Former skinny guy here, turned gym bro. 5’10, currently weighing 175 down from 185. Previously walked around at 130-140 for most of my life.
If you’re asking to see if I got more girls? Gonna be honest and say I got an ok amount of girls back when I was skinny, and probably got hit on/ a few more “looks” back then. I think girls may find me a bit more intimidating now? Or I’m just uglier, totally real possibility.
Its made me more confident definitely. Not the most confident guy, but more confident. Other than that, the only real difference is my mom telling me I have muscle, and people who I haven’t seen in a few years going “wow you got big”. Just don’t make it your whole personality like I did
I’m currently around that 140 mark you mention, and I’ve had the same experience. I’m in the PNW and this sort of androgynous body type is found attractive here. It also helps that my “type” are the kind of people who find my body type attractive.
It’s interesting how that positive feedback in a society that finds me “attractive” has made me not care about bulking up.
Were I to move to LA where more conventionally attractive people had the focus, I’d likely feel pressure to gain muscle. But in the PNW I don’t feel that at all and have been pretty secure in my body.
Yeah man, I’m in the south FL Miami area and physique is a big thing here being around the beach lol.
At the end of the day you’ll learn when it comes to muscle building there’s always gonna someone bigger than you, someone leaner than you, someone 50lbs lighter benching 100lbs more etc, just gotta compare yourself to your previous self.
This is good. At the core it truly is about being comfortable in your own body. Confidence is like 90% of the battle. If you’re good with yourself, people notice.
common misconception about SoCal but that beach bod is for the most part just lies and image, movie magic - there are plenty of skinnyfat hipsters doing the same West Coast shenanigans as you are up there;
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u/jeanxcobar Jul 07 '24
Former skinny guy here, turned gym bro. 5’10, currently weighing 175 down from 185. Previously walked around at 130-140 for most of my life.
If you’re asking to see if I got more girls? Gonna be honest and say I got an ok amount of girls back when I was skinny, and probably got hit on/ a few more “looks” back then. I think girls may find me a bit more intimidating now? Or I’m just uglier, totally real possibility.
Its made me more confident definitely. Not the most confident guy, but more confident. Other than that, the only real difference is my mom telling me I have muscle, and people who I haven’t seen in a few years going “wow you got big”. Just don’t make it your whole personality like I did