Awesome Tips For Losing Weight Quickly: Just took the biggest hit to my confidence I could ever have imagined.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Just took the biggest hit to my confidence I could ever have imagined.

Here's my story:

31 Year Old Male, I've been fighting a gut my entire life since puberty, a few times my weight has been actually disgusting, and at times I've gotten to an ALMOST fit level, jogging miles at a time, a few bouts at the gym... I always fall off the wagon after about 3 to 4 months, infallibly.

Well I finally decided to really get into it and really educate myself... I can say with confidence that weight training and health/fitness has become my number one hobby, currently. After 8 months of hitting the gym, I think I'm finally in the clear and don't see myself dropping it this time. I discovered Stronglifts 5x5 in January and have been making great gains... highest numbers I've ever seen for all of those lifts.

My diet has been fairly consistent though still not perfect, since beginning this particular leg of the journey 8 months ago, I've lost 20 pounds (9 kg). 202 lbs, down from 222 (92 kg, down from 101). And that is taking into account that I'm certain I've gained muscle weight too. Oh, I'm 5' 11'', 6 foot on a good day ;).

So HERE's the kicker. I've had this female friend for almost a year and a half now, I met her in an online video game. We've maintained a friendship outside the game, and I really considered her a friend. I decided I would get her opinion on my progress, since I finally have what I thought was a DECENT “current” pic to go with my starting pic. I urged her to give complete honest opinion and that I would follow up with more after I've made more progress.

Here's what she said, now I AM paraphrasing, but I AM NOT exaggerating:

First picture is gross, the new pictures are gross, and I can't help you.

I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING. That's like... a JOKE right? Only it actually just happened. To me.

So here I am reddit. I am not looking for validation, oh no, I need someone to objectively tell me (don't hold back) how bad it really is. I honestly feel like I must be looking at myself through some narcissistic lens and can't see how truly hideous I am. I thought I looked decent D:

Old Pic (Shirtless, Before Any Gym, January 2014)

New Pic 1 (Gym Selfie!!!)

New Pic 2 (Shirtless, March 2016)

^Is ^it ^the ^glasses? ^Or ^am ^I ^just ^too ^white??