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Have you ever walked into a place and instantly felt at ease? Have you ever gotten the feeling where you know that this could become your second home? I had that today at the gym I just joined. I am mentally scoffing at myself so I am sure some of you might be too. This gym is different. I walk in and first off I get to meet the owner and he was super nice. I looked around the facilitates and its a real lifting gym, what every high school gym wants to be and what every corporate gym isn't. There are lots of free weights and only a couple treadmills. But more than all of that people actually interacted with me. Not in the way you would expect, there was no body shaming or sneers. It isn't a big gym and the owner talked about it being a tight knit family. People asked if I needed help or suggestions, without a hint of arrogance. So the transformation of my body is going to be hard and there are going to be days when I want to quit, but I think this gym will get me through.