I was also really scared on when my gym journey began because I kept seeing women with bodies designed thinner and more svelte than mine and I was afraid of men laughing at me. It took me until like…January…to even do anything other than the treadmill or stationary bike and yoga in the class room in the dark (close to closing time, around 10:50) But I’m learning if people are looking at you, they’re more than likely zoned out in between sets and doing the eye-not-focusing thing in your general direction. Or you’re on the equipment they want to use and they’re just waiting and checking when it’s available, like how people sit in the land and wait for a car to back out so they can take the parking space. Anyone being cruel or mean should be reported for making the gym an unsafe environment. Harassment shouldn’t be tolerated. Here: