I went through the insecure phase of my life in my early 20s and thought bbing was the answer. The biggest I ever got was around 230lbs with 8-10%BF. Puny by bodybuilding standards but huge to the average person. The only people that were impressed were horny schmoes and impressionable up & comers who wanted to be the next Mr. O. Everyone else had a negative reaction to it. Just walking down the beach I would hear regular comments about steroids. Most girls thought I was too big and were grossed out. Being big and winning bodybuilding shows is not at all what I thought it would be. Once I took it as far as I could, I moved on. The amount of effort that goes into being big & shredded can be put to much more fruitful use and that's what I did. Guys like Chick make me laugh. They're stuck in a time warp living in a delusional world.
Translation: you came to all these rationalizations AFTER you realized you sucked and was never going to be a pro...
You're like the fools that always seem to find Jesus....in Jail
You "moved on" because you had no choice.
What "delusional world" am I living in, exactly? I'm at the top of my game, retired on a win, have numerous contracts, MC the Olympia and a host of other shows, travel all over, made numerous national commercials, movies, etc...
The joke...you're looking at in the mirror