Overcame my gym anxiety today

Title pretty much sums it up.

I started my weight loss journey again for what feels like the 100th time on the 30/12/24. So far I’ve reduced my calories to 1500 and been doing the occasional home workout and have managed to lose 8lbs (I need to lose ~180lbs).

I’ve been wanting to incorporate weight training into my routine and so signed up to the gym last week, but was too scared to go. Until today.

I told myself that I would go no matter what. I was so scared on the way there and almost turned around so many times but I carried on. I sat in the car park for almost 10 minutes until I got the courage to go in.

I was worried that everyone would look at me and judge me and that I wouldn’t be welcome. But it was… fine.

As soon as I walked in, I was greeted with a smile from the receptionist who helped me to finish the sign up process and made me feel really at ease. I did get a bit scared again as I was getting ready in the changing rooms and almost walked out but I told myself that I needed to do this.

I was honestly shaking when I opened the door to the actual gym and whilst a few people glanced over to see who came through the door, no one stared, no one laughed, everyone just carried on doing what they were doing before. I decided to just go for a walk on the treadmill for 30 mins even though my goal for the gym is weight training. I just wanted to settle in and get more comfortable.

I’m going back tomorrow for sure and maybe I’ll venture into the weights section this time. If anyone has any tips for getting started lifting then please let me know! Everything online is so overwhelming haha.

Thanks for reading this far! I just wanted to share a small victory for myself. I really hope that this is the year I manage to make this work and stick to my goals. I know it’s going to be hard and will be a lifelong journey, but I’m excited to see where this year takes me.