All Muscled 2’s BodyBlog

You know, I wasn’t going to say anything about this, but it got the best of me so here goes.  I got a comment on my body space today, and it kind of took me back to thoughts of high school.  More about that later, but to fellow bodyspacer snowstormsef, if  you step to me, be prepared and expect the unexpected.

I was born genetically blessed to have a muscular frame. I started playing around with weights in high school, so naturally I got teased constantly about being the "girl with the big arms", and "ooh, look at her, she looks just like a man".  Fast forward to adulthood.  Every gym that I have stepped into has garnered the same comment, mostly from women (some men) who seem to have an "aversion" to women who are muscular.  Well, I’m training for a comp this year, so naturally I’m packing on some mass, and hoping to get unbelievably shredded.  I’m posting pictures to track my progress, so I can see what needs to be "tweaked".  Well, I posted a picture today and I got a comment from "snowstormsef" who told me that I "look like a man".  Well, that took me right back to those old high school days, but as I thought about it, I didn’t have the same issues of hating my body, and the same hurt feelings that I had in high school.  My thoughts this time and every time that I step foot in the gym and get stared at is this: Is it the way that I look that bothers you or is it something else?  Is it my work ethic?  Is it my drive?  Is it my determination?  Is it my focus?  Is it the intensity of my workouts that would have you pucking somewhere in a corner?  Is it the fact that I can take my body places that you don’t have any of the above to take yours too?  Everybody is entitiled to their opinion, cause they’re like a@@holes, we all have one.  But before you leave me a negative comment, take a look in the mirror first.  Bring your best, quit hating, let me do me and you do what you do.  Or should I say what you don’t do.  Or as Jay-Z says: "excuse me while I brush this dirt off my shoulder." On your way out, hand me another plate! Ha!  Happy Weekend everybody:)

I thank God for allowing me to enjoy 2008, but I feel that 2009 is going to be so much better.  New beginnings always make me feel that way.  Didn’t get my weight down where I wanted, but I’m still a work in progress.  Have found myself a wonderful nutritionist and in the process a good friend (Jarueba T) a new body building coach (D Yeates) who is going to have me kick ass ready by the Spring.  I came to this site out of curiousity, not really expecting much, but what I’ve gotten is beyond words.  I’ve met many, many people who have been very supportive and I thank each and every one of you for that.  I’ve made a soul mate connection, and I’ve made a very good friend for life (SamCia, love you girl).  So my curiousity changed my life in more ways than I could have ever imagined, and I thank all of you for that.  I’m thankful for the friends that I am making in my body groups, and I know that if we continue to support and lift one another up, we will all reach our goals.  Happy New Year everybody!!!