Getting jeered at whilst exercising

I agree that finding another park might be a good idea. Or the headphones.

If it's any comfort, you now know that a lot of other people know that those teens are ar$ehole louts.

If you've lost weight already, you might make a T-shirt documenting it, just for yourself.
On the front, _____ pounds lost. (You can cross out and fill in new figures below as the loss continues.)
On the back, a graph starting with your max weight. The shirt doesn't have to show what that was, or how many pounds are marked by the horizontal lines. Just leave space on the right for continuing loss.

You could use anything from a permanent marker to those puffy craft store paints.


I haven't worked up the nerve to run. Instead, I've been walking in my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods. This morning, I stopped a couple times. The first time, I used a live oak tree's big root as a seat. The second time, I reclined on the grass in the shade to consult my phone's GPS. A nice lady came out from across the street to make sure I was OK. I assured her that I was, and didn't need a ride home. I guess they're not used to strangers reclining on the edges of their front lawns.

Maybe I should carry a folding camp stool. We own a couple.

Buy an iPod or a radio with earphones and turn it up.
Some people are just *kitten* unfortunately. They are everywhere in life. You need to learn to just ignore them.

At least they do it in a British accent. Headphones. I run outside and started when I was pretty big (read: FAT) I don't know if anyone ever yelled because I had music on really loud. Now I'm in much better shape and run much faster... Once I got a thumbs up... I think it was a thumb So: headphones / Ignore, but don't stop!! Great job!!

Maybe something like this would be appropriate.. (hope I don't get banned)

@Em - have you decided how to deal with the louts? Headphones and ignoring the ignorant, a new route, both, or something else entirely?

People suck. I'm really sorry, but...

Personally, I used people's idiotic comments to motivate me. As much as it may hurt your feelings, use that hurt and turn it into something positive. Make them eat their words!

Looking back I would almost offer a sincere thank you to all of the morons. Almost.

arditarose wrote: »

You're outside right? God I hate people sometimes.

Me too.
[i've just seen the previous comment] yes, definitely change your route.
Do you have a local Park you can go to?
I go to mine early in the morning, so hardly anyone around (certainly No Kids).
It's Bliss.

some people are so horrible and thoughtless

AliceDark wrote: »

I have no idea whether this is a thing that actually happened or not, but it showed up on my FB feed today and it makes me giggle every time I read it.

I wish there were a "Like" button on here.

Yes, people suck. But, we're all grown-ups: Ignore them, and trudge on. I get people making remarks while I'm bike commuting to work. Sometimes I give them the one-finger salute, but most often I just ignore them.

where the heck do you live?! I have to say we have people of all shapes and sizes here and I've never heard anything like that, in fact on the trails, most of us high five as we pass. Headphones, nothing will bother them more than no reaction. Bullies hate to be ignored.

I'm 70 years old and I live in L.A. California and I have had similar things to this happen to me, maybe 4 or 5 times during my life time. And it has almost always been teenagers. They yelled (what these idiots considered real insults). "Hey grandma - your to old to run" and "where ya going Martha?" (that's not my name), and "haha look at that stupid hat". That was the best they could do. I always act like I'm deaf and don't ever show any reaction when this happens. So, you see this can happen to people who are exercising anywhere and in any country. Its a sad fact that there are bullies everywhere and they love to impress each other. And I'm sure that many of them are living very unhappy and unloved lives. Because I do believe in Karma. If you put out hate in life, it will come back to bit you in the *kitten*.

This is where I would tell "jog on" at them, and then giggle to myself how it's a bit of a double entendre.

Em_runs_away wrote: »

It's not a gym it's outside. I cycle to my run and the run twice round a park then cycle home.

Just don't rent them any space in your brain. They are just jealous they don't love themselves as much as you are loving yourself by getting fit. Headphones are ok but not to loud, if they see your headphones, they probably won't bother commenting. And an alternate route might be a good idea too.

Since this is a group of teens in a park, call the city council office and report that they are bothering adult users of the park.