Bigorexia... Do You Have It?

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[quote]undeadlift wrote:
Professor X wrote:
undeadlift wrote:

Ah yes, the “before” picture. What if you lost fat AND gained 30 pounds overall, yet you still see yourself the same as your “before” picture?

I don’t know where you started, but if someone starts at 140lbs at average height and gains 30lbs, they are only 170lbs. That isn’t very big unless you are shorter than average. Noticing that this isn’t that big doesn’t make you insane. Wanting to get bigger doesn’t either.

We could also get into how you will be less likely to notice your own progress unless you take pictures of yourself. You see yourself everyday.

Good explanations, prof. FYI, I’m 5’7" and started at 120 with a little more fat than I have now. I had NO muscle back then. Haha…[/quote]

I understand where you are coming from, I started at 120 in college. I am sure I will get flamed, but when you start at 120 and get to 170, in a sense you sometimes feel big. I know that in the grand scheme of things 170 is not big, but putting on 50 clean pounds is still an accomplishment.

Again, a step in a longer journey…

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[quote]rainjack wrote:
Almost all highly successful people would appear to have OCD compared to the normal population.

It’s called ambition. Drive. It is hardly an illness. [/quote]

This is a great point. I bet there are many that are affected by it in their personal lives and thus it could be an illness if it keeps them from having functioning relationships, for example.

This is purely anecdotal but it would seem the success story of the archetypal genius is laden with tragedy that stems from obsession.

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I want to add that a big part of it is who you compare yourself to. At first it’s probably just were you started with, later it because the general population, then gym guys [well, the ones that are built] and finally elite bodybuilders. Each time you feel you’re big until you compare yourself to a new group, relative to whom you are actually small. It’s a matter of context and the people touting bigorexia are completely ignoring that.