/selflove/

I read a post a while ago about this user's blind coworker who was still able to "sense" that certain coworkers were attractive because they gave off an "aura" of confidence. I started bullshitting my confidence whenever I'm talking to people and now everyone thinks I know everything about what I'm talking about and just believes me without question.
Personality gains are bretty gud

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>have achieved a very good masters degree in computer science
>got a well paying job that is a lot of fun
>DL 440 Squat 375 Bench 280
>actually look like I lift
>started meditating atleast every second day
>get compliments at a reunion with old friends

and I am currently starting to get more into reading technical books and trying to eventually average a book a week or so since I think it would really help me with achieving even more in life. generally I am very happy apart from a few negative things but here is not the place to talk about those.

I don't usually have a sweet tooth, and like you i have fruit in the fridge if i ever need a sweet treat (my go to favorite are clementine oranges). My biggest weakness is salty, empty carbs. Tortilla chips especially. I can't just eat a small amount. If i open a bag of chips, i'll likely eat all of it in a day or an hour. I've just had to strictly stop buying them for myself

Nice thread. I started running every day again. Very early in the mornings before work. It's nice seeing the sun come up and hearing the birds chirping. I run past a breakfast and lunch place and it's nice seeing them get the place ready before they open. I have been running after breakfast, but I'm going to try running before. I heard that's better for you. Not sure if that's true, but I'm going to try it anyway.

Living in a caravan for a bit. Pretty comfy but I miss the comfort of an adjustable shower and a working refrigerator.

Also lifting logs is fun.

So wholesome!!

Fucking loser with no self-esteem here. I wasted young adulthood (nearly 34 now) by barely improving on skills I was passionate about. I spent the past year in a major depressive phase.

However it's summer again and I'm breaking out of bad habits. Enjoying the sun, moving my body, casual lifting, and dieting. I'm not there yet but I feel much more confident and able.

I'm gonna see what progress I can make with my body for the remainder of the summer. I think afterwards I'll pick up some art or craft, and the new me won't be sabotaged so much with lethargy and beating myself up. Maybe I'll draw furry pinups for money.

>nearly 34

nearly 24**

Thanks ^^

Hehe I hear you. I used to get 2 bags of chips over the weekends. So glad I stopped that poor habit aswell.
Keep up the regiment, no motivation is needed, just discipline

>Net worth crossed $150,000
>All lifts increasing

youtube.com/watch?v=oIrT1eHs1b0

here, this guy was a loser until 24 or 25. then decided to go all out and joined the navy seals, has the pullup world record for most pullups in 24h or so and frequently does ultra marathons running for 24h straight or some crazy shit like that. dude is a fucking madman but living prove that you are not too old to achieve greatness if you truly want it.

Started going 5 times a week to the gym and started eating properly, finally started to achieve gains after 3 years of potatoe weightlifting, looking to learn more about it so i started browsing Jow Forums
Also started nofap and have achieved 1 week, and before that seemed impossible to me
Also overall boost in happiness and started to explore myself spiritualy, looking to starting to meditate

great news user. Keep it up

I wish this thread was pinned so it would be the first thing all the self-hating Jow Forumsbots saw when they came here to post their crab bucket threads. Anyway, I'm not doing well but I've made a lot of progress so far this year and I'm looking forward to doing better. It feels really good to pull yourself up out of a deep hole and realize just how much you've improved yourself.

Damn i forgot my greatest achievment
Stopped completly with weed and alcohol, greatly reduced my coffe intake

Confidence is definitely the most important thing no matter what any looksmaxer has brainwashed themself into believing. You can definitely feel the energy a positive, confident person gives off. I've met plenty of traditionally ugly people that gave off that kind of energy and it almost completely negates any negative physical traits. You can mew all day long but you'll still be a black hole for positive energy, and people will not want to waste their time with you for long no matter how good you look.

>just discipline
this is the biggest struggle with me. quitting my negative habits and establishing positive habits is truly a matter of discipline.
Reading, exercise, meditation, exploring hobbies, positive mental attitude. These are aspects that i have ignored for years and generally i felt like crap. I have been learning slowly but surely that discipline is so difficult to hold on to but so deeply rewarding.
It's a daily fight, but we're all gonna make it. :)

I highly recommend the works of John Kabbat Zinn. I studied his works when becomming drug free. Truly to this day, 7 years later I carry the teachings from this dude within me.
Meditation is one key, but Mindfullness is a key that goes hand in hand with it.

Habits is also key. Now is a great time to go swimming in the ocean, hiking, fishing. Even if those activities are done alone it's good.
Beats 4 hours of getting sucked in to youtube or some game.
I'm glad you are exploring your habits. Remember, one step at a time. We change little by little

Appreciate the support user. Best of luck for you, i hope to create stories to share with the world some day as well. Too many other things to nail down first however.

Hit a new PR on OHP today. Also finally dropped the “fuck cardio” and started HIIT earlier this week. Energy levels have noticeably gone up and haven’t had that perpetually tired feeling in a couple days.

Thanks for the thread OP. We need more of these

Not doing that well but at least I'm gonna pass my exams this year.
I'm gonna have 3 months of summer vacation and I'll have to get self-disciplined in order to not totally waste it

Haven't told anyone this so I supposed this is a good place to do it.

Early last year I stated lifting and dieting, was in it for 3 months and felt great. Didn't gain much on my lifts but I lost 20 pounds at the same time (I'm a fatbody)

I started to fall off the wagon because my gf and I were having problems, she was stressing me out, blah blah blah, the point is, in culminated in December when I caught her cheating on me. I had been lifting haphazardly up until then, not losing weight but not gaining either.

So I dumped her, but I was really down and depressed, obviously. I stopped lifting for a few months. I just went to work and came home. I ate and gained back everything I had lost in 2017. I felt like shit, but I it was a mental battle.

Last month about this time, I got up one day and decided I had had enough of moping about and doing nothing productive. I dusted off my bench and weights, and started lifting again. I had lost nearly all of my gains, but I didn't care. I know it's not where you start, it's all about never stopping.

The next day I had DOMS like crazy. It sucked, I almost wanted to quit again, thinking about the suck and the pain.

But I didn't. 4 weeks later, I'm back to where I was last year on my bench, deadlift, and squat (which isn't much because I'm still weak, but it feels good to know I'm back to that benchmark so to speak).

I feel good. I don't ever want to fucking quit again. When I'm at work, I look at the clock every so often, anticipating going home so I can lift. I'm not going to let another person guilt trip me or otherwise keep me from attaining my goals anymore.

I'm going to make it. If you read all this, thanks, it felt good to write it all down.

Keep it up! It's a choice. It's your choice to better yourself and I applaud you for making it.

Keep up the good work! Whenever you're down try tô keep lifting its almost a guaranteed happiness source

hit 2pl8 bench and 1pl8 OHP at 177cm and 68kg bw for 3x3 while being on a cut for 2 months

pretty happy with it, full ROM on both.

now getting 3pl8 and 2pl8 seems like fucking impossible or like it will take some years, while being lean that is