good ol' muscle dysmorphia

[jeremys]

you can all call me tiny

 

[Thaibox]

Yup, walking by a mirror this morning, I noticed how pathetically scrawny I am. It makes me sad

Noodle arms

 

[gonelifting]

Hey tiny, I know what you mean. I`ve graduated to a worse level. Now I call myself Skinny Fat.

Once in a blue moon I feel great about myself then I take pictures, and when I look at the pics... OH MY GOD, back to depression. what was I thinking. lol

 

[jerkbox]

hmm...I'm gettin bigger.

 

[Exodus]

you know........... why can i never feel this way about my stomach.......... it seams to never look small....... oh well.

its human nature.......... just becuase you want more, doesnt mean what you got is small..........fyi

X

 

[Mike_Rojas]

I still feel skinny even though I've gone from 155 to 207. Maybe I'll feel big at 250?

 

[sk*]

I look in the mirror and I always feel scrawny. Almost like I keep shrinking and shrinking but my strength and bodyweight are the same, so ...

-sk

 

[louden_swain]

When I look in the mirror, I am pleased with progress, but I am never satisfied with the total package. . there is always something to work on.

 

[Becoming]

I remember back in the day when I was about 200, must have been junior year of high school.... Now I am a constant 245-255, and I still feel small.... I think it is reverse anorexia or something.... I am forever destined to be tiny in my own mind....

Maybe 275 would be better.....

 

[Backlash]

Now I am a constant 245-255, and I still feel small.... I think it is reverse anorexia or something....

Great quote! Reverse anorexia

 

[Mr.Kachok]

bigorexia

 

[Becoming]

there should be a word for it.... bigorexia, reverse anorexia, all I know is my wife always thinks she is fat (though it is definitely not true) and I always think I am too skinny (this I will always debate.....

 

[Deleted member 33117]

gonelifting, yeah me too... I look in the mirror and see nothing but bones and roles of lard...

 

[pwr_machine]

there should be a word for it.... bigorexia, reverse anorexia, all I know is my wife always thinks she is fat (though it is definitely not true) and I always think I am too skinny (this I will always debate.....

Sounds familiar. We are our worst critics.

 

[mr. sparkle]

I don't think you guys should be so hard on yourselves. I know I do the exact same thing sometimes (and I'm still a beginner), but you should put everything in perspective.

For instance, I'm 6'1" and about 150 lbs. and I'm constantly analyzing myself, always getting on the scale in the hopes that maybe I gained a pound or two since the last time I weighed myself.

But I've realized that even though I lift because I want to get bigger and look better, part of the reason I do it is because I enjoy it and it's something for me to look forward to and challenge myself with.

And you guys who have such great gains ("mike_rojas" and "becoming" listed theirs) should be really proud of them. I'm still working to gain just a couple of pounds (btw: if anyone has any suggestions I'd be very grateful), but every time I see an improvement I congratulate myself for all the work I put in.

Bottom line: Be happy with what you do; we all work to friggin' hard to not have confidence in ourselves.

-----Mr. S----

 

[pillsbury]

there should be a word for it.... bigorexia, reverse anorexia, all I know is my wife always thinks she is fat (though it is definitely not true) and I always think I am too skinny (this I will always debate.....

apparently there is...i knew a girl who worked at loreatte (an "institution" where people who have eating disorders and are suicidal are placed...)
she said that as of last year, maybe december? that one could actually be commited; (it is officially considered an eating disorder; eating because one thinks he/she is not big enough)

 

[Becoming]

Pillsbury-
In that case, um... I look pretty normal to me.... lol.


Mr. S-
The best advice anyone can givel ya is keeping hitting the weights, keep trying to add more plates and eat like a mother!
You seem to already have the right attitude, so keep at it...

Eating will always be the biggest thing, I have always been a hardgainer type and had abs without trying really....I used to come home from practice, down a mixing bowl (1.5lb) of pasta with meat sauce, follow that up with a full dinner, and then chug a 2000 cal wieghtgain shake, then go out, eat a pizza at my buddies later that night... I remember laying down after eating so as to not throw up all over the place... I think I calculated it out to be somewhere easily in the 6500-8000 calorie range a day, if not more.... this is not a mention of breakfast, which was usually eggs and a huge stack of pancakes, or lunch which was routinely 4 bigmacs (my favorite was the 2 for $2 deal) a large fry and a shake, and numerous snacks through the day.....

I have tapered off my calories big time, since I am not looking to gain so much anymore in such a brief period of time (though I have been reconsidering lately), but I can tell you eating was and will always be the key to adding mass... I won't even go into the disgusting training table stories during college....

 

[Naeem]

I cant remember what its called, but there is a disease where people always feel small, no matter how big they get heh. I think coleman has it =p No idea what the medical term for it is though. Inferiority complex? I think all of us bodybuilders have it heh.

I would guess its like the whole anorexia/orthorexia thing.

 

[benchmonster]

Well I have been as heavy as 250 and I am five seven, and I did not think I looked too big then. I am now a leaner, and quite sveldt 239, as of 10:30 this morning.

But if I get bigger I am just getting fatter, and if I get leaner, I am just getting skinny. We all have the same disorder.

B.

 

[JOKER47]

I still feel skinny even though I've gone from 155 to 207. Maybe I'll feel big at 250?

Nope.

I've gone from 180 to 220-225. My original goal was to get to 225. Now, it's not near big enough.......

I'm sure I'll feel the same at 250.....and 260......and 270....etc.......


Joker

 

[Mike_Rojas]

That's what I was afraid of... lol

 

[Typhoid]

But once you feel like you're "there"... where else you gonna go? Always gotta be at least a little critical as long as you don't see it as a flaw.