I was thinking the other day, being a Bodybuilder is quite interesting. People wouldn't believe what our life is like... So I compiled the following list of facts about the life that popped into my head.. Feel free to add to it!
Here we go!
15. You bring your own food on dates and do not share. -_- And if it is meal time, you WILL eat during a movie or stand outside a club to eat.
14. It's a national disaster if the food.scale should break or a measuring spoon goes missing.
13. You develop an addiction to peanut and/or almond butter. For that reason, you live by the rule that any butter consumed from the lid or rim of the jar does not count in your daily macros.
12. You wake up at 3 am to eat. Yes, then go back to sleep and wake up with cashews in your bed.
11. Any ache, pain or bruise is healed by either icing it, stretching it out, or by simply walking it off. Pfft.. that broken finger will be good as new in a week.. :-)
10. Constipation and gas are no longer a four letter words, embarrassing or shameful. Pftt.. high protein diets come with this and it hurts! You will be surprised how smoothly that word rolls off your tongue when you can't go and need help.
9. Water is the enemy. We all know It's good for you, but constant bathroom breaks are a pain, especially when trying to travel long distances.
8. The world revolves around your training and diet... These become staples of.your.conversion: "sorry, I can't.. That's a training day", "I can't stay out late, the longer I'm up the more I have to eat." " can I bring food there?" "What do you mean we only get 30 minutes in the gym??"
7. You get excited over and will plan your day around a sale on eggs, chicken breasts, protein powder and training gear. Black Friday has nothing on us.
6. You think its normal to have clothing both 3 sizes too big and 2 sizes too small, because you refuse to buy new clothes for bulking and/or cutting season.
5. Plates are obsolete. Almost every meal you eat is out of a reusable, plastic container.
4. You only know how to count in multiples of 45. Everything else is irrelevant.
3. You have an almost neurotic, unnatural attachment to food. When it is time to eat, IT IS TIME TO EAT. Nothing is as important as that meal. If someone or something dares to come between you and that meal... God help us all.
2. The only real time you do laundry is when you run out of gym clothes.
1. Gum and crystal light become a food groups.
A bonus: No one offers you food anymore. No one wants to be subjected to 20 questions about the meal ( how much meat is this? What kind of bread is that? How did you make it? What kind of oil is this? Is that rice? You have any veggies to go with this? Ooh, wait, you wouldn't happen to have a food scale and measuring.cups? Why are you.looking at me.like that?? What???)
I actually thought of another one:
ReplyDeleteThe minute you cannot see the outline of your abs.. Emotions run high, you feel fat, cry a bit, then panic and fear wash over you and you immediately cut out anything having to do with a carb.. and head to the gym for 100 hours of cardio.