Does anyone else chose gym over social stuff??

ALL the time. Don't even care.

Gym instead. Almost always.

gym is the priority. Once you skip one, it makes it a fraction easier to talk yourself into skipping another for whatever the current more important thing is, then fractionally easier from there and so on.

It depends on the event. I don't drink much (maybe once or twice a year) and I hate bars/clubs/whatever they call them nowadays. On occasion I've had acquaintances invite me to go to a bar for after class drinks and I've said no, but I usually tell them it's because I have class in the morning, which is also true. I just also plan to go to the gym first.

But things with family and good friends is a priority. Either I'll move my workout time to fit around the event or I'll find a way to get in some kind of work out while I'm with friends. I've often invited (dragged heh) friends on impromptu hikes in nearby hills or whatever when we're just hanging out together, suggested visits to parks, walking around the city, or whatever that will get us out and moving, so that at least I can feel like I've made up for missing my usual routine to some degree. Bonus: it's a great way to improve friendships.

Of course, this won't work for things like weddings or graduation ceremonies or little league matches, but I think those trump gym days anyway.

I feel like I need to workout instead of being social. I think its more respectable when you work hard on yourself. Than when you see your friends they will know why you weren't around and get it.

Im taking some me time for my workouts because i feel like when i get to my goal I will be a lot more social and confident. My friends will support me too.

Pretty much the only things my colleagues want to do are eat and drink alcohol, so I try not to socialise outside of work.
I'm more comfortable flying solo and not having to fit the things I want to do (work out, food prep, movies, video games) around other people.

My friends are awesome and nurturing those relationships means a lot to me. My training also means a lot to me. I balance the two. I don't sacrifice one for the other.

I choose just about anything over social stuff. :laugh:

Depends on said social event. regular gathering sometimes, birthdays weddings, concerts, party's etc I will usually readjust my schedule to fit in my routine.

I find it is also beneficial to my friends if I am healthy and fit...less painful on the eyes:laugh: and better company eg more confidence, better disposition, more endurance (giggity) etc

This thread makes he haz a sad :flowerforyou:

The reason I work out and eat well etc is to have more quality time with my family and friends. It is great when I can go out and get exercise at the same time like the group of guys I go for a ride with and have a coffee, but most of the time its going out with friends for dinner or a few drinks.

I don't have to drink or eat fried food to have a good time (although sometimes I still do), I'm happy to be the designated driver a lot of the time as I get to stay on track and allow others to indulge if they want. Over the last few years most of them have gone from nagging and trying to get me to drink more etc, to accepting my choices and sometimes even catering a little differently if I come to their homes. In some cases I have (although I hate the word) 'inspired' others to make some changes in their own lives.

I'm not judging though, I absolutely understand some people are naturally very introverted and would rather have a lot of down time than be with other people and can find those situations more draining than pleasurable. I'm just a believer that you can't be 'all in' with a fitness/nutrition routine at the expense of other enjoyable things of your life - it is not sustainable or even healthy in the long run.

As with most things in life, balance is the key!

Parties like this always have tables laden with high fat, sugary, salty, crappy food and the hostesses at these parties keep encouraging you to "go back - there's plenty more! Why aren't you eating?" All my work these past weeks would end up sabotaged.

If anyone has the p***-poor breeding to ask me WHY I can't go to their Norwex party or PartyLite candle party or some horrible birthday/holiday/whatever-else-they-dream-up party, I thank them politely, then tell them I've made other plans. If they ask what (some do, BTW) I act like I didn't hear them, excuse myself and walk away or tell them I've got plans to go to a bar and pick up some guy for a one-night stand, whatever I think will embarrass them the most. I don't understand why women feel like they have to make excuses for not joining in the crowd. I don't see many guys like that. If a guy doesn't want to go, he says, "No." End of story.

To the guys and their ability to say no and mean it!!

That's the only thing I don't like about the gym is that there are other people.

I hate skipping the gym for dinner plans on weekdays especially because it's a double whammy - a missed workout and a possible (actually probably!!!) high cal dinner.

id be better off getting my workout in and having a healthy prepared meal. sooo..i usually skip weekday dinners and only have them fri or saturdays now as a "treat".

I'm usually in the gym around 5:30am before work, I have yet to be invited to any social event that starts at that time.

For it to be healthy, there has to be balance.

That being said, for me, if I miss a day/night at the gym, it bothers me for some reason... like I'm not staying committed. So I make hitting the gym 5-6 days a week a priority. That way, if I do skip a day, I feel like I still was productive enough to justify it.

When I am at the gym, it's all business. Don't have to time mix/mingle and chit chat. Not an introvert, just time management aware.