I wanted to expound on something you said in this post, and put a more positive spin on something I said earlier in the thread.
Earlier in the thread I said this:
I didn't mean for it to sound bitter and angry, it was more like a boxer realizing that he's not ready to step in the ring yet and needs more time in the gym.
The first part of what you said in bold is 100% spot on and it was part of what made me look in the mirror a long time ago. I knew there were things that I was unhappy about, and I had two choices:
1) I could either take my frustrations out on the rest of the world and females (and add to the "mad black man" stereotype whether I meant to or not...yall know how it is).
2) I could man up and do something about what was making me unhappy.
The first step for me was getting in the gym (cause I was

status being overweight (fat) and clinically depressed). I know brehs on here are going to get at me for saying/thinking this but fukk it. I've seen too many of my boys hit the gym, become swole and then all of the sudden have a whole new confidence, swagger and outlook on how they deal with females.
shyt was night and day.
It's not just about the gym though and having a better body (it helps though...let's keep it one hunnid

), it's about doing what makes me happy. Hitting the gym and getting bigger (which I've done...I'm not cut yet though, but I'll be on my Reggie Bush status soon

) and being "the big guy" and "the fitness guy" is

for me. I like that.
It's better than what I used to be known for.
I know I'm doing something right when random strangers stop and ask me for advice or give me compliments. I notice that a lot of them are either older men, older women or even guys my age asking for advice.
Girls my age don't do that for whatever reason, maybe you brehs can fill me in (not that I need their approval, I'm just curious

).
The point is,
this is only part of what it will take to make me happy and I will keep walking this path to my growth as an individual, and if I'm happy and enjoying myself in life, it'll show everywhere else, including here.


Like I said, it's not just fitness, it's everything.
Hobbies. Interests...etc. I just picked this one cause it's easier to relate to.