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To be totally honest, I got most of my size from three things:
1.) beating anorexia and finally allowing myself to eat and not do 1 hour and 20 minutes of cardio a day/7 days a week
2.) Eating like shit (still high protein, but lots of refined carbs such as muffins, breads, baked goods, sugary cereal in big amounts.)
3.) Seeing an Endo and getting hormone replacement therapy.
with those three things combined, I blew up. Went from 165-220 in about 5 months. No it was not all muscle, a lot of water and fat. But a lot of it was muscle and I got strong as shit. My body was basically in "2 weeks out contest prep" for about 3 years...eating only salads and lean protein...no fat, no carbs just oatmeal in the morning. My body was like a sponge and finally had all the components to grow. If I could go back, I wouldn't have changed anything, except maybe cleaned my diet up...but at the time it was more important to get out of the anorexic mind set. Its a very hard disease to live with and even harder for your family. The sad but true thing is, I consider myself to have similar issues still, only now I want to get as big/muscular as I can and Im never satisfied- but Im sure a lot of us Professional Muscle guys have these issues....
1.) beating anorexia and finally allowing myself to eat and not do 1 hour and 20 minutes of cardio a day/7 days a week
2.) Eating like shit (still high protein, but lots of refined carbs such as muffins, breads, baked goods, sugary cereal in big amounts.)
3.) Seeing an Endo and getting hormone replacement therapy.
with those three things combined, I blew up. Went from 165-220 in about 5 months. No it was not all muscle, a lot of water and fat. But a lot of it was muscle and I got strong as shit. My body was basically in "2 weeks out contest prep" for about 3 years...eating only salads and lean protein...no fat, no carbs just oatmeal in the morning. My body was like a sponge and finally had all the components to grow. If I could go back, I wouldn't have changed anything, except maybe cleaned my diet up...but at the time it was more important to get out of the anorexic mind set. Its a very hard disease to live with and even harder for your family. The sad but true thing is, I consider myself to have similar issues still, only now I want to get as big/muscular as I can and Im never satisfied- but Im sure a lot of us Professional Muscle guys have these issues....
