Embaressed to work out

I would look more into the issue of why you are embarrased, keep in mind most people at the gym are there to work out and dont judge people, everyone has their first day in the gym, I would just go do it.

i went into my basement, and made it very clear that he is not to enter until I come upstairs...now I'm at the point where I don't care, I go to the gym and sweat my *kitten* off, and there are bigger people than me in there...smaller too...but the thing about a gym is people are there to look at themselves not you...do you honestly think someone's going to come up to you and say "hey fatty find some place else to work out?" That was my fear...but once I made direct eye contact with a couple of gym rats, I realized they aren't even looking at me, and if they were, they were impressed that I was doing SOMETHING to lose weight. Being self conscious is half the battle, once you gain some more self esteem, you won't care who's looking.

Walk. It's safe and easy and not threatening at all. And it doesn't "advertise" to the world that your intention is exercise, it just says hey I'm a lady out for a walk.

good one...at lunch is the best

Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred Dvd I do this t home in my bedroom and I shut the door till I'm done!

Walk. It's safe and easy and not threatening at all. And it doesn't "advertise" to the world that your intention is exercise, it just says hey I'm a lady out for a walk.



BRAVO!! Excellent advice!

Awww, i remember feeling self-conscious about exercising in front of people.

I would just bite the bullet and tell your husband. You said he's very supportive.

Just let him know that you'd like to trim down a little and you want the living room to yourself for an hour a day to do it. I'm sure he won't have a problem with that.

Then you could get a workout dvd or something.

I started doing gym classes and soon realised that nobody was even looking at me, they were too wrapped up in themselves lol.

Good luck xx

I work a sort of opposite schedule from my significant other... so when he's at work in the morning I do 30 day shred. When he's asleep when I get home, I do a low-impact pilates or yoga video (so I'm not stomping and destroying the house)

Walking is good to do WITH him, too... cause like they said up there ^ it's not "just for weight-loss," it's pretty NORMAL!

once you feel more fit you'll feel less self conscious I'm sure

I know what you mean. My husband is never negative and is supportive but I don't like to workout in front of him. I like to workout and I do enjoy working out with others, but when it comes to workout with my husband its just harder. I have found Leslie Sansone walking DVD's are great. Also the P90X program is fantastic to do.

I used to be embarrassed when I was a teenager in high school. All I wanted to do was fit in. I never saw my friends getting up and jogging so I would jog in a cemetary near my home. Now I'm a mom and I am working with a daughter who is embarrassed to go out and exercise. So,.. I gave her courage. Her courage is a stip of brightly colored hair. Her color of choice is purple. It's a strand of hair behind her ear. She decided to either keep her new purple hair to herself or to pull it forward for the whole world to see. She went a few weeks where nobody knew she had purple hair. Now, a year later, the whole front of her head is purple. She overcame her fears of embarrassment taking it one day at a time. Make your own statement. Decide you don't care what other people think about you exercising. Perhaps you can start walking (see American Heart Associateion START program for ideas) and maybe you could turn gaming into exericise like the Wii Fit or Zumba? And if you need more friends to help you get motivated...please feel free to add me
Sharon

I have to chime in on the walking thing - when I started this program, I figured walking would be my exercise, because there was no way I was in shape enough to do much else. So far, it's been enough to keep me going on weight loss, and walking has been enough to give me enough extra calories so that I can feel satiated on those extra craving days.

I get it. I'm embarrassed to even tell my parents that I'm going to the gym. For some reason I feel shame in wanting to take care of my body, probably because I was raised on junk food and no exercise, like I'm straying from my "upbringing" by taking better care of myself. I'm not sure why this is, but as far as gyms, I go to Curves. It's an all women's gym with really no frills but lots of love and support. No one judges and all the women are there for support and feel the same way you and I do.
I used to go to 24 hour fitness but stopped because I felt gawked at by the skinny-minny girls that went there that I knew from high school. I thought high school was over, but they still made fun of me.

I get it totally, but you gotta just take the plunge. It was so hard for me to stray from my family's eating and life habits. Sometimes my father goes "oh is our food not good enough", and sometimes I want to say, no it's not. He has diabetes and my mother has high blood pressure, I doubt that their diet is helping at all. So just go for it, and at first you don't have to exercise in front of your husband. I don't think I'd want my fiance to see me at the gym doing Zumba! lol

Good luck girlie!

Walk at Home (or Walk Away the Pounds) - these are great videos by Leslie Sansone. Video clips are on collagevideo.com

Walking videos are great for me - I have 2 left feet. You can play a DVD on the computer with the door closed. Hardly any space is needed for these workouts.

Ahaha i know just what you mean.

Like at the gym, when you're just prodding along pleasantly on your treadmill, Usain Bolt on your left starts running so fast his legs are a blur, and you just passively aggressively wish he would get trip in his stupid flappy runners shorts, you know what I'm saying?

i know exactly how u feel, part of the reason i dont workout at a gym is cuz i'm embarassed of looking like a fool, but initialy it was cuz of my weight.

invest in good fun dvd's. i started with turbo jam - FUN and EFFECTIVE!
there's a 20min workout that really is good and a cardio party for about 45mins that makes u sweat and tone as well. highly recommend it and u can find it online for about $20 if that.

lemmme knwo if u try it and how u like .

Best of luck with finding a method that makes you feel more comfortable. There is lots of good advice here. I would just suggest that even if your are embarressed, you need to keep going because it is important for your health. And remember that EVERYONE is self-conscious about something, often multiple things - you just do not know it because you are not inside their heads. Hugs!!!

MJ