I’ve done something  I have never done before. I joined a gym! (You’ve already seen a picture of me looking oh so awesome in my gym gear.)

It’s way to soon to know if this is something that will ‘stick’ for me, but I can tell you that it isn’t nearly as scary as I had built it up on my head to be.  Some of the things I had used as excuses in the past were:

There’ll be men there!

I thought I would hate exercising around men and most gyms are totally co-ed these days.  I let this hold me back for so long.  Interestingly enough, the men at the gym don’t bother me one bit.

There’ll be skinny women there!

Almost as bad as exercising around men was the idea of doing it around thin women.  I guess I was worried about feeling worse about myself by comparison.  As it turns out – thin women at the gym don’t bother me either.

I’ll feel ridiculous!

I’ve always been afraid of sticking out like a sore thumb at the gym and who knows, maybe I do?  But my experience isn’t like that.  The trainer I worked with was fabulous.  We were able to plainly discuss my weight and limitations and come up with a program that suits me perfectly without making me feel dumb.

It’s too expensive!

This was the big reason that help me back in my frugal years.  I was so worried about taking on an extra monthly payment.  Honestly, back then I was so pinched for cash it really was outside of my reach.  But today it’s definitely not.   If I had to pay for the entire membership on my own it would still only be equal to eating out once a week – and I’m blessed to be able to share my membership with a friend.

I probably won’t stick with it anyways!

That remains to be seen for sure – but why should fears about follow through keep me from giving something a try?

I’m actually enjoying myself.  I’m loving the elliptical and weight machines.  I don’t dread going and I don’t wish it were time to leave while I’m there.

It helps that some friends are doing it with me but they’re not always on my schedule so I’ve done several workouts on my own.

What have you been building up to be really hard?  Give it a go, I bet you’ll see it’s not nearly as bad as you think!

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