[quote]Court wrote:
dianab wrote:
Never mind the New Year’s crowds, they’ll thin out soon enough. Our gym is packed to the roof as well.
I’m sorry that you had a hurtful incident with those kids. I have women in your condition come in every day, and see those sorts of things this time of year. Most regular gym members do not pull those kind of stunts and are friendly and supportive. You’ll outlast the kids anyways. Just hang in there, it is a big task but you are really doing the right thing. Channel the negativity into resolve to keep going, anger can be a useful tool sometimes.
5lbs is awesome! Keep trying with the lunges, but do your step-ups as well. You are making progress!
Be sure you are getting in your cardio too. Keep us posted.
x2 on all counts
I can tell the newbies to the gym as they are the ones that don’t really seem to come in with a plan. Regardless, they don’t bother me unless they’re taking up tons of machines while not doing anything.
At my gym, the regular gym members (at least the younger 20-30 y.o crowd) could be intimidating to new members since we all chat, laugh, speak openly about someone having put on a few pounds (even if you still think they look great), looking bigger/smaller, etc. Ignore us and ignore the punk teenagers even more. They’re everywhere and think they’re really hot shit (which they’re really not at all).
Go in with a plan, work hard for the time you are there and get out. Once you start going regularly and pushing yourself harder each time, people will notice.
I saw what someone posted in The Biggest Loser thread about taking pictures and sometimes ignoring the scale. I agree. I didn’t notice how often you are weighing yourself, but pick a morning when you have time (Sat/Sun), wake up, go to the bathroom and weigh yourself just the one time that week. Also if you’re not doing so, use a fabric tape measure and measure in several spots at the same time. That way if the scale only budges 1lb, you may have still lost several inches. Neck, bust, just below the bust, belly button, largest part of hips/butt, thigh are all good places.
When I first started my journey I was overweight and uncomfortable in my own skin. If I had just watched the scale I likely would have given up long ago. Instead, for me, the inches were much more indicative of what was going on and how I was feeling about my body.
This ended up being a much longer post than I intended, but keep working hard. You have the support of everyone on here. [/quote]
People here are supportive of anyone doing the work. It sounds like you have a start. The only way to keep going is just to keep going. Like Court said, go to the gym with a plan and follow it. It took me a while to figure that one out. I joined a gym for the first time 2 1/2 years ago and was like a lost lamb. It took me 9 months to go to the boys side of the gym I was so intimidated. As you get more comfortable and familiar it will seem easier (at least to be there)
If it makes you feel any better, I’m still a spazz. I just don’t care that I am anymore.