It was going great until he asked me about exercise. It was all down hill from there... I know I need to overcome my issues of going to a gym and all the anxiety and self hatred feelings that accompany it. Dr gave me some tough love basically telling me "hey I got what I wanted out of the deal, your all played up right?". OK I get your point.

105 lbs lost since 5-20-2014

-Ken

@ I'm a gym-a-phobic too. But I'm going to suck it up!

Good luck on your venture!

Congratulations on your weight loss.

I hope to heck I never "find" the weight I've lost.

I go to the gym regularly, (will be going after work today).

When I'm at the gym, I glance at others but I am way to concentrated on doing my workout to pay much attention. I think MANY at the gym are the same way. I pay a pretty penny to go to the one I go to so I'm not there to socialize or stare at others.

I'm sure there are some vain people who spend their time gawking but frankly my dear "I don't give a damn". Maybe it's a happy side effect of being older but I seem to care less and less what other people think about me the older I get. A phrase I heard in Over-eater's Anonymous, (OA) was: "What other people think of you is none of your business." Even at my heaviest, I still went to the gym. Like I said, I'm older so I guess I just blew it off.

Frack' them! You are there to improve your health.

Blessings,

Kathleen

Edited December 31, 201411 yr by Katcloudshepherd

Well congrats on how far you have come. I think it's great to go to the gym. I LOVE my gym. (LAFitness). That said, you don't have to go to the gym to work out, but you do need to work out. Get an activity tracker and download a few workout apps. If you want to see a big guy at the gym check out this guy on IG. He is awesome!

I've been the same way. It helps to find something you really enjoy. I tried a few things and my favorite is water aerobics. It's easy on the joints, fun, and everyone in there is so much older they don't give two rips about what you look like! ????

Edited January 1, 201511 yr by ChronicJam

Water aerobics is my fav as well! Thankfully my gym has classes 6 days/2 evenings a week. I go t least 5 days a week.