Bulking up, taking supplements, and lifting weights has rarely been a routine for me over the years. I have always been naturally skinny, but I have been shamed for it over the years. I used to be called weak, un-attractive, and un-healthy. That handful of people who have called me those hurtful words didn't understand my situation.

I have never had an easy time gaining weight, because my metabolism is faster than the average person. But, I am certainly not alone - millions of guys are in the same boat as me. Whenever I look at a magazine that has some un-realistic picture of a guy on the cover I tend to feel terrible, because I would love to look like that, but then I come back to reality and realize that I am not a character in the Sims. I am also my person and attractive in other ways. But that cover affects most guys. This has caused more men to start taking steroids, and develop eating disorders to become something that society tells men they should be.

Society cares more about the amount of muscle a guy has today. Society overlooks vanity versus the real person and how they act. Someone could be such a great person, but they do not meet the body figure requirements of today. Now that is just absurd to me, because a good amount of people don't look at the bigger picture.

To my point:

Some of us naturally skinny guys love to exercise and love living a healthy lifestyle and that is okay, because that is what some believe. Some of us don't like going to the gym or even thinking about what a spin class might feel like, and that is okay. As long as you are being healthy and being yourself, that is all that matters. Don't be someone that society wants you to be. Be that guy that influences people to make better choices due to your actions, or even help break the stigma of how being like the guy on the cover is the goal of your life.