Morbidly Obese 100 lbs overweight Community Group
For people who are CURRENTLY morbidly obese by definition. 100 + lbs overweight. If you want to talk about things without being judged or pressured by skinny people telling us how to lose weight, then you will be welcome here. Not meant to be an angry group, but a emotional support group. Please no harassing or bullying. Thank you.
I just wanted to let you all know that I am doing really well with going to the gym. I don't know why it feels so different at this gym. It's just like every other gm. 24 hour fitness. I guess it feels better because I don't have to pay a membership fee, that's part of my insurance policy, so I do pay in a way, but not extra. And also I don't have a contract because it is through my insurance. I've been working out on the elliptical trainer and occasionally I feel weird with all those skinny fit people, but then I think, "If I keep up with this I will be one of those skinny fit people working out at the gym." and they probably aren't thinking anything negative about me anyway, it's just how you look at people you pass on the sidewalk, you look at them right? Anyway, my sister is gonna go with me tomorrow and I'm excited about that also.
Good luck with it.
In a situation like a gym with lots of slim, fit people, whenever I start worrying about all the negative things they must be thinking about me, I remind myself of two things. First, I'm essentially mindreading (to think I know what others are thinking about) and in reality 99% of the people in there are probably so preoccupied with their own thoughts that they're not even paying any attention to me. (And in a way, it's a bit vain of me to think that they are all thinking about me!) The second is that it took a whole lot more courage for me to come to the gym than it did for any of the super-fit people. I think it's fantastic that you're doing really well at the gym and I love your thought that in time, you will be one of the skinny fit people! I think I'm going to incorporate that into my own self talk >grin<
Who cares what the other people think! More than likely they are thinking about what they are going to be doing the rest of the day or week!
Keep it up! You will be one of those skinny people one day!!!