vent--There are too many skinny people at the gym

jayme252014
jayme252014 Posts: 16
in Motivation and Support
I know that that sounds stupid but I wish someone would open a gym where you have to be at least 25 pounds overweight to join. I go to a pretty nice one and overall people are pretty nice but when you are currently proud that you know you are exercising because your stomach fat has separated into two distinct groups working out next to Joe Meat head and Trophy wife wearing too much perfume and too little clothing can just make you feel less good about being there.

I know, I know, I am being silly and I should just ignore distractions like this but am I alone? Does anyone else feel just a little more insecure working out amongst the already insanely fit?
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  • sgos16
    sgos16 Posts: 6 Member
    But what happens when you lose the 25 pounds? Would you have to find a new gym? I get what you're saying, I just don't agree with the idea.
  • rbiss
    rbiss Posts: 422 Member
    No, i like the skinny people. I want to be one of them one day and it's nice to see the same people every week. Make friends, work hard.
  • pobalita
    pobalita Posts: 741 Member
    Not sure why you care about anyone else at the gym. You are there for yourself, right? What difference does it make how anyone else looks?
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  • ZenInTexas
    ZenInTexas Posts: 781 Member
    They are skinny because they work out consistently. A gym that only has overweight people would eventually lose all it's customers. Not a good business model.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    You're being silly.
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  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    That's really rude.
    Just sayin'

    A smart person would use them as motivation, or ask for advice.
  • civilizedworm
    civilizedworm Posts: 796 Member
    Le sigh.
  • _Pseudonymous_
    _Pseudonymous_ Posts: 1,671 Member
    Um, how do you think they got skinny???
  • ROBOTFOOD
    ROBOTFOOD Posts: 5,527 Member
    lolololol
  • MellowGa
    MellowGa Posts: 1,258 Member
    why don't u read the text in your profile pic.....only you allow can allow this.....it's not them, it's in your mind......let it go
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    So, someone else's appearance makes you feel bad? Wow that is kinda sad
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    Can you try Planet Fitness? I think they're a gym that is almost exactly what you're looking for. Plus I heard it's cheap.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    You know you're right, people without 25 pounds or more to lose are judgmental jerks. Nobody with weight to lose has the ability to be a jerk.
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
    I just don't know what to say to this. Really, I don't.
  • gardengirl40
    gardengirl40 Posts: 24 Member
    Not a gym girl myself, I enjoy it more when I exercise outside. Hmm, I really don't think too much about anyone else when I'm exercising though, for every insecurity in your head you can bet they've got their own.

    All you ever have to do is feel proud you got off the sofa and are working hard. And if anyone else has a negative opinion, sod 'em!
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    Every time you see one of them....... just remember, most of the skinny people in your gym used to be fat. They kept going to the gym, so now they're skinny. And it's just a matter of time until you're also a skinny gym person that used to be fat... all you have to do is stick at it.
  • dym123
    dym123 Posts: 1,670 Member
    You are being silly. Of all the multitude of complaints you can make about a gym (check out a Planet Fitness thread for kicks and giggles), too many skinny people would not be one of them. Suck it up, buttercup.
  • chetvr
    chetvr Posts: 17 Member
    "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." - Eleanor Roosevelt

    Sound familiar? It's the quote from your profile pic.
  • ucabucca
    ucabucca Posts: 606 Member
    I am too absorbed in my own exercise program to even notice skinny or body builder or fat. I do notcie only occasionally when we are using the same machnes or racks and thats it. My hair is a mess shortly after and no makeup so I hope they don't notice me either.
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  • Viva_Karina
    Viva_Karina Posts: 398 Member
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  • gardengirl40
    gardengirl40 Posts: 24 Member
    Give her a break people, learning to feel differently about yourself is part of the process!:smile:
  • brittaney0625
    brittaney0625 Posts: 268 Member
    I understand where you are coming from.. I felt that way the first time I went into a gym. It is a mind set.. don't worry about them.. just focus on you.

    Sorry everyones being hateful to you for venting.. and its a normal way for someone who is overweight to feel.. its called insecure. You will get confidence if you try.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
    They are fit because they work out. It's not their fault you are just getting started. Focus on you but learn from them.

    But, use them as motivation. When I started I didn't go look for the fat guy to motivate or me to run, lift or bike. I talked to the people that had been doing it for a long time and knew what they were doing, and they worked with me on the best way for me to achieve my goals.

    Joe Meathead as you call him probably busts his butt to look that way and you call him names, but if he turned around and called you Fatso or whatever that would be offensive.
  • Sozu
    Sozu Posts: 18 Member
    Yeah, you should see them more as motivation. They probably been fat, they maybe been 25 lbs overweight, but they've just now worked it out. Should they get kicked from gym once they reach the goal? :D haha
    Well, you know, to lose weight you don't even have to go to the gym. If you like skinny people and wanna get skinny, you don't even have to lift.
    Cardio is free, have some walk outside in nature, go listen to some audiobook or music while you're walking. Make it fun!
    Then just log your food on MyFitnessPal and be sure to make a daily deficit, get strict and if you wanna eat snacks, then work for it and do the cardio. As long as you´re on a kcal deficit you'll make progress towards losing weight.
    Because really, I THINK you never going to find a gym that only allow overweight people, unless you make that gym. So instead, if you not like the skinny people, just find some other place. For only cardio you can do it easily outdoors, much cheaper than in the gym as well, more healthy due you get sunlight, and if you walk in forest it's also good.

    Goodluck
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    I know that that sounds stupid but I wish someone would open a gym where you have to be at least 25 pounds overweight to join. I go to a pretty nice one and overall people are pretty nice but when you are currently proud that you know you are exercising because your stomach fat has separated into two distinct groups working out next to Joe Meat head and Trophy wife wearing too much perfume and too little clothing can just make you feel less good about being there.

    I know, I know, I am being silly and I should just ignore distractions like this but am I alone? Does anyone else feel just a little more insecure working out amongst the already insanely fit?

    /thread
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Le sigh.

    You took the words right out of my mouth.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Trololol

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