I’m afraid of going to the gym
June 30th, 2006I’m afraid of going to the gym….but I did it anyway. This may sound so silly but for the past 6 months, I have been avoiding the gym like the plague. I’d rather go run at the park or so exercises at home. I have a few reasons for this.
1. I always wonder what people think when a fat girl is at the gym. So many people are so fit and pretty that I just think I’d feel out of place and that with every step on the treadmill, I may break it 
2. I used to go to the gym when I was thin. People would see me everyday working out. While I rarely talked to anyone, there was a familiarity there. Always a nod and a simple hi. How do I face these people now that I’m fat.
So, I said to myself screw it. I’m going. And I went. And it felt great. And I’ll go again. Yay me.
What are your fat-related fears?
The gym is one of mine also. Trying on clothes in a change room where all the other girls going in are pixies (ie size 6 or something equally ridiculous). They’re on the top of my list, I have many fat-related phobias!!
Bri
Comment by Briony — July 1, 2006 @ 4:23 am
I feared the gym as well. I mostly feared intimacy. Being naked *shudder* with someone. When I was a lot larger, that was my most feared thing.
Comment by rebeka — July 2, 2006 @ 3:17 pm
I used to feel like that too, but in reality, everyone is so busy worrying about how they look that they don’t even see you!!! And if they are looking, they are thinking wow! that girl is really making an effort to get in shape!
Besides, you are there for you! Who cares what they think?
my fat phobia used to be going into clothing stores and thinking that the sales ladies would all run away screaming “fat person - incoming!!!” hehe
Comment by bee — July 3, 2006 @ 6:47 am
In public (not the gym) I always think people are talking about me. Or that they don’t like me. But I LOVE the gym! I go often. Not only that, but I get in a bathing suit and actually WALK around the pool deck. I am no longer afraid of a swimsuit…that is until I am faced with having to wear said suit in front of people I KNOW! And I’m going to have to do that later this week. Yikes!
Comment by FatMom — July 4, 2006 @ 4:12 pm
Way to go FG. That is so cool and see how good it makes you feel. One of my fat fears is going to a communal bathroom after a swim and changing in the main area with all the other ladies. I often wonder if they are vomiting quietly behind my back when they see my flabbiness. But I have been doing this now for a couple of weeks and so far no one has passed out so I think i will continue
Comment by M — July 5, 2006 @ 11:20 pm
i am afraid of other fat people. i am afraid that when i am with another fat person that all the skinny people think we are forming some sort of fat person club. i don’t like being fat. why would i join a club celebrating something i don’t like?
see, i’m crazy.
Comment by mcbiggs — July 10, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
-deathly afraid of the gym and all the barbie dolls working out (my college has a huge rec center that our student fees pay for and I can’t bring myself to go workout there)
-afraid to eat “bad stuff” in public (ex: lettuce good, chocolate bad)
-afraid of jiggling in public
-afraid that people will see me with my skinny (and very sculpted) boyfriend and make comments outloud about us not looking right together
-afraid of swimming around other people during daylight hours even though I’ve always loved splashing in water (I always feel a 100 pounds lighter)
-accidently shopping for clothes in the misses section. It’s hard to tell sometimes where the “right area” is. Many stores are carrying larger sizes along side the smaller ones. I hate shopping next to a size 4 woman. I’m sure she thinks I’m in the wrong place or she’s pissed that she has to share the same rack with me.
Comment by punkin dunkin — August 26, 2006 @ 10:05 am