RE: Is there a way to turn fat into muscle? - A body transformation
What a transformation! I think if you did a side-by-side comparison of the Anti-beach body (haha!) and your end result it would look even more outstanding.
Right now I am lazy to answer your questions, so I will just say that it's interesting to see that we both fell into similar pitfalls during our fitness quest; in my case it went something like this:
Anti-beach body --> Fighting fit thanks to TKD --> Couch potato with a slim figure --> Skeletor mode (induced by fitness magazine-style fads) --> Binge eating into Michelin Man shape --> A couple of years yoyo-ing the same 5-7 kg
Even though I have made a lot of progress in the last year regarding skill, strength and endurance, I'm still stuck in the "my body needs a cut" part, ugh... lots of work still to be done!
Not all of us have been lucky enough to have been pushed and supported to learn to do crazy stuff as a kid and to naturally develop to be an athlete with an according body shape.
But, don't compare yourself to others. Everyone has a different history of exercise and metabolism, different hormonal responses, different biomechanics, neural wiring, stress tolerance and adaptation capacity. Hence, never give up!