Hey everyone, I could really use some advice.
About two years ago I started losing weight, as I hit 215 and had enough. I'm 6 foot tall, and had a classic bubble in early college.
I lost about 42-45 lbs in a calendar year, mostly through IF and just straight calorie deficit. I was liking how I was, but I was , and always have been, not very bulky. I wanted to try building muscle. I started with a beginners program, and made some slow progress for 6 months, mostly due to struggling to make it stick.
About 6 months ago I got better, switched to an intermediate workout program, (back-bicpes day, Legs day, Chest and tris, shoulders and traps day, rest, rotate, with a few core workouts each day)
https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/youre-no-longer-a-beginner-intermediate-training.html
I have gained about 15 lbs, and I think a good chunk of that is muscle. My chest and arms are far bigger than they have ever been, as are my shoulders.
The issue I have now is where do I go from here. I keep getting torn between trying to keep making gains in my weight lifting, but I hate seeing myself get heavier and have the inevitable fat gain. I despise having the little muffin tops, that I have never quite gotten rid of. I know there is such a huge difference between now and two years ago, but it can be hard to look at the scale and the mirror and not just see myself getting generally bigger.
My family is less than supportive, and don't get why I tried to work out, because they basically say I'll just get fat again. Many of my friends are very skilled, natural athletes who bulk and cut with ease, and it makes it kind of...embarrassing? to be bad at it. I am, honestly, pretty scared they are right, and I don't really know the next step. Do I just try cutting fat, which I have been struggling with? how did you do that and not just feel like you are losing workout progress?
Does anyone have experience similar? How did you deal with that body image issue? where do I go from here? Any and all advice. Thank you.
[link] [comments]
* This article was originally published here
No comments:
Post a Comment