Ladies, when you're at the gym...

I think I feel best (maybe not the prettiest, but I feel AWESOME) when I'm no makeup, at the gym, sweating all over the place. I mean, in my head I'm like a BEAST. Hahaha. But, it is hard not to feel self-conscious, especially when my body isn't exactly to the place I want it to be yet. Like, my legs... I always feel self-conscious about those, but I know if I just keep doing it, I will get there!

Also, nobody is really paying that much attention to everybody else at the gym and what they look like, and EVERYBODY had to start somewhere. So, don't worry about it! Often if I see someone who is at the place where I started, I'm not judging them, I'm quietly cheering them on in my head. I like to think the people who are at the next level from me are doing the same thing!

Sorry to say I'm one of those girls. I won't get the newspaper without makeup on!! I don't do a full face but I do wear some to the gym. It makes me feel better and more confident about going. My boyfriend is a personal trainer at my gym so I want to look decent when I see him too. I never really sweat a lot, never have I just get really hot and my face gets flushed. You should feel comfortable at the gym so whatever makes you comfortable so you go more often you should do!

I get super self conscious. I also just started at a spin/yoga specific gym that (unfortunately) is super hip and trendy and filled with stay-at-home moms who workout all day long, pull up in their mercedes benzes, etc. etc. I don't know why I get so intimidated by them, but I do. Thankfully spin is in the dark. Haha.

At my other gym, the spin room is in the way back, so I have to walk through the machines and weights areas and I hate that too.

I never wear make-up unless I am going out to dinner or something, which is pretty rare. So it isn't really that, I think it is more that I wear clothes comfortable to workout in that aren't the most flattering. Ahhh well. Something I need to work on, I guess.

I don't care what I look like at the gym. I am there to workout not to look pretty for people.

I go to lift heavy things and sweat ...... I wear no makeup and normally baggy clothes

amazingly tho I feel strong and sexy as hell when im done

so no it doesn't bother me

Haha.. As for me I without makeup in gym and after gym. I seldom makeup, I like being comfort and casual. Anyway I love it when I sweat alot and had a great workout that is the purpose that why I am there. Workout! XD I am more of feeling uncomfortable and intimidated in a mixed gym whenever being stared at by males. Feel so threatening and can't focus xD
Well, that why I am in a female gym instead and I enjoy it! ^.^

I enter in Beast Mode and then leave accordingly. It would be a waste of my time to walk in feeling less than awesome, because I would be too worried about others and not focused on my workout.

This. 10x over. I am there to get what I need to do done as quickly and efficiently as possible. I sweat buckets and don't care - makeup would be pointless, lol.

Ah man, your gym-time's been ruined!

Unsubscribe from that guy's feed. Even if he's cute, he's a douche if he wanted to add you, but won't actually talk to you. (Bc yes he thinks you're hot, but no he won't bother to get to know you, he thinks you'll fall over yourself looking at his biceps.)

& go at a different time. Wear a do-rag, NO makeup & sweat pants and those old guys will leave you alone to work.

Also: best gym I ever went to = boxing gym that tolerated non-boxers for the $. All business there.

Ive seen girls with do-rags! does this help the sweat? i have a few here, but they are all glitzy.

Yes & lol!

I enter in Beast Mode and then leave accordingly. It would be a waste of my time to walk in feeling less than awesome, because I would be too worried about others and not focused on my workout.

Here is what I think when I see people at the gym.

Fit person: "Wow, I want to be like you one day"
No-so-fit-person: "Good for you for taking care of your health"

The end.

I totally agree and I walk in feeling the same way - proud of myself for being there, wishing I had more energy to do what I am about to do, but grateful! And I agree- I want to be the fit person and am so proud of the not-so-fit person for being there! Way to go!

You go to the gym to work..not look pretty

This. Those girls on the elliptical, with make up on and not breaking a sweat? Yeah, that's not helping them all that much.

I call them "Gym Bunnies" because they hop from machine to machine trying to get noticed!