"You never ask me to join you when you go to the gym."

That's so me!

My exercise is also my 'me time'. I make playlists in advance, I do a little meditation at the end. If I'm going through a rough patch or have something stressful coming up like a job interview or hospital appointment then I love to pop a DVD in and sweat all that tension out.

I once had a co worker suggest she join me and we could be exercise buddies. I swear every ounce of blood drained from my face with the fright. I made some excuse and then a avoided her for weeks. I may or may not have hid behind a pillar in the parking lot to dodge her once :-/

I also had a job once where I was the only person under 30 and also the only person at a healthy weight. At lunch I would eat my homemade lunch while the others ordered in pizzas and went to DQ across the street. They noticed my eating habits and somehow concluded that I was a nutrition guru as I was asked by 3 different ladies in the 6 months I was there to come and speak to their son's football team about nutrition. Ummm. No. Lol! So that's my other dread. People asking for weight loss/food/fitness advice that I am in no way qualified to give. Still figuring it all out myself.

I tell the truth when folks say "Hey, let's run together." No way. I run my pace and I don't want to have to run yours. Plus I start to get all competitive weird and run faster and faster until I'm beating them and they're po'd. And I don't want to talk when I run. And I want to go wherever I want. Or stop for 20 seconds if there is something really cool to look at (baby sand hill cranes in the spring).

I think me time is completely rational.

I can be incredibly competitive. Someone telling me to "relax" is BS. I am relaxed, I just want to beat you at everything in life. :mad:

I just tell people I don't have time to work someone's schedule into mine.

In reality, every time I've rearranged my life to have a "workout buddy", they crap out after a month, and they start trying to take me down with them.

"I don't feel like working out today. Why don't we go out to eat instead?"

So no. Other people are on their own.

at work: "oooh is that a salad??? are you on a diet?? are you *trying* to lose weight??"

I feel like I have to hide when I eat and avoid the lunchroom completely. People are so nosy!!! I like to keep my progress to myself, especially since I'm just getting started. I don't like discussing my every calorie with people I work with, because that is all most of them do when they have conversations...

So yeah. now I dread eating at work.

"Can you eat this?"

I can eat whatever I want!

...and no, I don't want to eat that!

Leave me alone with my boring menu! It keeps me steady.

Yes it was on my FB yesterday after I logged my walk yesterday with mapmywalk app...

It's my time with my husband....and I never know when I am going so why do I have to schedule around someone else...it's bad enough I have to wait for him to get home from work...

Training partners are a bad idea unless they're a lot better than you, in which case you'd better learn to keep your mouth shut, your ears open, and your schedule subordinate to theirs.

Dreaded phrases:
"Wanna go to the gym tonight?" NOPE. I want to go alone. Hence why I'm getting a power rack, barbell and weight plates for home.

"Here, you need more!" or "You should have this, too, so I don't feel bad about eating it." No thank you. If I want more, I will get it myself. Don't put more food on my plate or pour more wine in my glass.

"Ohhh, I would offer you some of this, but you're on a diet." Actually, no, I'm not on a diet. If it fits my macros and I want it, I'll eat it. I also don't want to explain to you what macros are.

"I shouldn't eat this, this, this, or this. It has fat in it." Again, not going to explain to you that eating fat doesn't make you fat and you do need to eat fat in order to maintain bodily functions, etc. I will just smile and nod.

I workout alone. In my bedroom where my roommates can't see me.

My roommate did go with me on my first run. (I'm using C25K to train for a 5K I'm doing in Sept). I told her she didn't have to keep pace with me, but she did and I am grateful for that.

My roommates have commented a couple of times when seeing me weigh food that it wasn't enough. I told them it was for me.

Last week I was eating my lunch at work when a client saw me (I was at the reception desk as my computer is out of commission right now) and they commented "So you are eating healthy now" Not sure what he meant by "now" as this was not a regular client and he more then likely had never see me eat at work before!

Training partners are a bad idea unless they're a lot better than you, in which case you'd better learn to keep your mouth shut, your ears open, and your schedule subordinate to theirs.

I agree with this statement.

I too prefer the lone workout... About the only thing I do with someone would be a bike ride. We're all basically the same tempo, but none feels pressure to keep up or fall back... together but still in my own zone.

I can go either way. I am perfectly happy to lift by myself or with someone else. Having a built in spotter can come in handy.

Yeah, about how I feel.

I had someone ask me about working out but then I told them that I'm up at 5 and at the gym by 5:30 when they opened and got the "but that's so eeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrlllllly." Um, ok, guess I won't see you there. The schedule I keep alone seems to be the biggest deterrent.

I like my early hours, my quiet time, and my equipments tucked away from the more frequented area so I don't have those huge fans blowing on me.

I love being with people. It's why I'm such a *kitten* for all the group exercise classes. I'm the weird friendly girl grinning at all the strangers. I love it. And I love sitting in the lounge with people after a class with our faces all bright red and complaining about how hard it was. Shared experiences. My favorite.

But I can't run with anyone. First, I feel like I'm slower than anyone I know - and having to go slower would make me mad, so I figure that's how they feel. Also running just makes me angry. I do not enjoy it. I guess I'd rather suffer alone, which is too bad - because I've actually had people say "hey we could run together" and noooobody wants to go to the gym. lol