Letting Myself Go

Him: "So, do you have any more weddings or reunions to get ready for?"
Me: "Nope, I'm done with those."
Him: "Oh, OK.  Well, I hope you don't let yourself go now..."
Me: "........crickets..............."

This was a conversation that I had in my Spinning class the other day.  I really, truly, had no idea how to respond to that comment.  The only thing I could muster up was "I've got too much money invested to let myself go. I'm going to continue my training."

Now, to defend this gentleman, he's normally very quiet and very nice.  I'm sure he didn't mean it to come across the way I took it.  For the life of me, I just can't figure out why it came up at all.  But it did, and it got me thinking.

Are those the kind of "vibes" I'm sending out?  Do I come across as someone who would work that hard for a goal, then give it all up once I achieve it?  I didn't think I was, but I don't know. It's really kinda irritating because I'm not even done yet and people are worried about me giving up.  While weddings and reunions are good goal dates to work for, my ultimate goal is to lose the weight I want to lose and be the strongest, healthiest mom I can be. I'm not there yet, so my work isn't done.  As I sit here typing this, I'm sore from a workout.  I worked out with extreme focus yesterday.  As the conversation was fresh in my mind, I felt like I had something to prove.  Honestly, I'm not sure if I was proving it to him or to myself.  Either way, I can assure you that I have no intention of letting myself go.