>>76514494 (OP)
>realistic transformations
>I'd like to get some perspective
they will always be useless to you
you are you
and people show muscles really differently
if you want motivation measure some actual (biological) markers and track progress
for lifting something like
>BF%
>lean body mass
>body weight
>numbers for your lifts!!
set (realistic) goals
celebrate if you improve and get closer / reach your goals
when I started my goal was to get from 0 to 5 pullups within a year
I did 8 after 12months and was ecstatic
set goals like these
not gaslight yourself into body dysmophia