Are there people out there who are afraid if they start coming to fitness classes that we (the instructors) are going to start razzing them about their eating habits?
We’re asking in our serious voice here. We really and truly want to know if that’s a legit thing. Because it kind of seems like it might be. We hear things. We cannot do the impossible and turn off our hearing when we are in public spaces. So we sometimes hear people conversing about this. Conversations that go a little something like:
Person A: I’m not going to bother going to a class where I’m going to be made to feel bad about eating Christmas cookies. I already feel bad enough about myself, I don’t need someone else to help me feel worse.
Person B: Oh totally. And you know (that instructor) would probably never eat a Christmas cookie so there’s no way she understands. She probably doesn’t even know how good Christmas cookies are!
Person A: Yeah, a real cookie-Scrooge - and I am not down with taking advice from people who can’t even eat an occasional cookie.
Person B: So I guess that settles it - we will just have to be okay with our cookie-bodies and we won’t take any classes so no one can make us feel bad about them.
Side note - referred to instructor DOES eat Christmas cookies. Said instructor very much wanted to open a package and stuff two in her mouth right there just to prove it. But said instructor just walked by and people in conversation didn’t even notice the steam plumes coming out of her ears.
Weird, right??
Here’s a nutty little tidbit for anyone who may have answered the initial question ‘yes.’ (Or for the two people in the overheard conversation.) Our Fit Team instructors are incredible. And incredibly real. We have hearing capabilities AND most of us eat cookies. We have never nor would ever shame someone for eating something that we ourselves partake in and we certainly wouldn’t do so in front of a class. Our instructors have day jobs and kids and pets. We take on instructing because WE LOVE TO HELP.
Full stop.
That’s the end. Right there. We don’t love to help shame people about their choices. We just love to help. Whether we’re helping you find a better head space after our class, find a new exercise you can do on your own, find a group where you fit in, or find a way to tackle your workout in 30 minutes - we just want to help.
That’s the reason every one of us teaches.
Will we talk to you about Christmas cookies? Sure. If you want to swap a recipe or tell us about a family favorite. We’d love to talk about it.
