tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post548558747623425611..comments2024-03-26T04:27:54.485-06:00Comments on Du Wax Loolu: Trying not to judgeJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-17290051367416428032010-01-13T17:29:42.154-07:002010-01-13T17:29:42.154-07:00I read an article recently (I swear it was in the ...I read an article recently (I swear it was in the Oprah Magazine) about how people who compare down ("Hm, my boobs are perkier than hers.") are actually happier than those who compare up ("Her legs are so much nicer than mine!"). I'd much rather not compare at all, but I'm not that evolved yet (trying! It's the lesson I hope to accept this year). So until I reach the next spiritual level, I've given myself license to compare down (silently, of course!).<br /><br />This means that I'm just as annoyed with the people who have started crowding my dance studio as you are with the New Year's Resolution folks at the gym.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-2973172960380270492010-01-13T04:58:08.028-07:002010-01-13T04:58:08.028-07:00And I would like to point out that since I've ...And I would like to point out that since I've been going to the same gym for many years, I actually LOVE to see some of the people make it past Feb. I dont WANT to work out alone, I LIKE having all of those people sweating around me. I like that part a lot - the ones who don't make it leave but the ones that do become part of us.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307762555108511788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-87235886308493111892010-01-13T04:55:48.582-07:002010-01-13T04:55:48.582-07:00I know this post is more about judgement in genera...I know this post is more about judgement in general, but I do think that gyms should post a list of general rules for the Resolutioners. I judge because they sit on the machines while they aren't using them, and just generally walk around as if there aren't other people there. Perhaps it's not their fault, but one guy actually sat and read the paper on a bench between his sets. So, well. I fume along with my judgement.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01307762555108511788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-63404030665444598962010-01-12T21:51:27.409-07:002010-01-12T21:51:27.409-07:00I hope the people stick with it at the gym. I know...I hope the people stick with it at the gym. I know it's changed my outlook on life. But. They probably won't. And they're in my way. <br /><br />:)willikathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18290023050281646936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-38972680365454810342010-01-12T21:36:52.962-07:002010-01-12T21:36:52.962-07:00I appreciate your perspective on the gym issue. I ...I appreciate your perspective on the gym issue. I just joined a gym this week, but it's not because of any sort of resolution. Rather, I took advantage of a New Year's promotional and am finally able to afford a membership!!! I've been working out on my own/my school's gym up until this week... <br /><br />Hope this affirms your new perspective! :)Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15105258799494297175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-35288228229789119472010-01-12T21:28:23.631-07:002010-01-12T21:28:23.631-07:00Eh, some stereotypes are true. And resolutioners f...Eh, some stereotypes are true. And resolutioners failing? Is a stereotype that is true. I get mad about this too, and I have to admit, I'm not losing any sleep over it.SLynnRohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016804259405363833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-2624736957771458452010-01-12T21:17:13.602-07:002010-01-12T21:17:13.602-07:00I like the distinction of "judging" vers...I like the distinction of "judging" versus "judging in a negative way".<br /><br />Because it's true that without judgement, none of us would be able to function, ever.<br /><br />Also, grouping things together in our minds according to similarities and differences is satisfying. But you are so right when you say that it's the doing it negatively that's the problem.Marie Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03830798429713169174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-51718661546335729362010-01-12T20:14:27.290-07:002010-01-12T20:14:27.290-07:00I made a dumb remark about January craziness in fr...I made a dumb remark about January craziness in front of someone and then totally could see I crushed them...because they were obvs thinking this January was the ONE. I felt like shit and realized I don't even mind the January frenzy - all the more peeps to draw motivation off of. Plus hello I was such a person last year. Great post!Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371204654341480150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-86051290089765487212010-01-12T13:37:12.315-07:002010-01-12T13:37:12.315-07:00I've been a regular gym member for over a year...I've been a regular gym member for over a year now, for the first time in my life! Usually I sign up and then don't go. But I found myself last year being annoyed, just like you, about all the new people. But then I realized that those people needed to be there just as much as I do and now my thinking has shifted. I'm proud that those people choose to come workout and I hope that there's always a line for a machine. If there was we'd have less sickness and depression I think.Kristiehttp://www.mygrandillusions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-17837808307678243372010-01-12T10:32:34.190-07:002010-01-12T10:32:34.190-07:00I don't think there's anything wrong with ...I don't think there's anything wrong with sort of half-heartedly judging someone for quitting the gym on January 10th. But as somone who JUST started a weight-loss journey, is committed, and has been hitting the gym, it bugs me that there are SO MANY HATERS. Maybe I'm in the minority in that New Years Resolutions really work for me---for whatever reason. But a friend of mine wrote a really hateful post about "keeping the fat asses out of the gym" and man, it pissed me off. I wish people would relax and just not worry so much about others choices.Amy --- Just A Titchhttp://www.justatitch.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-55477240590978872252010-01-12T10:15:04.075-07:002010-01-12T10:15:04.075-07:00Very good post. You hit the nail right on the hea...Very good post. You hit the nail right on the head. I love reading your blog! It makes me think about myself and what I can improve upon.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264011735420763054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-26389892515334678562010-01-12T09:35:02.637-07:002010-01-12T09:35:02.637-07:00I'm judgy, I totally am. At least I do most o...I'm judgy, I totally am. At least I do most of my judging silently, in my head, and don't voice it to anyone else. I also tend to sometimes feel smug when I'm doing something one way that's working for me and others are doing it another way that is not working for them. But hoo-boy, I cannot tell you how many times that has come back to bite me in the behind.missrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03595843215458849973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-42644365378892245852010-01-12T09:19:55.406-07:002010-01-12T09:19:55.406-07:00I try not to judge, but I am guilty of doing it fr...I try not to judge, but I am guilty of doing it frequently. I am so interested in other people's lives and feel that I could offer helpful suggestions to their problems, but often I don't realize that I am judging them in the process.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03610469765465154107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-20946857751527218222010-01-12T08:43:00.868-07:002010-01-12T08:43:00.868-07:00I have been more in tune with my judgmental tenden...I have been more in tune with my judgmental tendencies and am trying to curb them. This is a good post and I appreciated hearing someone else's perspective on it!Sizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182860438430294750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-21155399674397668552010-01-12T08:06:40.543-07:002010-01-12T08:06:40.543-07:00I'm a self-admitted judgmental snob when it co...I'm a self-admitted judgmental snob when it comes to the gym. And here's why. If those New Year's Resolutioners actually stuck to their resolutions. Actually joined the gym. And kept going to the gym on a regular basis throughout the year. Then, I'd say, bring them out of the woodwork on January 1.<br /><br />But, the fact of the matter is (and you pointed it out), gyms get ridiculously busy on January 1. And every month after that, they thin out. Until the summer time, when lots of people take their workouts outside and the gym is a ghost town. <br /><br />As someone who has been a member at a gym since high school (going on 20 years now), I can't think of a bigger waste of money than to get an annual gym membership and only use a tenth of it. Yes, on this one, I judge. Shoot me.Nilsa @ SoMi Speakshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474642034399063234noreply@blogger.com