r/Gymhelp

Please evaluate all photos and not just first or last one!

So basically at my job I was asked to change my clothes and given these black Nike tights. I'm super insecure about my legs and that they’re not skinny. And my view of my body changes all the time so I have no idea how others perceive me. I don’t see myself as small or thin.

I'd really appreciate if you could look at these photos and

First, based on the photo with the white t shirt and black skin right leggings (last one), evaluate alone.

And then evaluate the other photos as well (either individually or all together is fine).

1. Tell me what I look like based on this scale:

8: starting to look overweight
7: looking chubby
6: solid, strong, a little on the husky side

5: middle of average, healthy, solid. Nothing notable.

4: thinner side of average, athletic, small but healthy
"Shes a runner." "She looks healthy but small."
"She's eating well but also on the smaller side."
"Looking good."

3.5: on the edge between healthy and unhealthy.
"Oh wow, she's quite thin." "She could stand to put on a few pounds." "Huh, maybe she's naturally really thin." "Huh, is she naturally that thin? Is that normal for her? Should I be concerned?"

3: unhealthy, starting to be underweight "She's so skinny" "Is she doing alright?"

2: stereotypical anorexia, emaciated "you look sick."
"I'm so worried for you." "You need help."
1: medical emergency, looks like I'm dying

Feel free to use in between numbers, explain the nuance, and give examples of what someone might think like I did.

2. If you want to go the extra mile, go to MyBodyGallery (website) and find photos of people who look like me or very close to me. I'm 5’3.

As the title says I train 5x a week hitting each muscle twice a week whilst training to failure with 1 warmup set then 2 working sets. Also tracking all lifts and progressively overloading each week if possible. I track my calories to 2100 a day and I eat 170g protein and 250g carbs minimum daily. Why on earth am I seeing no progress and still in this skinny fat build despite consistent training for the past 10 months?.

All advice much appreciated

Hey guys! I’ve gained a pretty good amount of weight these past few months just due to some anxiety and depression I was through. I asked AI how I would look losing weight and keeping some muscle and honestly it created my absolute dream build (left pic is now, right pic is what AI made). Last time I was around 170-180 (also I’m 5’11) I had a weird build I was just had skinny arms, a skinny face, but still had a slight beer belly. I plan on getting back on track with going to the gym and eating lighter, does anybody have any tips or certain this I can do to get as close to this build along the journey? Any advice helps thank you🙏

I also have a really big problem with drinking beer lol if anybody has any alternatives way of drinking without messing up my progress it would help a lot too!

Regularly train back, feel like my lats are plenty enough but struggling to get good definition and mass in my middle and low back

Which one is more important Carbs or Protein

Im 14 years old born in 2011, Im around 70kg and 186cm tall, what should I do to become more build and what muscle groups should I work on - Ive been going to the gym for around 3 months seriously now. and I’ve seen a decent amount of progress from what I was, what should I do now to improve myself

Hope everyone’s doing well !

There’s approximately 18 months between the 2 pics, but i didn’t exactly spend the entirety of that period in a caloric deficit. I would occasionally consume my daily maintenance specially after i started hitting the gym which was towards the second half of that period. However, for the majority of the that time i was in a 600-800 daily caloric deficit.

Its tough to judge your own body and what looks best. Ive put on some weight the last few months and finally hit 200 pounds (im 5’10”). 200 was my target. Now that im here i dont feel like its as big as i expected. Now im thinking of trying to hit 205-210 and then cut.

Would love some honest advice. Should i try and add? First few pics are slightly heavier than the last one but i feel like the last one looked maybe better/bigger. Slightly leaner?

Thanks for you feedback.

Hi, im 18 years old and ive been going gym just over a year now. Ive been pretty damn consistent with my training and diet (currently eating in a surplus with around 160-70g of protein) and i feel i havent made much progress. am i doing something wrong or am i just overthinking on how long it takes to see real progress. Thansk to anyone who helps.

Hello!

I’ve been exercising for about a year, but I’ve never really been consistent. Some weeks I went to the gym, and other weeks I didn’t. I also never really cared about how much I ate.

I started going to the gym again about a month ago, and I’m trying to be disciplined with both my workouts and my diet. I’m eating more calories than I need because I want to build muscle and stop being so skinny, but I also want to have a small waist to get that V-shape.

Every time I look at myself in the mirror, I feel bad about myself. I don’t know what to do.

Last summer I was coming off a torn rotator cuff, so I focused on my, doing physical therapy exercises and the body weight exercises that I could do. It was tough time last summer because I ballooned in weight from not being able to really exercise. One year later, I’ve stayed consistent and this is where I’m at. I don’t have a fancy diet, just a lot of chicken and fish. Once I got the eating right, everything else kind of fell into place.

I'm 23, I have PCOS and thyroid issues, I tend to gain weight easily, but I'm tired of pitying myself and I want to actually work on my body, any advices?