I'm with you Jen. I don't do the shower. However I do have to change because I can't go home in wet clothes after swiming. The womens locker room have changing rooms and shower stalls. The mens is just all open. I hate that but I just bite the bullet and change.(quickly) LOL

I think I may give up the pool and start on weights and cardio. I don't think I'm doing enough for myself in the pool. I will still swim some but I really want to tone up some of this fat.

Jenny as far as buying a machine at Walmart. You really need to watch what you get. The cheaper ones if used a lot will fall apart. Then you will be out your 250 and then gym may have been the better bargin. Plus it is really good to switch it up some. You do one exercise long enough and your body starts to not work as hard doing that exercise.

Jenny as far as buying a machine at Walmart. You really need to watch what you get. The cheaper ones if used a lot will fall apart. Then you will be out your 250 and then gym may have been the better bargin. Plus it is really good to switch it up some. You do one exercise long enough and your body starts to not work as hard doing that exercise.[/QUOTE]

Ah, yeah that makes a lot of sense. I really do need to start switching it up because I'm not getting the same results on the TM anymore. I'm going to start "training" for the elliptical

Just like teapot, I go to a Bally's in the middle of manhattan where no one weighs more than 135 pounds, when I first got there, I wanted to run out. Then when I started, I began to feel so much better, confident and determined. Then I realized there were plenty like me and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought. The coolest thing though are the options, the options for strength training are cardio are so vast. before you know it the gym is your home and you can't wait to go.

good luck on your search!

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i go to the YMCA. I hate working out by people i just want to get up and leave it's hard to get over it i know they aren't looking/judging me but i make myself stay and work out I go at a certain time when it's not that busy i know it's mental and hopefully i'll be able to not even think about it one of these days. I can't go to the hot tub hopefully when i lose weight i'll be over this mental hangup