I'm too scared to go out and enjoy some sport activities, i fear people will laugh at me because im too fat!! does anyone else feel the same, i think its really unfair that people laugh at us just because we are fat and they think we cant participate too... helllppp

tom

It takes a lot of guts (pardon the pun) to just get out there and do it, i used to run only once it got dark. But today i umpired three games of netball for interschool sports. Imgine how merciless 11 year old girls would be to a fat teacher huffing and puffing up and down a netball court trying to keep up with th game, but no, I am the "cool" teacher, even the "pretty" teacher. The reward for being brave and getting out ther is, eventually, huge!

I know how you feel b/c I feel the same way.

I so want to take up running (outside) but am afraid of what people will think.. My goal is to run a 5K one day but won't be able to do that from my living room. I know I need to just suck it up and get out there but chicken

Take the first step followed by the second step and so on. Most people are too busy thinking about themselves than to take much notice of other people out exercising. Before you know it, you will be slimmer and fitter and will have no need to feel self-conscious at all.

This from the woman who regularly dons the form-fitting lycra to cycle with other people! 12 months ago I wouldn't have been seen dead trying to exercise so I started on the exercise bike in the privacy of my lounge room and built up from there. Now I easily commute 30km to work, and love a great hill ride of 50km and further.

The hardest step is truly the first one. You can do it!