I find it so hard to motivate myself to get to the gym. I feel embarrassed/intimidated because of the way I look and how out of shape I am. I can barely stand being on the machines long enough to make it count.

pocketful of posies I was totally afraid of the gym, thinking everyone was judging me. It discouraged me from going a lot. But I was listening to Jillian Michaels radio show and she was talking to a girl that was the same and was terrified of the gym and JM told her that no one was going to be looking at her, they are all to involved with themselves. And even if they are, who cares? You are there for you not them. It's true if you look around the gym people are far too obsessed with what they are doing to care about anyone else.

Please don't let it discourage you!

I remember going 5 days a week sometimes twice a day.