Today, my boyfriend let me know that he couldn't listen to constant diet talk. He said this just as I was exuberantly describing how much looser a pair of my "too tight" pants were. At first, I was taken aback. How rude. I stomped off, pouting. But, then I thought about it. I had been barking diet talk into this poor man's ear for days. Even before I started the diet.
I can't stand people like that. I love passionate people and I love people who have information that can benefit me and want to tell me all about it. But, there's a line. There has to be a balance.
And, so I got it. It sunk in. I've since been making a conscious effort to tone down the diet talk and throw in a few other topics, so that I don't burn the boy out. He's heard me be this enthusiastic before, and those times didn't amount to much. I know how amazed he'll be when he realizes that this isn't a phase for me, and that I am going to do everything in my power to change my life.
It's hard not to talk about it, or to concentrate on something else. It's why I created this blog. I didn't want to inundate my Facebook friends with diet talk every day, and I didn't want to mix it in with all of my Livejournal business. I thought that it deserved its own forum, even if it really just amounted to a few good friends and family checking it once in a while.
I don't care about the size of the audience I receive, I'm just glad to have an outlet.
Those of you who are reading this, though. Thank you :) I hope you can take something from it.
No comments:
Post a Comment