I’ve never fully addressed why I stopped making fitness videos. The short answer is… I quit because of my mental health, my self-confidence, and my emotional health.
My entire well-being took a hit over the course of a decade. People constantly commented on my body and wondered why I didn’t look like what they thought a fitness instructor should look like. They said I was too chubby, too skinny and not muscular enough. They said my butt was too flat. Why didn’t I have a six-pack?
I took a screenshot of some of the comments to give you an idea of what I saw on a regular basis.
And it wasn’t just the reactions. Maybe I could have arranged that. But when other content creators started making videos about me, not only to say the same things, but also to purposely put me in a bad light because they knew that putting “Blogilates” in their video title could get more views and thus more Adsense ($), why would they stop?
I didn’t know these people yet, but they talked about me as if they knew everything about me, often making up lies to make a point. The problem with the internet is that everyone has an opinion, and the loudest usually wins, regardless of the facts. Unfortunately, their opinions began to poison my self-confidence until I had none left. I’m so sorry, but I had to leave to save myself.
I didn’t need it anymore
I wasn’t sure my latest fitness video would be my last. What I did know was that I didn’t need this anymore. So I decided to change my content and show you more of my fashion design side.
And do you know what happened? I never received a negative comment about my body again.
Thank you for being kind
Moving away from fitness videos opened my eyes to how toxic the fitness industry really is. The comments section has a very different vibe now and I’d like to thank you. Every nice comment slowly helps heal a very broken part of me.
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