going to the gym.
 

ok, i love my gym. it is a great facility - spacious, open, and CLEAN. i love exercising. what i do NOT love is being overweight at the gym.

i swear to god, i do not know what society expects from people. if you are fat and sedentary, you are a moron for not doing anything about your size. if you are fat and at the gym, you are a moron because don't you know the gym is not where you belong? shouldn't you be shoving a pie down your throat or something?

i dunno. perhaps i am oversensitive, but i don't think everybody gets stared at at the gym the same way i have been lately ... and i don't think they're checking me out. :rolleyes: like, this dude was staring at me yesterday when i was on the elliptical. yes, i'm fat, but i can do the elliptical! jebus. i am just sick of rude people. i don't stare at people at the gym unless they're hot and can't see me. :laugh:

i dunno, whatever. i'm just irritated and incoherent. :mad:

"Do it for yourself.."

I totally know what you're talking about.

When I used to go to a public gym in Rochester - there were many times when over-weight folks would be working out and nearby would be two skanky little made-up girls giving them dirty looks - them laughing.

It would PISS me off...I always thought, "good for you!" and how admirable it was that they were at a gym - trying to get healthier...

Of course - I'd get bad looks too - because I wasn't hot enough to go to my gym:laugh: Apparently - if you're not a size 0 and don't wear full make-up AND have your hair done - you no longer belong in a gym. It's ok for guys - they can be as gross and nasty as they want - women still have to look pretty and smell nice - even while working out :rolleyes:

I HATE the gym for these reasons.

You know what else I hate at gyms? People who talk on their cell phones while "working out" I'm sorry but if you're able to blab on and on about what so and so did the night befor e- you're NOT working out. Take social hour somewhere else.

I now work out at my apartment complex gym which is actually quite nice for an apartment complex - full free-weights set and every machine I need :D And it's usually empty....which I love.

ooh, your gym sounds nice. an empty gym is a happy gym. :laugh:

dude, i've noticed people on cell phones at my gym ... i'm like, are you serious??? that's just gonna get me started on a whole other tangent, which is that no one in our society likes to be alone anymore. people either go to the gym together or talk on the phone while working out or walk to the gym while talking to someone, etc, etc, etc. it drives me crazy because i like to be alone a lot and nobody gets it. but as i said ... that's a whooole new can o' worms. :laugh:

but yeah, gym rats are bitches. i'm not going there to be social, i'm going there to get healthy ... so shove it, bitches. :laugh:

oh, i do ... it's just a little grating.

I'm a gym rat....:sorry:

if you don't stare and make rude comments about other people at the gym, you don't fall under my definition of a "gym rat." :D

No..I go to work out and check out the hot dude action..lol.

to paraphrase samantha from SATC ... gay guys work out because they know they can have sex in the locker room. :laugh:

I KNOW!! I'm a total loner too - and lately more and more people make me feel bad for it...it pisses me off actually.

Before the WW thing I asked a gal in the office if some pizza place was good and she asked, "are you going to get one by yourself?" I said, yes....and there was an "aww..." What the hell. Not everyone has to be surrounded by people all the time. I LIKE being alone - imagine that.

So I think your theory is correct - I meet so many people who can't do anything by themselves.

And I gotta say - workign out in buddies - great - but why is it that usually means talking/yelling - so that EVERYONE in the gym has to listen to you? I could hear those gals over my headphones most of the time - and again - if you want social hour - go somewhere else!!!!

The worst was girls who would park themselves on the stretching/ab mats - just to chat - not stretching, not doing crunches - just talking and laughing...and pissing me off.

I so dont' miss the public gym :laugh:

Oh, please, you know they're like, "Who's the hot bish and how can I make her sweat in the way no Stairmaster ever could?"

I'm the saaaaame way. That's why I spent all of this money on a membership, then went once, then never again. The only thing I got out of that trip was In The Meantime. (can I help it if the gym is in the mall? :laugh: ) And even that was disappointing! Oh, well. I felt like everyone was staring at me, even though a small part of me knew they were probably more focused on their iPod and calorie count than they were on me.

I want to use the gym at Mac, even though I know probably end up doing the same thing as before. I'd love to get my own treadmill or something... If only we had a place to put it.

i totally broke up with my workout partner. :lol: i hated it ... it was such a hassle and it made me resentful towards her because i was miserable. i don't need to have a workout buddy to make sure i exercise ... i need to be left the eff alone! :laugh: i just hate being up in time to be picked up, getting pissed if she's too early or too late, worrying about whether she'll be done in time for me to get to work, etc. just leave me the eff alone. :D

yeah, people act like it's a major tragedy if you're not attached to another person 24/7. i used to pick up aforementioned workout partner 3 days a week after her morning class so we could have lunch ... that also was miserable. geez, just once a week is too much for me. i am extremely miserly with my free time ... or maybe i'm just a bitch. who knows. where the hell am i going with this??

oh yeah, i'm jealous of your gym. :p

this is why I invested in my own treadmill for right now. I do miss going and looking around...purely for motivation. :)

LOL. :lol: :lol: :lol:

i'd love to have an elliptical at home. that'd be sweet ... i'd never have to go to the gym. i'd just buy some weights and be done with it. too bad i'm broke ... :lol:

You know it's true.

That'd rock. I should get some weights and get ripped. :p I'll work out in the library formerly known as the toy room! I wanted to put together a mini gym in there anyway...

I am too - or maybe I'm a bitch too :laugh:

I wish I could afford my own elliptical too - but I'm po' and now have access to the little gym at my apartment :D Of course -that's not free of crap - yesterday I went and there was a woman there watching a Mexican Soap Opera LOUDLY. Pissed me off - yeah...maybe I'm a bitch - I'm leaning that way :laugh:

Oh - and I've had so many offers for a gym buddy - no no no. I always manage to get out of it - I can not work out with someone else. So yeah, when a friend enthusiastically proclaims, "OH WE SHOULD WORK OUT TOGETHER..." I pretty much shoot that down right away. Just no.

Call me old fashioned but - I have never had sex at the gym.

actually, my guess is that since the AIDS scare during the 80's, that's actually a newer idea. :cool:

and deanna - i really need to get better at saying "no" right off the bat ... i always think things sound like a good idea until i walk away, and i'm like ... wait ... i hate doing **** like that ...

I am an exception...I have pride and self esteem.

I bet if you actually talked to these people they would be supportive of you for getting out and trying to do something good for yourself.

I think you are being to over sensitive :p

I think she is too...

and i think you're a d*ck! :p jk. maybe i am oversensitive, but i know i'm not making it up. it just bothers me more than it should.

Most people are too obsessed with themselves to be worried about you at the gym...lol.:nod:

Ouch. My pride :D

Don't let it get to you then. **** them all. In 6 months you will be thin and fabulous, and they will all want to tap that ass

Hell I want to tap her ass now!

:laugh: did i hurt your everything?


ooh, girl, you know it!

it's a shame you're in LA ... oh, and a dude. :p

Guys who have sex at they gym are skankomatic. Blech. It's so Weho and so 70's. I don't even look at people at the gym. I just do my thing and get the hell out. I don't even shower there anymore. I just drag my sweaty ass to the pickup and drive home.

:shocked: :shocked:

That is so rude, I can't believe it. I love seeing overweight people exercise. Maybe that is why he was staring, too? Because he was so happy to see you exercising? :laugh: :shrug:

Also: "workout buddy"? How can you listen to music, then? I actually can't work out without music, it is physically impossible. At least for cardio.
In all my times at gyms, I never really talked to anyone. Or wore makeup on purpose.

it is rude! i'm glad you're not jumping on the "she's overreacting" bandwagon, because i'm not making it up! there's a difference between being oversensitive and living in a fantasy world ...

anyway, workout buddy. yeah, terrible idea. she started going with me because she didn't know how to use the machines and didn't want to start going on her own, but then it became an everyday thing and i broke it off. i can't do cardio without music ... i tried it once when i went with her. it was hell. when i'm doing weights i can go w/o music b/c i go more quickly without it.

Also, people staring really bugs me. How can you overreact to that anyways?

Oh, that's nice - you kind of got her started and helped her out. yeah, I can't even do cardio with the TV's, you know how they have TVs? Only music.
In one long bout at the gym I was swimming instead of doing machines, that was fairly boring. No music and all. Just swimming and more swimming for an hour. I had to make up little games in my head. Counting games. Lost weight, though, and of course it was easy on my joints.
How much are you down, now, if you don't mind me asking? If you do mind, then just don't answer.

:shrug:

i do TVs once in a while, if something i regularly watch is on. but they always have the same 5 lame channels on: ABC, CNN, VH1, MTV, and ESPN. i mean, seriously, could i care less? it's gotta be music, though, for the most part. i used to do really up-tempo stuff, but lately i've been doing really laid-back stuff, to kinda balance mind & body and keep my heart rate down.

i lost 15, and then gained 2, which i think is muscle, because i've been doing really well with my diet.

:blob2: Wow, that is great! You just lost all the weight I need to lose, I'm so jeal. :laugh: You're right, that probably is muscle. 15 already! You'll be down to your normal weight in no time. :nod: :xoxo:

thanks. i'm pretty psyched. i keep making little goals. 180: i'll start jogging once a week. 160: i'll buy a swimsuit (i haven't been swimming since 8th grade). 130: fake leather jacket.

Um...130...jacket? Shouldn't that be fake leather jeans??? :D
careful with jogging, hard on your knees, especially with extra weight. Just saying.
130? That sounds pretty low, is that your normal weight? Mine is 133.

yeah, i know it's hard on the knees ... that's why it'll only be once a week.

yeah, 130 is my goal. remember, i'm 5'3". :D

but judging from how much muscle mass i've gained so far, i may end up at 140. i like muscle, it's my friend. it's staying. :laugh:

yeah, maybe. I'm five three, too. I'm pretty muscly. 140 will be fine. :nod:

sweet. i wish i were a little taller ... my boss is ridiculously tall and everything at work is out of reach. :laugh: i don't get it, either ... my mom is 5'10" and my dad is 6'. :shrug: :mad:

That is odd.

I'm glad I'm short, b/c small things are cute. :laugh: I'd feel really big if I was taller. I already feel pretty spaceful.

:laugh: maybe i'll feel better when i'm thin. :D