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do you find your relationship suffers in contest prep like your more serious and focused on it?
My gf is 1 and 2 weeks out for figure. Her prep changed her mentally and really strained our relationship. She better win.
Serious dieting or prepping is usually going to affect your relationship in multiple ways. As much as we can remind ourselves we are choosing to do this and we don't need to snap and be assholes, its easier said than done. Hormones and chemicals will alter your moods and behavior by themselves a lot of the time, add dieting in and theres bound to be some issues lol.
I wonder how many good relationships have been ruined due to bodybuilding...and I'm talking most competing as amateurs
You really get to a point where you realize how utterly ludicrous and silly it is to ruin a relationship for something that isn't really going to pay off other than in personal glory lol...maybe some don't care and honestly thats all they want but I'm personally glad i recognized that sooner rather than later. The next time its my responsibility to be a fkin adult and not a baby getting pissed off because I'm choosing to restrict myself especially because I'm going to have a kid. The last couple of times haven't been able to do that and when I saw it really having a negative affect it was time to push it back. Each time dieting gets a little easier to deal with just because you know what to expect, so I'll get there eventually lol
You really get to a point where you realize how utterly ludicrous and silly it is to ruin a relationship for something that isn't really going to pay off other than in personal glory lol...maybe some don't care and honestly thats all they want but I'm personally glad i recognized that sooner rather than later. The next time its my responsibility to be a fkin adult and not a baby getting pissed off because I'm choosing to restrict myself especially because I'm going to have a kid. The last couple of times haven't been able to do that and when I saw it really having a negative affect it was time to push it back. Each time dieting gets a little easier to deal with just because you know what to expect, so I'll get there eventually lol
I don't compete....but my wife and I are like that now. If one of us is in a bad mood or had a bad day....we just "warn" the other ahead of time.It's all about having open communication with your partner. When I'm super tired and just dragging, I tell my wife exactly that. If I'm feeling overly grumpy for no reason at all, I do my best to give a warning that I'm just pissy, lol.
It's only a few weeks though that it's really 'bad, but I always also try to apologize for any off behavior and take my wife on a few extra dates, nice dinners and a nice gift for dealing with me doesn't hurt either
I look at it as a positive. Most of us that look like bodybuilders tewho gives a shit if we ruin a relationship or three.nd to attract mentally ill women that aren't worth wifing up anyways so Tren ruined my last relationship and looking back it was a blessing in disguise because she was a narcissistic sociopath that I wouldn't of ever wanted to spend my life with anyways.
Of course that good girl might come along, and if she does you just gotta decide what's more important to you. In my experience no matter how much you tell yourself you've got it under control you don't. Tren especially, combine the short temper, the lack of sleep, the paranoia, the lack of empathy you have for other people on it. Forget about it not happening.
Last prep I did, I asked my wife twice for a divorce. Luckily for me, she just ignored me. During prep, we sleep in different beds and avoid each other as much as we can. The exhaustion from diet/training really messes with my head. The drugs don't help either. Never again will I do upsher-smith halo. That stuff turned me into a nasty person.
Last prep I did, I asked my wife twice for a divorce. Luckily for me, she just ignored me. During prep, we sleep in different beds and avoid each other as much as we can. The exhaustion from diet/training really messes with my head. The drugs don't help either. Never again will I do upsher-smith halo. That stuff turned me into a nasty person.