I really don't want to go back to the gym...

Oh wow! I am amazed at how many responses this got, thank you! You're all absolutely right, I just felt so embarrassed.
Sunday is my favorite yoga class, hopefully it'll go better this week!

Do that you have nothing to be embarrased about, she on the other hand.....

I am just shocked.

Don't let her ruin this for you. Of all the classes yoga should be the most accepting. Go move your body and enjoy how it feels. Don't worry if you aren't as bendy as anybody else that isn't the point.

I am a fat yogi and I don't care. I only try and compare myself with myself.

Oh wow! I am amazed at how many responses this got, thank you! You're all absolutely right, I just felt so embarrassed.
Sunday is my favorite yoga class, hopefully it'll go better this week!

YOU are NOT the one who should have been embarrassed. It sounds like you're going back on Sunday... good for you. Stretch out and take up that space and enjoy your class.

You are the only person who will ever let comments affect you. YOU decide what does and does not bother you. If stupid comments become unimportant to you, then you'll never have to worry about them. If, however, you allow stupid comments to dictate how you feel about yourself, well, then you may want to buy a home gym and vacuum the cobwebs out of your basement.

In short, you have no control over what people say, but you have ultimate control over how you take it.

What a miserable, ignorant rude cow of a woman. Talk about empathetic to her fellow class members!!!

Do not allow this dumb *kitten* stop you from attending classes. You have every right to be there, as well as anyone who is motivated to improve their health. People like that are basically overgrown school bullies who clearly have huge issues with themselves if they need to make themselves feel better by badmouthing or belittling others.

Incidentally, it is helpful to remember that no matter what her body looks like, or eventually looks like, she will ALWAYS be an ugly person on the inside and that will NEVER change!!

She is not worth a second's thought, so hang in there.x

People can be mean, it's important not to let them run your life. Go back to the gym and ignore that witch. Odds are she just isn't happy with her own body and is looking for someone to make her feel better. Nobody likes a bully.

So I was exercising pretty regularly from February - April.
I had a pretty regular routine, I did cardio classes Monday, Wednesdays, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday I did Yoga, and Friday I did abs class.
Until this girl starting going on about "fat b*****es" that take up space in yoga classes.

Now I feel like I ought to work out at home on workout DVDs until I get thin enough to be seen at a public gym.
Does this happen to anyone else?

She sounds like a very uplifting and enjoyable person to be around *sarcasm*. Her comment doesn't even make sense.

Whether she was talking about you or not is irrelevant. You enjoy your gym classes, you pay to be there, and you have every right to be there. Definitely report her nasty comments to the instructor and to the gym management. If she bothered you, she has likely bothered others who didn't say anything.

Don't ever let someone else's negativity be the deciding factor of your behavior and your choices. That gives them power over you that they do not deserve.

I'd daub something obnoxious like 'too legit to quit' in glitter onto the seat of my pants.

Fantastic!

What a miserable, ignorant rude cow of a woman.

The Miserable Ignorant Rude Cow anti-defamation league will be contacting you for slander.

Hello: Skip the gym, skip the pencil thin dead head blondes at the gym (no offense to anyone, that is just how they are at the gym I used to go to), and get a bike. I am now 261 pounds. I was 278 pounds just 15 days ago (lost 17 pounds in 15 days). I used to do the "gym thing", but I just could not keep doing it day after day. I hated spending 20 minutes driving to the gym, 20 minutes driving home from the gym, signing in, and then the "snickers" from all the girls that only went there to show off there thin bodies....(like they REALLY needed to work out). I bought a bike and I found out one thing....it was a really good workout, I burned high amounts of calories, I had fun, stayed cool.....and I did it all sitting on my butt!! LOL

I have logged about 2000 miles on my bike (not all at once, but about 12 miles per day with the occasional weekend 80 - 90 mile ride). I currently do an 11.5 mile circuit at about 15 mph, and that burns over 800 calories per trip (at my weight) and I can do it in 40 minutes. I leave from my home exercising and I return to my home to end exercising. I just ride down my street, or a low traffic route. I live in Florida, so they have "rail trails" here for riding where no cars can go. Most states have rail trails or greenways laid out for biking if you can't ride from your home.

Go on google and find a good calorie calculator and enter your stats to see how much you can burn cycling. When I first started, I could only do about 2 miles at about 4 mph. It took some time to work up to where I am now, but you will be amazed at the workout you can get and how fast the fat will melt off. Plus, wait till you see how well your legs shape up and your upper arms get from cycling. Recommendation: Start with a cheaper hybrid bike first, to see if you like it before spending a lot of money. Then, move up to a good bike later. I started with a hybrid (not totally upright riding) Schwinn from Target for $250.00. My current bike costs me just over $2000.00. That is how much I like biking. Of course, I gained back the 70 pounds I lost in the five months I was biking and now have to start over again. I am a truck driver, and at the time, I had no way to carry my bike on the truck....so hello pounds. But now, we have a way to carry our bikes and I anticipate another 70 pounds flying off in 5 months again. I have a total of 103 pounds to lose.

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