This may sound weird and/or possibly a little conceited but...

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  • Wicked_Seraph
    Wicked_Seraph Posts: 388 Member
    EmmaOnTrack wrote: »
    When I noticed a woman enduring what was obviously an intro session with a trainer, shapeless shirt over baggy trackpants, smileless and trying to be as invisible as possible, I felt a sudden urge to go over and give her a big hug...just for being there.

    ... not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting the rest of this section to be as nice as it turned out being.

    That's what's been keeping me from going to the gym, or going on my bike, or basically exercising at all these past few years... I'm scared s**tless of being the visibly fat and out-of-shape person. I've been afraid of the derision, condescention, and the feeling that people are wondering, "why bother?" or "if only you'd done this sooner" or something. It's immensely comforting to see that people are probably not thinking that at all - that they might actually be happy for me?

  • sazrina
    sazrina Posts: 99 Member
    I do kind of get where you are coming from. I seem to have gone from someone who wanted to hide in the background to someone who wears the tight lycra clothes and looks like they live in the gym.
  • EmmaOnTrack
    EmmaOnTrack Posts: 425 Member
    Wicked_Seraph wrote: »
    EmmaOnTrack wrote: »
    When I noticed a woman enduring what was obviously an intro session with a trainer, shapeless shirt over baggy trackpants, smileless and trying to be as invisible as possible, I felt a sudden urge to go over and give her a big hug...just for being there.

    ... not gonna lie, I wasn't expecting the rest of this section to be as nice as it turned out being.

    That's what's been keeping me from going to the gym, or going on my bike, or basically exercising at all these past few years... I'm scared s**tless of being the visibly fat and out-of-shape person. I've been afraid of the derision, condescention, and the feeling that people are wondering, "why bother?" or "if only you'd done this sooner" or something. It's immensely comforting to see that people are probably not thinking that at all - that they might actually be happy for me?
    Unless they are so far up their own *kitten* they can't see beyond their own lycra clad supremacy, then I can GUARANTEE that the folks who look at you at the gym are only full of incredibly admiration for you. The vast majority of us have been exactly where you are and know what guts it takes to do what you're doing. :)

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