It's the old mindfuck of doing exercise and then feeling entitled to those extra "carbs" that you burnt during the session. I also blame Garmin, Strava, etc. A girl I know did the 1,000 steps a few times which is a big hill with near enough to 1,000 steps set in a nice forest like atmosphere. She walked this twice and her Garmin watch estimated she had burnt over 1,800 cals or something stupid like that. All of a sudden she doesn't feel so bad about the post sesh maccas run or whatever food she ate to "replenish her glycogen".
Btw, kind of related but heard the best acronym from a running trainer the other day. AOA (Adult onset athlete). Absolute pisser because it pretty much describes every adult female runner I see these days (my wife excluded).
LOL!
They are probably the same types of people who are overweight/obese but insist that they eat healthy and are on these ridiculous gluten free/gourmet/organic 'diets' where everything is 3x the price of normal food.
As for ultra marathons one of my colleagues at work today was having a subtle brag about doing them. He pointed at his gut and said to my female colleague "it doesn't look like it, but I've just completed an ultra marathon recently so I can have my mornings free now".
Good on people for going out there and exercising, but it seems like exercise has become a lot more about socializing and wearing all the latest 'fitness gear and apparel' than it has about actually training. Oh yeah that reminds me all these whales on my facebook were whinging about Lorna Jane not selling any fitness clothing in sizes above 14.
Some of the comments were:
"Big people want to exercise, are told exercise will help them be healthy, lose weight and get smaller. But it's a huge barrier (pardon the pun) to exercise if you can't be clothed to do so".
"So many fit crossfit women wouldn't fit in her clothes and they are some of the fittest, strongest and gorgeous looking women ever!!"
" I am a plus size and cannot buy any active wear that I would be happy to wear, unless I wear black. I wantto be bright and happy while I am walking not stodgy and dowdy...come on give us a break".
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