Summary: SO, we learned a few things, and I think we got a little bit better with our podcasting skills, so you should check it out... But this last podcast, we talked about relationships - the ups and downs of relationships.. friendships, romantic relationships, marriages.... but first, SOUNDBOARDS??? I'm sorry, but in college, I thought these were the funniest things in the WORLD. I used to call people all the time and use these things... if you want a good giggle, go to this website, and play around haha.Anyways, let's get back on point.. relationships, how are the effected when you decide to change the way you live? Well for me, it sucked.. when I first started working out and losing weight, my friend didn't understand, and they wanted me to be the same person, same, fun, drinking, eating crap, don't say no, Andrea.... it was really hard for me because instead of going to happy hour, I wanted to go to the gym, and people didn't get that, they didn't understand that, and they didn't support that, and that's the hardest thing out of all of this, is that your friends change the way they view you and the new things you do, aren't accepted.I literally had a friend tell me I needed to stop working out and start hanging out more because my "friendships wouldn't be around forever".... seriously? haha... well if that's the case, then this friendship isn't going past this conversation and you can have a nice life! My gym family became my friends because those were all people who had the same ideals and goals as I did - and it made things much easier... instead of friday night happy hours, we had friday night workouts, and I felt just as good being there then I did at the bar... and to tell you the truth, now, now that I'm healthy, I can party harder then I ever could HAHA. So take that! BAM!I think it's also hard when you have people who see you've changed your lifestyle and now are focusing on working out, and they want to put their two cents into HOW you do it --- I do crossfit, I get it, and not everyone does it, do I push it on people? No... Do I tell people about it when they asked me how I lost weight, yes.... but I don't sit here and knock other ways of working out just because I don't do them. I had someone tell me once that since I don't spin, because spinning is the best and it's the ONLY way to lose weight, that I'm not going to lose weight... umm well, actually, I lost more weight doing crossfit then spinning, so I think I will... Everyone and every BODY is different, what might work for you, might not work for the person sitting next to you and visa versa... so why not support each other in what you do, instead of getting all snippy because you don't do the same types of workouts!The last thing we really touched upon was relationships - do you know how hard it is to be in a relationship with someone that doesn't have the same ideas on fitness as you? HARD. It's hard when someone is trying to eat healthy, and the other one doesn't really want to... and I think that's a fine line that we walk on because do we offend the other person when we tell them we are upset that they don't want to eat the way we are eating, or workout the way we workout? Maybe... and we don't want to do that... I'll be honest.. I wish Juan did Crossfit... it's sooooo cool at the gym seeing couples push each other and get excited for each other that they got a new PR or did really awesome on a workout.. that's something I would love to share with Juan. It's easy enough to go home and be like, BABE, I added 10lbs to my clean and jerk today I'm so excited, and him be like, yay, great... but it's another thing if he's actually there, and he knows what it takes to throw 150lbs over your head, you know?And you know what, this is all im saying on this topic, but when you lose weight, sex is better... you feel so much better about yourself, and you want to do it! hahaha.. sorry, but we bring it up in the podcast, and it's true...
