On self-imposed constraints and shame

Person A: Have you heard about Shilajit? It increases your testosterone, your lifts will go up by 20%, and it’s legal because it falls under the category of a health supplement! I’ve been taking it with my Ashwagandha and I’ve never felt better! This natural fitness trainer I follow on Instagram has been taking it for ages and he’s got my dream body! I’ve bought a huge supply, just in case they make it illegal to sell it in the future. Person B: Why don’t you just … take steroids? Person A: Because this is natural, and I’d never take that illegal chemical stuff?! I’m all natural. In addition to those two, my pre-workout now includes caffeine, citrulline malate, L-citrulline, beta-alanine, creatine monohydrate, betaine anhydrous, taurine, L-tyrosine, alpha-GPC, L-theanine, beetroot extract, sodium bicarbonate, electrolytes, glycerol, agmatine sulfate, nitrosigine, theobromine, L-norvaline, BCAAs, L-carnitine. And then to top it all off, after my workout, I never miss my all natural…