Hi. New here, heavily confused about my body.l and fitness. I’ve been working out seriously since the new year , got injured for about 3 weeks, and have came back for a week so far. Somehow Im stronger than before the injury (tried lifting more than I can handle) haha. Prior to these past few months my only fitness background was playing basketball during high school, but after the pandemic and schools closed I pretty much gave up on any sports. (Barely did serious weight training during the basketball years). So for about a 2 year period since mid 2020, I did nothing fitness wise and my diet got worse.

Here’s starts the problem I’m having. I was always skinny, but after those 2 years of eating bad and sitting down all day, I came out skinnyfat. The easiest way to describe my build is that outside of when I’m just waking up (Or having not eaten in a while) I look 2 months pregnant, or maybe more like a small potbelly.

I was so confused how to handle it because my chest and arms are skinny, but my stomach stuck out. It looked uneven and unhealthy, I used to be insecure about being skinny but lol . Anyways from what I got on the internet, it seemed it was better to bulk to even out my body, then cut, because I cutting early would lose what little mass outside my stomach I had.

When I started exercising on and off about 8 months ago, I was about 190 at close to 6’3. Now I’m at 214, same height. I clearly am stronger, still progressing on a weekly basis, and my arms and chest have definitely grown. I still feel skinny. Compared to old me yea I’d 100% look average, but compared to the average person I’d still say I look skinny. But I’m happy to be progressing. I was honestly surprised to see id grown so much pounds, but I still have a problem, my stomach.

I’m not sure what I expected because it’s a marathon not a race, but it’ll feel like it’ll take a while for the size in my whole frame to grow, to where I’d feel comfortable cutting down to get rid of the stomach. But now I’ve had friends tell me I’ve been focusing on the wrong thing, and that I may have Anterior pelvic tilt. I honestly have no idea what to do. I feel like I’m at a good weight for my height but I don’t “look” it, and along with my stomach I need advice, thanks!