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ragintiger
03-30-2002, 03:54 PM
I was pretty pissed last nite but in a weird way I was encouraged. Ok heres my deal yall. For the last couple of years I was partying like crazy(tabs, blow,ect)..going to clubs all over the place..btw I live in a small town in louisiana I guess about 250k live here. Anyway, I got my shit together bc it was either that or go down the tubes like my friends were or make something of myself. Sooo, I got out of that scene and started being clean and doin good in school. I have been pretty hardcore in the gym for the last year bc theres not much to do here besides get fucked up, workout, go to church or school. Two of them I had eliminated so I decided I wanted to get back in shape like I was in my first couple of years of college. I have be reclusive towards just about all my old friends and habits bc I have found a new life in recovery and working out and being healthy. In this town is full of rednecks and its is only few that really maintain themselves year round. Its mostly beer belly, pot smoking guys around here. BUT, when summer comes around they all get juiced up and still drink and do drugs come a few months out from summer. Anyway, last nite one of my friends came over and got me to go eat bc he was in town for easter. I had agreed to go and when we went in the restarant and when i walked in it was all my old friends. Just about all of them had asked me what i was on as far as juice goes and where can they get some. Now before all this I was at 265 at around 20%bf..now Im at 227 around 11%.and only been "on" for 2 and half weeks. I have been working my ass off for the last year and when they saw me they automaticlly thought juice. Now here they are looking like shit with their t-shirts untucked and drinking beer like crazy and I walk in with my slacks and a tight cotton/spandix tee and get called baby gap wearer. I can take a joke but it got old after the first few times...I was only drinking water and they kept on pestering me about what I was on and what I was doing. Of course I told them just working out and watching what I eat. This one dude had said hes been working out for the past 2 weeks and ready to get some juice to jump start himself for the summer. lol..only thing I could do is laugh. I guess what Im venting about is when everyone was through with dinner someone came to me and said I shouldnt wear shit like I was bc it makes everyone else look like shit...? I was like WTF man? He said just bc im juicing doenst mean I have to show everyone up...and I should hide it till I get on the beach. And if I keep wearing shit like I did I would continue to get made fun of. Well..that shit didnt go over to well with me. I told him if he didnt like it to fuck off and he didnt have to look at me if didnt want to. Are yall starting to see why I dont hang out with these people anymore? Anyway I left bc I really didnt have a desire to sit and watch them just get obliterated and came home. At first I was pissed but then i thought of it and was sorta encouraged that people are starting to noticed all the hard work ive done. I dunno..maybe this doesnt make any sense but I wanted to talk to someone about it...bc I really dont many friends that are sober and try to keep their body in shape all the time. Only reason Im staying is bc im aunt pasted away and willed me her house and with it all bills paid in a fund of some sorts. Got a year left im probably going somewhere up north..Dunno where yet but ill know when i get there. Anyway..thanks for listening. Later,
RT

mr456
03-30-2002, 09:41 PM
Its called "misery loves company" bro. I have been where you are. Most of my friends are still my friends but we don't hang out hardly ever anymore. All they want to do is go get drunk and go out to eat and chase cheap whores :D ..which is ok i guess. Anyway..your friends are going to continue to make fun of you as long as you keep bettering yourself. Fuck them...you will soon find friends with similar interests bro. I will admit..most of my friends are right here at MC. At least these are the people who I have things in common with. :)
&nbsp; &nbsp;I am gradually watching my friends who haven&#39;t changed there habits get fatter and fatter. I have a friend who is about 5 10 weighed about 160 in high school and now weighs at least 250-260...I wouldn&#39;t even bother to fathom his BF%...he has grown up but he will never understand why i do what i do....so..I don&#39;t even try to explain. I think he figures it out in the summer when his wife is looking at him..wishing he looked like me&#33;&#33; <!--emo&:p--><img src="http://musclechemistry.mantisforums.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/tounge.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':p'><!--endemo-->

rico*
03-30-2002, 09:42 PM
hang in there bro. Fu** em all. they are not real friends.

dedprez*
03-31-2002, 11:11 AM
250 thousand&#33;&#33;&#33;that is a small redneck town??&#33;&#33;&#33;COME TO IOWA BROTHA&#33;&#33;&#33;THAT IS A MAJOR CITY&#33;&#33;&#33;...TRY SOMETHING LIKE 48 PEOPLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT&#33;&#33; &nbsp;:0

TAZ
03-31-2002, 09:15 PM
Screw people like that. I used to get shit like that all the time from people when I used to go up and down in weight while cutting and bulking and I didn&#39;t even use AAS. Everyone thinks that there is always a shortcut and there is always some magic bean that makes all the difference between you and them.

This is possibly the biggest reason that I stayed away from AAS for so long. I figured that the minute you take anything and are honest when someone that questions you, it immediately gets all the credit for your physique. Nobody hears you talk about your hours of training, your diet and sacrifice or your dedication to the sport.

My advice is don’t admit to anyone but the closest of friends that your on and instruct them that you want to keep that private.

Stickler
04-01-2002, 12:41 AM
ya know what... &nbsp;fuck &nbsp;them bro. &nbsp;There is never a need to worry about what other people think unless you put them in awe. &nbsp;At that point, just realize if you keep thinking that way .. your head will grow too.. (too large to get into the doorway). &nbsp;BUT, hard work always comes off... my friends back home did the same thing to me... except I was on, and told one of them I was going on... &nbsp;when it was all said and done... mid cycle. ... my &quot;pals&quot; .. were like.. damn BRO.. LOOK&#39;N JACKED... &nbsp;what are you on steroids or something?

I said... &nbsp;&quot;Honestly, yeah&quot; .. .. they were like... &quot;no shit&quot; ... &nbsp;needless to say in private.. I had 4 out of 9 of them come up to me at some point that night and ask me if I could help them lean out, bulk up, or get in shape with or WITH OUT juice.

These are guys I&#39;ve known forever and will never judge... only b/c I&#39;d be a hypocrite to tell them they are wrong for what they do. &nbsp;They are still my GOOD FRIENDS, but other then that... &nbsp;I don&#39;t worry about it. &nbsp;Getting big/lean doesn&#39;t just come from juice.. we all know that... &nbsp; it&#39;s the hard work, dedication, and consistancy that is involved in your CHANGED LIFESTYLE. &nbsp;Those guys, never changed thier lifestyle.. therefor thier bodies will continue to get worse and turn to shit.

fuck them ... &nbsp;no worries.. keep up the good work and glad to hear you realized that ... hell people are envious and wish they could look like you, they just don&#39;t have the balls or the will power to make the change and keep with it.

In the spirit of easter... i&#39;ll say this much, &nbsp;... getting big and ripped doesn&#39;t come from just 40 days of Lent. ... so put your Lenten sacrifice on the book shelf because that time is over and if you truely plan on getting your ass in gear, then ... &nbsp; well .. stop thinking about puttin &quot;gear in your ass&quot; and start with the basics.

just my .02

ragintiger
04-01-2002, 04:39 AM
Thanks bros for all that was said...It makes me feel better coming here and realizing there others who think, and feel the way I do about keeping fit. &nbsp;Maybe I was a bit too pissed at something stupid. Thru my recovery I have been taught to shrug those things off and move on..it just was a big surprise to be treated like that after 8 months of not going out and being social. Its over now so theres nothing to do about it except do what ive been doing...work my ass off.
RT