So I've Been Lurking around and made a couple topics here and there and i really love how informative this forum is , it's like you guys get paid to help ... Anyways I thought I'd give a background story to how I came to love working out... At a young age I really did not like how I looked at all I was 130 at 5"10 at 17, obviously very fkin skinny !! I got in with the wrong crowd and guess where I fit in being that skinny ? Yes u got it , the drug crowd , I got hooked on heroin and oxycontin in a bad bad way. I ended up on the streets of Vancouver (heroin users paradise) at the age of 20. Something in my mind made me want to stop as I looked around me one day and saw the disaster I called life . I went to a rehab down there and starting working out Here and there , after I saw that I was actually gaining some weight my self confidence went up quite a bit and I kind of liked what I saw in the mirror , I went from 135 to 155 in 4 months from just eating right and working out 5 days a week. Working out became my new addiction , I 100% think there are good addictions and bad addictions , and working out is a great one as long as I don't become so obsessed with getting bigger that I put my health at risk .. Since working out for the last 3 years my blood pressure has went back to normal , I like myself , and I've made some great friends that help me along the way ...so I really look down on people that call me a meathead or Nething like that , cause they don't know it's saved me in alot if ways ..