Hey everyone, i am 2...

Hey everyone, i am 2 months post op and finally joined a gym 2 weeks ago. the problem is i just cant seem to go i finally said this morning i was going and got up and dressed i drove there saw all the people running on the tread mill and drove off! i have a bad knee i need to get replaced in 6 months and cant run or even walk to fast so i feel as though every one will look at me like i should be doing more. i know thats crazy but i cant help how i feel, the anxiety was awful. I Paid for my daughter to have a membership so she could go with me but her schedule just changed and now we work opposit of each other. i know what i have to do is just go and not think about what others think. i guess i just needed to vent.

Hi Jackie, I will email you tonight but I am busy at work now I can help you with this. Dont worry about other people thinks . Looking forward my email tonight Take care Kathy K

Hi Jackie! First off being first off frightened to walk into that gym is something alot of us face. Thats why getting past that fear is so important! Being heavy we try to hide so no one would point us out and make a rude comment! Something we must remember. WE are just fat!! Not criminals, Not terrorist just fat. So if someone has a problem with the way you look ask them to step in front of a moving bus! That out of the way frankly most people who go to gyms are just there to work out and i started going to the gym a month after my surgery. I was quite a different person back then and even then. Every conversation I got into was a positive one. So stop worring about others, The "Journey" is all about YOU taking control of YOUR LIFE!!!!! So do what you can at the gym .Take your time and remember thge the only one keeping a score that matters is you!!! Welcome to our little family ! Take care,

Julio thank you for the support! you made me cry (in a good way) i read the posts once in a while and i dont think i have ever met a group of people that are as supportive and care about each other as this one. i decided maybe i had to start my workout at home (i have a treadmill that i have not used in 2 years or so) so i put my head phones on and started walking at my own pace and the next think i knew i walked 2.3 miles it took me an hour but i did it! thanks again Jackie

Hi Jackie, I have the same exact problem. I pay a monthly fee (for several years now) to the YMCA and don't go. When I walk by the gym/work out area after leaving a swim class, I freak out about it. I can't get myself to go and workout in the gym part. They have beautiful nautilus machines that are brand new...Beautiful equipment. I have to make an appointment with the person in charge to walk be through the gym and show me how to work everything. I guess my fear is embarassment. I think I'll make a fool out of myself on these machines and look stupid in front of people that are experts at it. My surgeon, Dr Aranow tells me that I'd be one of the "thinner" ones if I were to walk in and work out at his gym, and not to be embarrassed. So, I'm trying to slowly get up some courage to go. I know I would have driven off too! Is there someone at your gym that can show you around and get you acquainted with the place so you're not so shocked when you get there? Maybe that would help. Hang in there. paula

Hi Paula, im glad im not the only person that feels this way. Fitness World has a class every tue evening to show you how to use the equipment but i happen to work on tue evening. im sure if i asked them they would show me how but i cant make it in the door, i just cant believe how crazy that sounds years ago i use to go to the ymca 5 days a week and loved it i guess i just need to get there mentally first. well Paula thank you for sharing your story with me it was a great help. maybe someday we will both be all buff from working out i know we can do it in our own time. Thanks again Jackie