I've been lifting and losing weight since July 2014. 6'1, started at 130kg and Dropped 35kg at least in fat and put on a significant amount of muscle. I still have 5-10kg of fat to lose before I start bulking properly though. I'd say I'm around 22% body fat.
I hit the town last night for the first time since December after starting the stronglift 5x5 routine after fumbling about using random weights for 5 months. The first thing I noticed as soon as I walked in was the way all the guys were moving and standing looked as if they were all moving around each other instead of moving where they wanted and how they wanted. I was sober driver for the night and as such I was noticing a lot of things I usually don't. This stuck out to me like a sore thumb. They all scurried around too fast and didn't make the effort to make eye contact with other people as they were moving, they all were preoccupied with that one chick back at the table or by the DJ or whatever.
I don't know the actual science or broscience behind it but lifting regularly has made me walk and hold myself in a different way because now it feels more comfortable, my posture snapped my back into a better shape and helps me keep my shoulders back and head up instead of previously looking at the ground hunched down.
I have a good facial structure, probably an 8 compared to the guys where I live (we aren't a very good looking country) and as such having my head held high has made my jaw-line a more visible feature and pulled more looks than It used to. I'd like to emphasize the difference only became noticeable when I started a full-body workout instead of isolation exercises that had no real cohesion, the way my muscles held themselves together when walking changed and that's the key point here I think. I'm not lifting any decent amount of weight yet, its just the way the muscles are responding in unison.
I'm still slightly chubby but the posture and movement through the crowds and the way I maintained simply eye contact while moving was a huge eye opener for me, it was all involuntary and I only noticed it after I started wondering why I received so much more interest than before. In one case just a few sentences between myself and a hb7 and she was already moving in closer and establishing kino. Not only were chicks noticing me more, other guys skinnier than me already with chicks were moving out of the way, and at the most basic level that sets a hierarchy even if they don't realize it yet.
TL;DR Stand tall, walk tall, shoulders back, head up, chest out. Walk with purpose and take your time. No meandering and don't change course.
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