i hate myself but can't help

<p>ok, i am well aware that this thread may make me look like a looser, but the hell with it. i saw this girl a couple times recently when i was the gym working out. she's really goregeous. we were at a student recital together last semester, she was with her friends and we happened to sit next to each other. we complemented each other's performance and that was pretty much all the talking.
so now, after seeing her in the gym a couple times, i really want to talk to her and perhaps get to know each other better? but i just have no clue how to approach her nor can i find the courage to do so. i know it's not like i am asking her out on date or something, but i am really nervous about striking up a conversation with her. and she's wearing headphones, that's just made it worse. today, i saw her at the gym again. she's leaving, so i decided to leave early too and planned to walk up to her and talk to her on the way out. but yet all i did was walking a few yards behind her, like a creepy stalker which i had no intention to be, did nothing and lost her at the end.
I am always a little bit shy and somewhat insecure, which i try to overcome. i don't know how many opportunities i have lost. i know that i seriously need to grow some balls. but easy said than done, what should i do!</p>

<p>go around to the area to where she is working out and try to somehow make eye contact with her, say her name, then act happy and surprised to see her again (if she notices you) and ask her how she is doing. act normal and relax. hopefully she remembers you and don't feel bad if she doesn't remember your name</p>

<p>Don't build things up in your head. Remember that you don't need her to be happy, and try not to be desperate. Always stand up straight, make eye contact, and smile. She is a human being like anyone else, not some godess worthy of putting on a pedestal above all other humans.</p>

<p>Don't say stuff to her like "your so beautiful"...act friendly and nonchalant, and don't look at her body like she's a piece of meat. Joke with her/playfully tease her if possible, so as to seem unaffected by her beauty.</p>

<p>Anyhow, the couple times I scored chicks out of my league this is what I did.</p>