i'm not saying that thick arms, chest, back and waist are ugly. a fat belly is ugly. example i have a 38inch waistline and in order to cover that i will have to pump my chest to like 46inch. do you think it will look good ? maybe it does if you are tall enough.
when i was 100kg+ , i looked at myself in the mirror and i still thinks that it is acceptable. until 1 day my colleague told me that i am very fat. he happened to be a part time trainer before at planet fitness so he told me he can help me for free.
what he told me was before i need to start lifting, i must be at least normal bmi range. then from that day i start doing cardio 3-4 times a week. 1hour each time.
i didnt know i slim down until most of my colleagues told me. my uniform from xl size to m size. waistline 38 to 32. then i went to weigh myself.
i went back to look at my photo, the feeling is different. i didn't expect myself to be so fat. when i was 100kg+ i look at myself and i didn't even feel that way. the feeling is totally different. i was like wtf, so fat like a pig.
when you slim down till 90kg and you look at your photo again, the feeling is totally different from what you see now.
most difficult part to train is abs and that is also the only part most people left to train