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Originally Posted by NewPhin
Hit it on Monday. Took Tuesday off. Hit it again this morning. One of the trainers at my gym told me that I'm starting to look ripped. Sort of gay, but also sort of an ego boost.
Diet continues to be a problem. I'm doing a lunchtime tutoring program for our low-socioeconomic kids, and we provide pizza. As part of my "pay" for doing it, there's also pizza provided for me. I have very poor willpower if unhealthy food is around. My solution at home is just to keep only healthy food around. So yeah... basically I ate 7 pieces of pizza yesterday for lunch. Ridiculous.
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The gym is the one place one guy can tell another guy he looks good and not have the situation feel uncomfortable. I have a couple guys that I look up to there, and it is always encouraging when they compliment me on the progress I am making. It is funny how much other people notice, what we don't sometimes. With me, I know my body has changed, but I also know the body I want is a ways away.
Others just see my arms, and my shoulders, and how much thicker I am (in the chest and back), and they gauge my success on how much different I am from what I was.
I gauge my success by how close I am to being what I want to be.
But, nothing gay about another guy in the gym giving kudos. It means more coming from a guy putting up 315, than from my wife who doesn't know a bench press from a hack squat.