4d ago
Right so I finally did it. Walked into the leisure centre on Tuesday looking like someone's nan who'd taken a wrong turn, found the weights area, and just... stood there for a good three minutes pretending to read the notices. 😂 I'm 58, been on HRT for about four years now, and my GP mentioned at my last review that we should probably start thinking about whether I stay on it long term. Which honestly sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole about bones and muscle and all the rest of it. I'm not ready to feel old. I'm really not. So I've started going twice a week. Just the basics, nothing heroic. The bloke next to me on Monday was doing things with a barbell that made me feel like I'd wandered onto a different planet, but I ignored him and did my squats and my rows and felt quietly pleased with myself on the way home. The protein thing I'm trying to get my head round too. I've always been a cereal-and-toast person and apparently that is not going to cut it if I want to keep any muscle. So I've been eating more eggs, more fish, Greek yoghurt. My husband thinks I've joined a cult. Anyone else come to this late and felt completely out of place at first? Does it get less weird? x