Letās discuss it.
- That I go to the gym everyday for 3 hours.
- That I eat only chicken, rice, and broccoli OR I never eat carbs. I think this one started from celebrities who get lean for a superhero role and tell all the talk show circuits that they didnāt eat a single carb for months or some bullshit.
- That I eat 4000+ cals/day. Lot of guys at my office lost some money when they were betting on my daily calorie intake. The O/U they came up with was 4500. At the time, I was cutting and only eating 2k cals
- That Iām sporty. Not only do I not follow sports, but I donāt have an athletic bone in my body and usually let down whoever picks me for their team in pickup basketball or a game of ultimate.
- That Iām simple minded.
- That Iām vain and wouldnāt be able to focus on another person in a relationship.
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People automatically assume Iām one of the cool kids.
I know too many Lord of The Rings characters for this to be true.
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" You must be one of those man hating bitches that wants to look like a man" 
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That Iām essentially a Neanderthal. I remember where I used to work when I mentioned a particular book I was reading at the time and the fact I listened to a current affairs radio station it was met with astonishment.
Iām actually quite happy for people to assume Iām a bit stupid and therefore underestimate me.
I actually got this one yesterday, no I do eat carbs Iām just not going to eat one of the cakes you made regardless of how good it may be.
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That it somehow comes easy to me or that I love exercise or that I somehow have extra time to train that they donāt have.
Nope.
I just want it more
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When I was young and weighed about 175 lbs. a parent of a student in my class said (paraphrase), āI can tell you like to spend time in the gym. You are obviously a narcissist.ā
Wait, one more: During summer break during college, and after I had spent three mornings a week performing grueling Nautilus workouts, a fellow my dad worked with ran into me at a grocery store where I was running the forklift. He wanted to know if I played safety or cornerback. I should have said both.
Lots of good ones above, and hereās a more general observation:
People think that because I like to stay lean and eat healthfully that Iām suffering or ādeprivingā myself. Iām not. I honestly donāt want your crap food. The only suffering I experience is hearing you justify why youāre eating it and listening to you try to make me eat it.
Plus, I can eat ice cream every night, just not normie ice cream. Whoās suffering? Not me!
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This WAS me for a long time, and it was the only way I knew how to do it. Getting out of that cycle is huge, and just as you say: you no longer WANT those things. Itās not about denying temptation: my brain legit doesnāt recognize that stuff as āfoodā. Itās like a tiger looking at bamboo: thatās food for SOMETHING, just not me.
The only suffering I experience is hearing you justify why youāre eating it and listening to you try to make me eat it.
Yup. Iām enjoying my ribs. I donāt need your cheesecake. You enjoy yours and we can just both be happy.
Girls ALWAYS assume you want someone muscular or āfitā like yourselfā¦ I want curves and some chub.
Alsoā¦ Im banging my clients
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I have a LOTR tattooā¦
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Thatās true: I did crave the junk for a while after my time as a fat boy, but it faded to the point of seeing a donut and having mild nausea. Some of that effect comes from just knowing that some food, well, isnāt, as you said. And some comes from brain rewiring and even losing and regenerating taste buds (which is some fascinating science Iāve written about elsewhere). So, thereās definitely a tough-it-out period until all that happens.
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that I donāt have fun. And while Iām pretty tame today, if they only knew
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that I have body dysmorphia
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that Iām on steroids (Iāve admittedly run one tame cycle, and pretty recently, but have heard this for as long as I can remember)
I just read the projection and move on. Weight training is something Iāve always done and itās my preferred exercise choice. If I liked running or biking Iād be devoted to marathon training or long rides instead.
People love to knock down what they want but wonāt work for themselves. It keeps the excuses alive 
Maybe not an assumption but a weird reaction:
- strangers randomly standing taller, holding their arms wider or puffing up their chest when they see you.
Just yesterday I was doing some liss in a park and passed this guy walking with his girlfriend twice. He came up to about nipple height, maybe weighed half of what I do and would mean mug me, puff up and start wandering across the sidewalk to make me move. I was just grooving to my EarPods and brushed it off, but who knows. Maybe he was a secret ninja who wouldāve kicked my head to the moon if I ran him over instead.
An extreme example but I see people puff up a lot.
Iām just trying to get to the bathroom dude, relax.
Steal his girlfriend the next time you bump into them.
Be the alpha you were meant to be.
Lol.
Most common comment directed at me is āyou must be a wrestler or MMA guyā. I did wrestle for 6 years, zero MMA.
OR āyou LOOK like a cop or a soldierā. My reply is always "the closest I got to either of those is wildland firefighter ".
If I ask, "why?"They say, āyouāve got big shoulders and back muscles. And you just walk like itā.
Ok. So not all slumped over, hunched with the duck walk most young people exhibit? Great. Iāll take it. But Iāll never claim to do those other jobs. I LOVED firefighting!
Along with thatā¦
Cop
Soldier
People have these images of what these people are āsupposedā to look like based on media. Reality is reality. Similar to how a lot of Spec Ops guys are wiry dudes that can ruck 20 miles with a full set of gear rather than 90s era JCVD/Dolph.
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Prima Nocta
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Having done bothā¦ itās embarrassing and disgraceful but thereās zero accountability or calls from the public to fix it so itāll never change
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Was in Recon for a fewā¦ all shapes and sizes really. But NONE of us were remotely out of shape. Some massive jacked monsters to wiry fellas
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