When you make the lifestyle change, as with anything really (getting a job and leaving friends behind who want to live with mom and dad forever) you will lose the understanding of some and gain new friends along the way.
My (now ex) girlfriend told me I was insane.
Without knowing either of you, I' d just guess off-hand that you made a change and were entering a new stage of life and she wasn' t. People don' t like being left behind and maybe she wanted to do the same and just never did so she entered defensive mode.
Bodybuilding and fitness in general is a HUGE change. You eat differently, you think about fitness differently, you can' t miss a gym workout without feeling guilty.. while the average joe can miss a week and not care, you miss a week and you freak out.
But as there are many people who think you are nuts, there are tons of us who do not. I think it' s nuts to let your health go and eat out all the time.
Nobody will take you up on the offer to join you in the gym until they are in the same position you are. To change their life.
Women have it really tough because as Shera points out.. you pick up anything more then the pink dumbbells and suddenly you will have huge muscles and look like a man. Women have even more myths and stereotypes to combat then we do against the " Bob' s" of the world.
Good posts guys. I found this one to be one of the best stories on the net in terms of writing about what this sport is like psychologically for me. I connected it it..