The reason why I stopped making fitness videos

I never fully addressed the question of why I stopped making fitness videos. The short answer is… I quit for my mental health, my confidence, and my emotional health.

My entire wellbeing took a beating over the course of a decade. People were constantly commenting on my body, questioning why I didn’t look the way they thought a fitness instructor should look. 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 6-pack?

I screenshotted some of the comments to give you an idea of what I was seeing on a regular basis.

And it wasn’t just the comments. Maybe I could have handled that. But when other content creators started making videos about me not only to say the same things but also to purposefully paint me in a bad light because they knew putting “Blogilates” in their video title could draw more views and therefore more Adsense ($), why would they stop?

I didn’t know these people yet they talked about me like they knew everything about me, oftentimes making up lies to make a point. The thing with the internet is – everyone has an opinion – and the loudest ones usually win, regardless of the facts. Unfortunately, their opinions started poisoning my confidence until I had none left. I am so sorry but I had to leave to save myself.

I didn’t need it anymore

I didn’t know for sure that my last fitness video would be my last. What I did know was that I didn’t need this anymore. So I decided to just change up my content and show you more of my fashion design side.

And do you know what happened? I never got another negative comment about my body.

Thank you for being nice

Stepping away from fitness videos opened my eyes to how toxic the fitness industry really is. The comment section has an entirely different vibe now, and I’d just like to thank you. Every nice comment is helping to slowly heal a very broken part of me.