In some ways I can see this...but it's different. I don't have damage to my heart from working on getting healthier/bigger. I don't have damage to my digestive system from increasing my protein intake. Lifting hasn't yet caused me to require surgery, nor has it landed me in the hospital being IV fed. Now my dr. looks at me and congratulates me rather than looks me in the eye and tells me that if I don't get more help I'm going to die.