[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]jtownlax wrote:
i was eating the tuna. he was eating the bagel. i sometimes bring cooked burgers in for school as well. he gets a kick out of it[/quote]
Forget him.
Dude, it’s fucking high school. NONE of that shit matters.
No, not even the stuff you think REALLY matters. That stuff especially doesn’t matter. Most of the cute girls in your class will be fat as hell in ten years. Most of the guys who think they are hot shit now will be Al Bundy in 15 years.
Ignore the fucker and work on getting better.
There is no greater revenge than running into those people years later after you have reached your life goals.
Let it be.
People fuck with you. That’s life. It only matters if you let it or you believe it.
I have no doubt that weight training and eating like a serious gainer would look strange today in a sea full of sedentary X-box players.
Get used to standing out.
What the hell do you think will happen if you actually build those 20" arms. Yeah, you will stand out more and people will talk more.
better train for it now.[/quote]
OP, this is a great post from X.
Just to add my 2 cents: As X mentioned, people who fuck with people will find something vitriolic to say about you no matter what you do. A thick skin and the ability to ignore people who want nothing more than to see you reduce yourself to the lowest common denominator are well worth acquiring.
When I was younger (like up to 17) I was a chubby kid not into sport and always got called fat. When I lost weight I would get called skinny. I’m now 230LB and pretty lean (visible hips) at 6.2" I’m not big by the standards on this site nor do I consider myself ‘impressive’, but a net overall gain of 70LB muscle isn’t too shabby. People still manage to get digs in and like to attribute my progress to steroids (which I do take) and make comments like ‘you’re just naturally big’, or ‘it’s because he takes steroids’.
People just love to downplay other peoples achievements and work ethic. there’s a great quote from the series House MD when one of the doctors (‘Taube’ I think he’s called, the Jewish guy) says to a female pilot, ‘I’ve known plenty of people people with dreams, and they all had one thing in common, they al got laughed at’.
An unfortunate fact about human nature is that many people will be happy to see you fail, and will laugh at you when you do. The two key points to take away here are: 1) Never be one of these people. You are learning now that as you work towards your goals other people, even people you thought were your friends will actually be unsupportive and make denigrating comments. you must learn to use these to spur you on; and 2) NEVER be one of these unsupportive people.
Good luck, and remember to be true to yourself, never waiver to try and please other people 