I've been looking through some old progress pics of myself over the years that I've kept, usualy quarterly (none digital sorry), I haven't pulled them out for a long time and d*mn was I skinny back in the day! I mean I look at myself the way I was when I first started in my mid-teens, before I had any idea about diet or lifting and to be honest my physique almost makes me ill. My stats were 5'10 140lbs, probably 6% bf, and that would have been soaking wet, I definetly look it, ribs stilling out, no meat anywhere really, stick thin legs, caved in face, blah!
If I completely dropped diet and lifting I have no doubt I would probably drop back to around 150lbs (still 5'10), my metabolism is so fast it wouldn't take long. I just know I NEVER want to look like that again and will lift and diet the rest of my life to ensure it!
I probably won't even put down the needle for good until I'm too old and fragile to pick up a dumb bell without breaking a hip. What about you guys? I know some people chose to pull out when they settle down with a family and all that and thats cool, I personaly couldn't take the blow to my confidence. Juice and lifting till I die here
Only thing I miss is all the free time, no meal planning, no worring about when I'll get in my workout... I enjoy all of it but my life really does revolve around it.
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Originally Posted by 1-Cent
