Do You Feel Looked Down Upon at the Gym?
November 26, 2012 at 7:36 pm 2 comments
This Jezebel Article written by an overweight, but fit woman talks about how she feels at the gym or otherwise being fat in public?
Do you feel uncomfortable or unwelcome at the gym?
I feel a bit uncomfortable, but more because I’m clumsy than because I’m weight conscious.
Group classes are out of the question, I’m left when I should be right, up when I should be down and I zig when I’m supposed to zag.
I’m also afraid that I will make a fool of myself get on and off the equipment by leaving a stray limb behind.
But other than that I’m pretty okay at the gym.
How about you?
Entry filed under: exercise, gym, weight loss. Tags: clumsy, fat, Gym.
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Melanie | November 26, 2012 at 8:55 pm
I don’t feel looked down upon at the gym. I pretty well know what I’m doing on all the equipment, so there’s that. Plus, you know, that I’m there at all basically gives me the wherewithal to tell any (imagined) people who might look down on me to eff off. Think I’m fat? No kidding. At least I’m trying.
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ooohsomethingshiny | November 26, 2012 at 9:29 pm
That’s what I always figure. Better at the gym than on the couch. Besides, I’m so much in the zone that I wouldn’t notice anyway.