Welcome! There certainly are a LOT of successful losers in the place.
You will be in excellent company!
My best friend and I go to the gym together and in the beginning we thought we would rely on that. As it turns out, we don't work out together real well. We're there at the same time, but we rarely work out together and when we do, it's all chat and very little work or the work suffers. You're not really giving it your all if you can carry on a conversation.
So work out buddies are great! I love seeing her bright, shiny face in the morning. But it isn't necessary to have her there for me to get a really good workout.
Is it possible to go the gym really early in the morning while your family is still asleep? I go at 5:30 AM and am home and showered before anyone else is up.