1–. You will need new bath towels. The one I was so excited actually fit all the way around me a year and a half ago or so, now wraps around me almost 2x. It’s ridiculous.
2–. Shaving your armpits becomes some kind of competitive sport. Between my pecs, my lats, and my biceps, I now have armpits deep enough to go spelunking in. Shaving is damn near impossible.
3–. Literally no pants fit. It’s a good thing I mostly wear gym clothes because finding jeans that accommodate my ass and thighs is becoming almost comical. And I am only just at the beginning of this bulk.
4–the dopamine from a good workout is as good as any drug. I used to cope with a mental health episode with booze. Now I MOVE. I lift. I walk. I dance. I RUN.
5– you will regret not taking more pictures. Even if you take a million. You will WANT to see all parts of your journey, the further into it you get.
6–. You will still get body-shamed. Instead of “you’re so fat!”, now I get “you’re starting to look like a man”. Worse, I get it from other women. I get told sharing my journey is “glorifying the diet culture”. When people ask how I did it and I answer honestly (portion control for the weight loss, a lot of hard work and a lot of FOOD for the muscle-building phase), I get dismissed. Because clearly I am just lucky and don’t know what I am talking about.
7–. You will lose fat in weird places you never knew you had it. My FEET got thinner. Of all the clothes I expected to have to replace, SHOES were not on the list! Lol!
What did you notice on your journey?
2–. Shaving your armpits becomes some kind of competitive sport. Between my pecs, my lats, and my biceps, I now have armpits deep enough to go spelunking in. Shaving is damn near impossible.
3–. Literally no pants fit. It’s a good thing I mostly wear gym clothes because finding jeans that accommodate my ass and thighs is becoming almost comical. And I am only just at the beginning of this bulk.
4–the dopamine from a good workout is as good as any drug. I used to cope with a mental health episode with booze. Now I MOVE. I lift. I walk. I dance. I RUN.
5– you will regret not taking more pictures. Even if you take a million. You will WANT to see all parts of your journey, the further into it you get.
6–. You will still get body-shamed. Instead of “you’re so fat!”, now I get “you’re starting to look like a man”. Worse, I get it from other women. I get told sharing my journey is “glorifying the diet culture”. When people ask how I did it and I answer honestly (portion control for the weight loss, a lot of hard work and a lot of FOOD for the muscle-building phase), I get dismissed. Because clearly I am just lucky and don’t know what I am talking about.
7–. You will lose fat in weird places you never knew you had it. My FEET got thinner. Of all the clothes I expected to have to replace, SHOES were not on the list! Lol!
What did you notice on your journey?
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