friends or frenemies

lculian

Do you pull strength from your hometown friends (non MFP)??

I'm dreading winter....There's something about working out and then walking to your car in the cold that makes me want to grab my slippers, some popcorn and m & m's and sit on my couch to watch the boob tube.,
Not this year! I wanted to find a way to motivate myself and my friends. So I have gotten a group of 7 couples together to run our first 10k:) I should mention none of us are runners. I picked a 10k that is at the end of April. (plenty of time to get in shape) This way I have something to focus on all winter, bonus .
Now I don't know about you, but just being able to say I ran a 10k isn't enough of a reward to keep me going to the gym, did I mention I hate running ???? So I found a Saturday morning race in a nearby city. We leave our kids with family or friends, race in the morning and spend the rest of Saturday and Saturday evening celebrating our couples weekend out That's the reward I'm excited about!

Have you ever found a way to get your friends involved in your fitness lifestyle??? I'd love to hear other stories and ideas. It's fun having your friends there for support and motivation!

Or di you feel like your friends are trying to sabotage your efforts, even if they aren't trying to be mean?

Mirabilis

I was wondering about that actually. A lot of people I know didn't see me over the summer and were totally shocked about how much I had lost, but not in a bad way. Now, a month after seeing them again, some look at me like they think I'm anorexic, which is hilarious given what I weigh. I'm not going to stop now just because I don't fit what they think I should look like, though.

I think this is all to do with the fact that you are challenging their perception of you by becoming something really different.

I can give you an analogy: suppose you quit smoking and all your friends still smoke. By doing this, you're rejecting their lifestyle that is very comfortable for them, even if it's really bad for them. They don't want to hear from you that they should quit too, right?

Over time, you start hanging out more with people who are more like you. It's not a bad thing. It's just that you can't force people to adopt your new lifestyle.

MontanaB

this winter it will be just me and luciferon and im buying a wii in a week so hopefully we will be able to encourage eachother out of the house for a walk when its nice and snowy!
that and il be planning out meals so fingers crossed things should go ok for us both