NIDAN

No, not from exercise…never. It’s my diet. It all began last summer while maintaining a clean diet, exercise, feeling energetic, and all the good things that come from diet and exercise, family and friends who hadn’t seen me in a while were beginning to worry about me because they said I was looking too thin. I guess at 6′3", whenever you lean out, people tend to question you. I thought I was doing good for myself all this time but when EVERYONE, and I do mean everyone, who hadn’t seen me since I was big, tells me they’re worried about me and telling me I look way too thin for my height, it makes me question myself. Everyone from my wife, mother, mother-in-law, brother, best friends, wife’s friends, mother’s friends, friend’s friends and basically everyone who I come in physical contact with all tell me I’m looking sick or anorexic. The funny thing is, I don’t feel that way at all. I feel more energy than ever, I never go hungry, I make my diet and exercise a priority, and above all, I’m happy in a sense. I know that most of you will tell me, screw everyone’s opinion’s. They’re just jealous. Yes I could believe that if it were just a few people. What put me over the edge was last Thursday night, my wife and I met a group of friends for a birthday celebration and there were friends of friends who I hadn’t seen in a while. Four people, yes four, said to me at different points during the evening that I looked like I had AIDS and someone else asked if I was manorexic. With my dedication to my diet and exercise routine, I want to be a positive role model when people see me. I strive to hear things like, "wow, you’re really lean and muscular" or, "Dude, how did you get those abs." I’m basically being mocked wherever I go! Again, I know anyone else who dedicates themselves to having a healthy body would tell me don’t listen to what others have to say but you do have to realize, my own wife and family tell me things like this on a weekly basis! What am I really supposed to do? Just put on twenty pounds so everyone shuts up then maintain that weight? I’m getting about 200 grams of protein a day and close to 200 grams of complex carbs. I eat more calories in one day than most of those people that question me. What can I do to give off a positive reaction instead of all the negative feedback. Remember, these are people I see either everyday or every week. I have to live with this.

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