What am I, a psychologist?!

I don’t know how many times I’ve had to tell them, the scales don’t measure your health!

Working as a fitness technician/circuit coach at a women’s fitness centre is like being a psychologist. It’s the most emotionally draining job, especially when you have to repetitively tell the women, they look great, the 200 grams of weight they’ve gained could be the coffee they drank before they came to do their workout, and to stop stressing because they are healthy and that’s all that matters.

And then there are the slackers who never get any results, and blame us. They think they can lose weight by just walking through the door. What goes through a person’s mind that makes them honestly think that they can make no effort whatsoever when they work out, go home, eat take away and get results.

I make so much effort to encourage them and show them all the benefits that they are getting from exercise and dieting. I make so much effort to explain to them what they are doing wrong and what they could improve.

I’m not making excuses for them anymore. I can’t help people who don’t want to help themselves.