Body Image

[DOUBLE J]

TweetAnyone else have body image issues?

Mine comes from I was a fat kid till about 14.

I had decent mass underneath but at 14 I was already my current heigth(5'10") and about 200lbs with a 36' waist.

No Hog but at 14 thats too big.

I'm currently running my 5th cycle and while I look pretty decent at 5'10' 220 I'm approaching 34" waist pants again because I am supposed to be bulking!

Everytime that 34" pants thing comes up I notice I start cutting carbs and start really eating clean.

Because of this I doubt I have ever had a really good bulk cycle!
I can't help myself either!

I know enough that at the end of my cycles I usually add 10-15 lbs of LM and probably drop 2-3% BF. Which is certainly nothing to complain about. I just wonder with my genetic potenial how much LM I could add over 16-20 wks if I could get over the your starting to get fat issue?

I know I have the ability to get to be a fairly good size, hell I'm 220 now. Half way through every bulk I start compromising Cals and growth for some strange head game.

Anyone else have ingrained ideas that slows their true potenial?

I really think I could still after 4 complete cycles add 30+ pounds if I would eat more!

All well WTF, I'm still making decent progress--just not as much as I could.

I see Bro's here that seem to have the opposite problem. No matter how big they get its not big enough. Does this sometimes also mean no matter what the BF is?
I'm just really curious.
Thanks, DJ

[NATE]

Tweeti was always tall and thin













































shit i still am




but now i have a tan!!!! YEY ME...... I ROCK!!!!

[DOUBLE J]

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[DrtyJrzyGuy]

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on the topic though, i got major issues with that, i was always a fat ass as a kid, but big as hell too, then i became anerexic in xth grade, was about 5'7 and about 120lbs, i was still convinced i was fat as hell, all i could see si the fa t that i could still pinch some skin up, i wanted that to be impossible, which is impossible in itself. Regardless i then became a fat bastard in the past 2 years again, but now, i'm really cutting it up and pleased to find theres a ton of muscle under there. .. . but i've always had a hard time getting myself to eat and gain wait, i have a fixation on what the scale says, not the mirror. . .oh well.

[jipped genes]

Tweet6' 130# in highschool. my legs were thre size of my arms now. i was called "bookmark" in school.

[DOUBLE J]

Tweet"bookmark"
Priceless!

[jamesbrosky]

TweetI was just another small guy that got tired of getting picked on...
too bad I didn't start lifting till senior year I was kickin some ass at the end!

[MYRICK]

TweetWHEN I QUIT WORKING OUT EARLIER IN 2003 BECAUSE OF WORK I GAINED ALOT OF WEIGHT NOW IM ON CYCLE AND IM GAINING MORE WEIGHT BUT MY WAIST ISNT GETTING ANY BIGGER SO IM HAPPY. I SAY FUCK IT WHEN CYCLES OVER ILL DIET UNTIL THEN SCREW ANYBODY THAT THINKS IM FAT I'LL KICK THEIR ASS

[armani1072]

Tweeti had some real serious issues before bodybuilding came into my life. all my life i was the fat kid. when i was a freshman in high school i weighed around 240lbs and i was only about 5'6''. then by my senior year i was close to 270lbs but i was 6'1'' and my waist was 44". i got teased soooo much in high shool that i look back on that time in my life and wish i had no memories of then. now after about 2 and half years of serious training and still 6'1'' but i weigh 233lbs and my waist is 32"

i still have some issues about my body image to this day but not as bad as before. but i guess it is like they say, that the hardest one to please is yourself.

[DOUBLE J]

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Originally posted by armani1072
i had some real serious issues before bodybuilding came into my life. all my life i was the fat kid. when i was a freshman in high school i weighed around 240lbs and i was only about 5'6''. then by my senior year i was close to 270lbs but i was 6'1'' and my waist was 44". i got teased soooo much in high shool that i look back on that time in my life and wish i had no memories of then. now after about 2 and half years of serious training and still 6'1'' but i weigh 233lbs and my waist is 32"

i still have some issues about my body image to this day but not as bad as before. but i guess it is like they say, that the hardest one to please is yourself.

Good Post!

[lxorl]

TweetI had the body image thing from both sides... I was tall and skinny all of my childhood. probably like 6'2 150 untill i was 16. when i went to college i quit playing sports, so i got fat!

The skinny guy in me wants to be bigger... the fat guy wants to be thinner... So im constantly changing my mind on what im trying to accomplish.

[NATE]

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Originally posted by DOUBLE J
Good Post!

Armani.....Bro the people here are'nt blowin smoke up your ass, you've come a long way.....you look great.....you are your worst critic and that will never change.

Thats what keeps the drive alive.....




shit i Quoted the wrong post

[jamesbrosky]

Tweetyeah I wish I could delete some memories too...
thats probably why my dreams wake me up all the time...

[armani1072]

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Originally posted by Nate
Armani.....Bro the people here are'nt blowin smoke up your ass, you've come a long way.....you look great.....you are your worst critic and that will never change.

Thats what keeps the drive alive.....




shit i Quoted the wrong post

Hey thanks nate. oh i know that you guys here aren't blowin smoke up my ass. FG has really helped in giving me the drive to continue doing what i am doing. it is nice to have so many people here that love doing this as much as i do and are around to talk to when needed, which is nice. so i wanna thank everyone here for that

[MYRICK]

TweetDONT U MEAN I HAVE GIVEN U THE DRIVE ARMANI OWES ALL THAT HE IS TO ME