Body Image Problems

[plifter]

Do you all worry about what you look like way too much? I'm self conscious of my body fat but I have the dilemma of wanting to put on muscle mass at the same time. The people that know me usually think I'm in great shape but I never see it. Do you think looking at bodybuilders all of the time causes our sense of what a normal body looks like to be distorted?

 

[danielson]

yes

u have described me to a tee.

if i saw a pic of my bosy before i lifted i soubt id recognise myself

im now sacred im too fat but wanna be big

my friends all think im huge now but i wants to be that little bit more big in size.

on the downside your clothes dont fit u as well

 

[Weapon X]

I definitely focus on my body and appearance more than the average guy. And I'm not even good looking!
Mrs. Weapon thought it was odd when we first met, and now she just thinks it's strange. She doesn't really understand why I take all those pictures with me posing.
I'm also trying to adjust to being at my highest weight ever. I worry that I'm getting fat, but Mrs. Weapon says I was just too skinny when we first met.

 

[BigDogg]

lol.. mrs. weapon :-D

think about it, if you weren't self conscious about the way you look, do u think you'd be working out? I don't. i'd say 99% of people in a gym are not satisfied with something about themselves, thats why their there. Personally, i think i look like shit, but friends tell me much otherwise. my pic is posted on the "pictures of our members board" if ur curious.

 

[plifter]

I find it odd that most of the people that I know who REALLY DO look like shit never go to the gym. I've got a buddy that is about 300 lbs. of lard and he bitches about it constantly but he won't diet or work out. He's been bitching for over a decade. I keep thinking what if he would have started training 10 years ago? He would likely have made great progress.

I guess there's a bit of a perfectionist in a lot of us that makes it difficult to accept ourselves.

 

[musclebrains]

Do you think looking at bodybuilders all of the time causes our sense of what a normal body looks like to be distorted?

No, but it makes you really gay, plifter.

 

[Mdguy]

LOL Musclebrains!!!!!!!!!!

plifter, I think the answer lies in the fact that most normal people who don't workout don't know anything about what a good body is supposed to look like. For example, I was 15% bf at almost 250 lbs and people commented how muscular and 'big' I was even though I knew it was the fat. Now at 6% bf, I look a hell of a lot better to myself but everybody comments how thin I am, even though I still have good size....suffice it to say, most people don't know shit!

 

[SeXKiTTen_CanDy]

I worry about it, all the time, I always judge myself against other women. It sucks, I can’t help it, I constantly wish I had a better body. No matter what people tell me, it just doesn’t matter.

I have serious problems.