When I was 13 years old I would never take my shirt off, not even to swim. It wasn't because I was a skinny kid, I was a skinny kid with gynocemastia. I didn't know why my chest was the way it was but it made me very insecure about myself. It was torture to be at the lake with all my friends and family swimming in the hot sun while i kept my shirt on. After a couple years of that, my parents started catching on. They started noticing I never took my shirt off and I would walk with an arch to cover up my gyno. Gyno had taken over my life. One of the biggest things was it was going to stop me from dating girls. So we decided to get the surgery done when I was 15. Best decision I have ever made. So now that I had the surgery done it was time for the next change. I wasn't going to be that skinny kid anymore. I started going to the weight-room with my step-dad at 5am before school Monday-Friday. When I was about 19 I really became dedicated to the diet aspect of it all. I changed my eating and the results came quick. Now everyone knows me as being the the fitness enthusiast. My confidence and self esteem are 10x what they were when I was that shy skinny boy with gyno.
Its a mental necessity to me. Constantly improving and transforming my body is the biggest challenge that I can do. Getting stronger, being extremely healthy and all the positive feedback I get really does make me to strive to be better. Knowing that each and every one of my friends and family members know how much of my life i dedicate to this passion, only makes me strive to constantly improve and set new goals for myself.