Bodybuilding/weight training and insecurity

[Andre01]

Just my 2 cents,

I started in August last year (27 years old) I cant remember what I weighed, but I was 22%bf. Yes, Im very incscure about my weight and body size I have struggled to get below 15% but dropping 7% over the last 17 months to me is not that bad. Now I have so much time off till I start my new job, all I do all day is read here and work on my form, Ive got nothing else to do all day. And I have to admitt you guys and girls are great inspiration to be to push myself more. I only wish I had the balls to start this when I was 10 years younger.

[HarryB]

Just my 2 cents,

I started in August last year (27 years old) I cant remember what I weighed, but I was 22%bf. Yes, Im very incscure about my weight and body size I have struggled to get below 15% but dropping 7% over the last 17 months to me is not that bad. Now I have so much time off till I start my new job, all I do all day is read here and work on my form, Ive got nothing else to do all day. And I have to admitt you guys and girls are great inspiration to be to push myself more. I only wish I had the balls to start this when I was 10 years younger.

Well you started the journey... and by the sounds you have done really well so far! It's interesting isn't it that whilst you might draw motivation form the journals here, in turn your journey will motivate others.

[Terrymundo]

My venture into BB stemmed from insecurity. As a teenager i was always on the bigger side and probably was more muscular than most kids but i didnt see it that way. I looked at myself and found flaws, i always carried around my chest and hips and my arms were long and did fill my shirt. luckily my dad took me to the gym twice a week and soon people started to comment but still I didnt really liked the way i look, I always had abit too much fat and did think it was fair for the shorter guys to have biceps that looked proportionally bigger to mine. I kept on training the gains kept slowly coming but always wanted to look like that big in gym. everytime i noticed myself catching the big guy in the gym, sure enough a bigger guy would turn up and i needed to be bigger than him. I remember thinking man if i hit 100kg il be so happy and wont need to train to get any bigger. today im 114 and still embarassed to show my body sometimes. maybe if i hit 120 il be happy.