I'm not always sure if I'm going to the gym before or after I pick the kids up. If I'm running around most of the day, sometimes we go straight to the gym after pickup, so it's easier to just put the workout clothes on in the morning and change after showering & working out than to put on regular clothes and have to change into workout clothes at the gym. Sometimes I run in the morning and go to the gym in the afternoon, which means I shower in-between and wear TWO different workout outfits in a day, and I'm sure that REALLY chaps some people's asses, but oh well!

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Anonymous wrote:Because the 2 days a week I am sahm....i put little one on bus at 8:55, run from 9- 10, walk fog from 10-10:30, eat, do laundry, call docs/ dentists/someone one, make beds, pull out dinner, check work emails. Then, realize it is 1 or later and need to get to store, pharmacy, cleaners, post office...next thing HS kid home at 2:35 and now have to get to activities, homework. The day just flies and I don't mean to never get changed and dressed nice.

You don't shower after a one-hour run? I wish I could get away with that, I would be a stinky, sweaty mess!

Lol! I realizd after I posted that 1) I do shower in the summer and 2) someone would say that! Yes, I am sweaty other times as well but it is more like come in sweaty, drink water, take dog out, and then I am cooling down without noticing, I guess because I come in load dishwasher, laundry, and before I am aware it is afternoon. It's more like ...just do one more thing! It's not every single day/every single run that I am that way. Trying to add some perspective to question. But, yes, I do need to shower and do shower but there are times like I said where the day just gets away from me.

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the logic here. It's just as easy to wear jeans or a simple dress? If everything is easy, then workout gear is not lazy or giving up. When "workout" gear is actually active wear or daily wear for people who are active, looks better than it ever has, is made with superior materials and is actually (in some cases) more expensive than other kinds of clothes, what is the problem? It's just a different choice of clothing for an active lifestyle.

You would wear jeans on a hot and muggy day like today? Gross - talk about swam ass.

Dresses/skirts make me cold when I'm indoors. Unfortunately, I don't acclimate well during sudden temperature changes from going indoors to outside.

In summer, black workout capris are the perfect middle ground. Sorry to damage your eyes - but do feel free to avert them next time.

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Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

Oddly enough, I find that the ones who are in workout gear all the time in my area (N. Arlington) are the ones that make me feel like crap because I am out of shape and they seem to look fabulously fit in their little outfits and like I've given up!

They make me feel like outside of their family, the only thing they have going on in their lives is working out. Dull.

You sound jealous. Sorry you're fat.

Not even close, hon. Just not a slob.

Black yoga panta do not look like slob clothes. Ratty sweatpants maybe.

But are they capris?!

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the logic here. It's just as easy to wear jeans or a simple dress? If everything is easy, then workout gear is not lazy or giving up. When "workout" gear is actually active wear or daily wear for people who are active, looks better than it ever has, is made with superior materials and is actually (in some cases) more expensive than other kinds of clothes, what is the problem? It's just a different choice of clothing for an active lifestyle.

It washes well, dries quickly, doesn't wrinkle, packs nicely. It's fairly efficient as far as clothes go, especially for an active lifestyle. If I were just staying around the house all day not doing much jeans and skirts would be fine. I do wear jeans.. but if I'm going to be busy I prefer the comfy, stands up to anything clothes.

I don't understand the logic here. It's just as easy to wear jeans or a simple dress? If everything is easy, then workout gear is not lazy or giving up. When "workout" gear is actually active wear or daily wear for people who are active, looks better than it ever has, is made with superior materials and is actually (in some cases) more expensive than other kinds of clothes, what is the problem? It's just a different choice of clothing for an active lifestyle.

Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

Who appointed you in charge of "appropriate"?

Are you Stacey London?

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Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

Oddly enough, I find that the ones who are in workout gear all the time in my area (N. Arlington) are the ones that make me feel like crap because I am out of shape and they seem to look fabulously fit in their little outfits and like I've given up!

They make me feel like outside of their family, the only thing they have going on in their lives is working out. Dull.

You sound jealous. Sorry you're fat.

Not even close, hon. Just not a slob.

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Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

Oddly enough, I find that the ones who are in workout gear all the time in my area (N. Arlington) are the ones that make me feel like crap because I am out of shape and they seem to look fabulously fit in their little outfits and like I've given up!

They make me feel like outside of their family, the only thing they have going on in their lives is working out. Dull.

You sound jealous. Sorry you're fat.

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Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

Oddly enough, I find that the ones who are in workout gear all the time in my area (N. Arlington) are the ones that make me feel like crap because I am out of shape and they seem to look fabulously fit in their little outfits and like I've given up!

They make me feel like outside of their family, the only thing they have going on in their lives is working out. Dull.

Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

Oddly enough, I find that the ones who are in workout gear all the time in my area (N. Arlington) are the ones that make me feel like crap because I am out of shape and they seem to look fabulously fit in their little outfits and like I've given up!

Anonymous wrote:Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

"Appropriate attire" according to whom? "Giving up on life" bc of what someone chooses to wear? I hope someone else teaches your children about what's important in life.

Lazy and full of excuses. Appropriate attire is pants, jeans, skirts with sweaters, tshirts, regular tops or easy to wear dresses. When I was nursing and covered in baby vomit all day I still managed to put on a pair of regular pants, tank top and cardigan. I can't imagine giving up on life like that and I'm not a very formal person. The point is that you are wearing clothes that are meant to be worn at home or in the gym but you are out in public. I don't want to teach my children to live their lives in sweatpants. I don't want to teach them to be vain, but they need to have some self respect.

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