Change of mindset

I know people usually post on here about weight loss but I've just had an experience that I feel is a great success and need to share it.

I have to admit before I tell my story that I'm not the slimmest person in the world and my self esteem is particularly low so you'll understand why I feel it's a success worthy of this topic when you read what happened.

My husband is a great support and has encouraged me to take up cycling. He's been cycling for years but he goes at my pace and never criticises me or pushes me to something I'm not capable of. I was very dubious at first. A big woman sitting on a bike saddle has been the butt (no pun intended) of jokes for generations and I am very sensitive about what I should or shouldn't do in the opinion of other people. That said I actually love cycling even though at times it's very tiring especially when cycling uphill.

Tonight during a ride we passed a young couple. The girl was gorgeous. Slim and pretty. You could have dressed her in a bin liner and she'd still have looked wonderful. As we passed I heard her boyfriend ask her what she was laughing at. I bet you can guess her reply.

"Oh," she laughed. "Just look at that woman's fat a**e on that bike.*

In the past that would have been it. I'd have been devastated and never got on a bike again. This time I thought what a stupid, nasty piece of work she was and that actually my bum is 4 inches smaller than it was a couple of weeks ago and will be even smaller in another couple of weeks. I'm also fitter than I was a couple of weeks ago and getting fitter all the time. She, on the other hand, is an ignorant, stupid ...mine was swear word but you can put in your own disparaging term lol....and in a few weeks,months years will still be an ignorant, stupid 'whatever' whilst I will be a new slimline me.

Now you can see why I feel it was a success. In the past that would have been it and I'd have felt I deserved her disdain. Today she's just made me more determined to lose weight and get fitter.