMG that is appalling 😱. Well done you for keeping your composure. Please don't let her get to you - she clearly has problems. Now drink some water and get back out there, head held high 🤗
You were running whilst she was driving (badly) and probably somewhere she could have walked to in 10 minutes I know who has the moral high ground here
This sort of thing makes my blood boil so well done you.
That's appalling! Well done for staying polite, though - I don't think I would've been able to (there may have been some sweary words). For the record, she was absolutely wrong - happy running!
Sorry, but I would have been inclined to tell her to park her unsolicited 'advice' where the sun doesn't shine! How arrogant and opinionated and rude of her.
I don't know your circumstances (and neither did she), but I assume you have a plan suited to whatever your needs are.
You did well to ignore her, probably the best course, but so provoking! I wonder if she could manage a run, probably not and maybe could use some lessons on driving safely!
Hope it didn't spoil your run and your day improved.
Cheeky beggar but well done for getting out there.I have had nothing but positive comments from people have met . I don't know how I would have coped with her remarks at the beginning of my journey....probably have given up.
You’re a strong person by the sounds of it - good on you! I still have a comment in my brain that someone shouted out of a car to me about me looking pregnant when I was only a teenager - many moons ago! People have no idea about what they’re doing. She certainly showed their ignorance!
So rude of her Kish247, you should have asked her to park her car somewhere then ask her to run with you, say for 2 or 3 kilometres, since I have started running I have never had a rude comment, the usual shout from someone is "you're doing great" that happened when I ran run 3 of both weeks 5 and 9 of C25K and my first 10 miles run, a few people have also said that on a few other runs that I have run, no rude comments whatsoever.
That’s very rude and very unprofessional. I had my first experience ever of harassment last week in London. Twice on the same run. First one laughed and said I looked like a Jaffa cake. The second was a mini bus of footballers Wolf whistling and saying I had sexy legs. Not sure about that one mind but it was uncomfortable. Feel sorry for anyone that has to suffer this crap.
Hey, take it!! Sexy legs is not something we hear often as we climb the aging ladder!! 👍🏻😁 come to think of it, Jaffa cakes are very appealing and tasty... maybe you had a much better day than you thought! 😉👍🏻
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