Finally adding size

[JJam32]

Hi everyone, first time posting any type of story or update on myself, but it's been a good year so I thought I'd share.

I've always been an admirer of size and muscle, but never considered or thought I'd be the one being admired. I've always gone to the gym and kept fit, but I've always been a very slim, smaller guy. I turned 30 last month, so for some reason this year has been very different for me. At the beginning of the year I cut WAY back on afterwork happy hours and weekend pub crawls and really dedicated myself to the gym again after a few months off. I made a little bit of progress, but got stuck at normal plateaus after not too long. Instead of getting frustrated and throwing my hands in the air, I ended up hiring a guy I had become friends with via Twitter to create diet and training routines for me as I really don't have more than a passable knowledge of the stuff. This guys an awesome dude, no huge mass monster, but definitely knows his stuff -- he's an NPC level physique competitor.

I'm in my third month of working with him and he must know his stuff -- between his guidance and the small advances I made on my own at the beginning of the year I've gone from 125 lbs. at 5'9" to a pretty solid 168 now. People at work and my friends have definitely noticed the changes, and nobody has been shy about commenting. My new nicknames around the office include "Muscles" or "Gunz"; I've had to update pretty much my entire wardrobe to get polos, v-necks, etc that fit my body now as everything has blown up substantially, especially my arms which I am more than okay with.

Probably my favorite part is that a friend of mine from work, who I've always had a very flirtatious relationship with even tho he is engaged to be married to his girlfriend soon, has really taken a very active interest in me now. He's an inch or two shorter than me and has a very stocky build, but has always been a big brother type to me -- except now I am obviously the bigger brother. He comments the most out of anyone to me about my size and asks other people in front of me if they've noticed the gains I've been making. He likes to joke around a lot about it, but he always texts me in the evenings to ask how that night's gym session has gone and recently has encouraged me to send him pictures so he can "check in on my progress".

All in all I definitely made the right decision to focus on the gym at the beginning of the year. My trainer guru is now encouraging me to commit to stepping on stage for a competition next summer to even further motivate me, which I think I am starting to lean towards at this point. For my body type I don't know how realistic it would be that I'd ever be one of the huge muscle monsters I've always admired, or even that I'd ever tip the scales over 200 lbs -- but I think that's still a lot of potential left in me and I'm 100% committed to getting as big as I possibly can!

[raven79]

Wow, you gained 43 lbs in 8 months. You need to post pics man. Wow!

[arpeejay]

As usual:

Pix, dammit, pix!

xoxo

Richard