Thread: I need to rant.

I work in a high stress medical field where people think they are king shit and are highly opinionated. These "medical profressionals" have no education on sports nutrition or steroids. Half of the doctors i work with think steroids are intra-venous due to the snide gestures they make. People dont like seeing other people succeed with their goals as a result of hard work.

Ive been back on the bodybuilding bandwagon for about a year now and have put on about 20kg through diet, dedication and hard work. I love training, its my hobby. Whilst my friends go out, smoke, talk pills and get tanked every weekend (not all of them, I am generalising to be fair) I decline attending as it will be detrimental to my training.

People cannot accept that through insight, will power and hard work ive made progress in a hobby that they find somewhat disturbing "why do you want to be so big" "women dont find that attractive" for what its worth my girlfriend is supportive and doesnt care what i look like. I love being big. I would hate to start over and be the skinny man i once was, id rather look like a footballer than a marathon runner. thats my right to choose and work towards that goal.

I am so sick of going to work and preparing for the onslaught of snide gestures i receive from jealous, intimidated and downright rude people. I dont call them fat or ugly (if it applied) because its rude but they can give me shit for trying to acheive a bodybuilding physique and jump to conclusions that my progress in doing so has been the result of "steroids" of which they are un informed anyway.

If it came to it, I would like to do a cycle in the future when I am ready. I believe that its affects on my health would not be on par with effects borne from if i was to regularly binge drink or smoke 50 cigs a day. This is not simply an assumption, i see the bad effects of alcohol, smoking and more illicit drugs everyday in my job with my patients.

Heres my main rant that i need to get off my chest

The bigger i get the more haters emerge (mainly "health professional" collegues) to dis me of my success and make rude and completely innapropriate comments. "Oh it must be steroids" Yes go make assumptions and excuses for my hard work whilst many of you drink yourself stupid every weekend, smoke a packet a day and pop pills. All I can think through their bullshit is damn I am awesome and im so glad Im not you.

Thanks for reading. This has been bugging me for a long time

gotta laugh...why even let it get to you.

the biggest joke of what you wrote, IS YOU!!

sorry for being so up front...but give yourself a slap.

Originally Posted by mrass

gotta laugh...why even let it get to you.

the biggest joke of what you wrote, IS YOU!!

sorry for being so up front...but give yourself a slap.

Mate thats a bit harsh.

Don't worry about those medical professionals you work with.
If they drink themselves stupid every weekend, smoke a packet a day and pop pills, they can't be too bright.
How did they ever qualify for and get through medical school ???

Originally Posted by mrass

gotta laugh...why even let it get to you.

the biggest joke of what you wrote, IS YOU!!

sorry for being so up front...but give yourself a slap.

You know you're somewhat right. I do need to give myself a slap I was just in a pissed off mood last night. Its hard sometimes for it not to get to you, I work in an area where im am linked to other departments and services and hundreds of people know me by name, I like to have a joke and they like to have a joke back but sometimes they push it.

Be upfront all you want, its words on a screen.

Originally Posted by BlackSpider

Don't worry about those medical professionals you work with.
If they drink themselves stupid every weekend, smoke a packet a day and pop pills, they can't be too bright.
How did they ever qualify for and get through medical school ???

Ive been doing my job for about 10 years but since working in a higher stress area it has astounded me how many collegues will go and take pills on the weekend and snort cocaine. Its common as we see it every day, we handle and administer dangerous drugs everyday. There are certain addictive drugs that used to be on the shelf but are now in a double locked cupboard as people steal them.

To be honest I have huge respect for the team i work within, we see some pretty cool shit. Its simply because of the nature of the environment we work in that we (myself included) speak of the cuff and can be rude to people.

Like i said, I was in a pissed of mood last night and needed to vent. I shouldnt let it get to me but sometimes its easier said than done.

i find i usually feel better after a good rant

Hey Ads,

You can expect that BS to come out no matter where you work. If you have some size on you, it could be that they are insecure. Insecure people will usually put others down as they are not happy. In addition, they can't blame 'High stress' work for what they do on the weekend. Personally, i'd do a million cycles than do what they're doing over the weekend. At least with a cycle, you know where it's coming from and what you have to do to control it. I'm all for it. In all honesty, it's none of their business really.

If you don't like something they say, do what i do. Don't say anything and just smile then look away. That tends to burn them a bit as they don't get a reaction from you. Then it just gets boring for them and they move onto someone else. You'll have the upper hand i promise you. :)

I understand u have a respect for your team. Where i work, i have to trust my team with my life. Don't forget, if ur working in a high stress environment, people try their hardest to remain detached from what they're working on so they make jokes. Everyone thinks their opinion is the right one. Just keep doing what you want to do, and what makes you happy. :)

This is definitely the place to rant about that stuff. Feels good having a verbal spew hey.

.. good ole' tall poppy syndrome. I bet many members of SM have had others disrespect them simply becasue the 'disers' lack the mental fortitude to achieve at any level ..

Originally Posted by Agent 00D

Hey Ads,

You can expect that BS to come out no matter where you work. If you have some size on you, it could be that they are insecure. Insecure people will usually put others down as they are not happy. In addition, they can't blame 'High stress' work for what they do on the weekend. Personally, i'd do a million cycles than do what they're doing over the weekend. At least with a cycle, you know where it's coming from and what you have to do to control it. I'm all for it. In all honesty, it's none of their business really.

If you don't like something they say, do what i do. Don't say anything and just smile then look away. That tends to burn them a bit as they don't get a reaction from you. Then it just gets boring for them and they move onto someone else. You'll have the upper hand i promise you. :)

I understand u have a respect for your team. Where i work, i have to trust my team with my life. Don't forget, if ur working in a high stress environment, people try their hardest to remain detached from what they're working on so they make jokes. Everyone thinks their opinion is the right one. Just keep doing what you want to do, and what makes you happy. :)

Thanks very much Agent, thats some great advice and appreciate your time in writing it.

Cheers guys. It does feel good to have a rant and I do feel better for it. No more ranting from me for a while.

Originally Posted by Ads81

Thanks very much Agent, thats some great advice and appreciate your time in writing it.

You're welcome anytime Ads. Lets just say i see a lot of this in my workplace so if you need to discuss further, i'm only a PM away. :) Let us know how you go.

Rant away Ads, your not the only one! I am still overweight by 23 odd kilos, but I get shit cause I dont go out and binge drink on the weekends, I dont smoke and I eat healthy food!!

And heaven help if I mention I can chest press a measly 35kg or leg press 60kg for 3 sets of 20 with no rest breaks, I get the weirdest looks, cause being a female and doing weights is apparently abnormal, but a NURSE that does weights, heaven forbid we arent all dainty and there just for the sex appeal!

I made one guy squirm, after him telling me that females dont need to do weights, I told him that one day those weights might enable me to be able to push his chest hard enough to save his fat ass when he needs cpr. After that he shut up.