random thoughts
OVERALL RATING
The greatest battle of this lifestyle was never building bigger muscles, lifting heavier weights, giving up certain foods, sacrificing social events, or even losing friends.... It was growing thick skin. And growing it so thick that the saying "stick and stones will break your bones but words can hurt like hell" no longer apply. Sometimes I wonder where all the comments were when I lived on a dangerous path of self-destruction. Nobody felt the need or desire to tell me "you look gross" or "you are hurting your body" then. I could have never imagined that living and leading a healthy lifestyle would be the part in my life where I experienced such verbal diarrhea and disgust or rather bullying regarding my physical appearance. Side Note..... I tread lightly with the word bullying but yes anyone who feels it is necessary to belittle another human being for not being, acting, looking as they do is in my mind bullying. And yes everyone is entitled to an opinion but the difference between an opinion and bullying is A. Someone inquires about your view point ... As in 'hey look at how jacked I am, do you agree?'. That's a situation of fair game to respond along the lines of "yes I agree you are jacked or no I do not agree you are jacked'. At no point does it give anyone the right to further their comment with "....I think you're fugly, Too Manly, do you have a ****?" B. An opinion is stating a fact...bullying is flat out hurting others feelings and if for one second you think that telling someone they look gross is a matter of fact vs. bullying, then your heart is of ice and for that you are an ugly person. #fact