So, OK what have we proved here??
You were the fat kid who was bullied all through school, & could just about hold up your mates dirt bike.
Then one fine day you got the "I will show them who is a fat piece of shit" attitude, decided to start taking UG lab Test, & get your fat ass down the local dungeon gym.
You have some diet advice imparted upon you, but decided that you could not give up the Twinkies & the Pizza, so you threw in some Chicken breast & protein powder.
So you are still the unhealthy fat kid you detested being, only now you have some swellings that look like injection sites, to make your delt's look bigger, your forearms are weak & you have no mid-section to write home about.
Where as conversely, I was swimming competitively for my school (only x1 other guy in our team could beat me in the 100M) cycling obsessively (first racing & then mountain bikes) have been fit all my life. & even in my 20's was athletic looking (remember I was living in London & clubbing, eating Disco biscuits ALL the time, during that period).
Pic (me in my 20's).
Then decided to start putting on mass & holding a bigger physique in my late 20's.
I eat Brown rice, Sweet potato & Oats (protein from the obvious) flax seed oil & Egg yolks.
I find your story extremely inspiring, in the sense that even the class loser, can get off the coach & at least TRY!!
Hope this helps.
PT