previous: > How was your weekend, did you relax wth some well deserved R&R, or did you power through? > How is your diet, nutrition, and exercise routine going? Are you cutting, bulking, maintaining? Do you cook your own food, you should be cooking at least 2-3 times per week for maximum /sig/ gains. > What about your 1, 3, and 5 year plans look challenging to you? What parts are you confident about? > How have you helped out your communities lately, both irl and online? If you haven't, how could you start?
> How was your weekend, did you relax wth some well deserved R&R, or did you power through? I relaxed, cleaned my car, prepped my meals, hanged at my grandma's on Sunday but was full hermit mode beyond that > How is your diet, nutrition, and exercise routine going? Are you cutting, bulking, maintaining? Do you cook your own food, you should be cooking at least 2-3 times per week for maximum /sig/ gains. I can improve my nutrition on weekends, it's pretty on point from monday to friday. Gym 5x a week, I'm bulking rn, and yes, I cook, finally mastered cooking lentils last week, they taste delicious, is it autistic if I invite my bros to hang out at my house and eat things I've cooked instead of buying pizza as they usually do? > What about your 1, 3, and 5 year plans look challenging to you? What parts are you confident about? No idea regarding that, I just want to improve my body and get a new job by january next year at the moment > How have you helped out your communities lately, both irl and online? If you haven't, how could you start? I want to start doing that in a more meaningful way so any tip on that is welcome, thinking about volunteering for something on weekends, so far I only support small business whenever I can and help my dad in recycling trash every now and then
Does anyone cut their own hair? Just got my own electric shaver for pubes around my dick as they've grown a lot and I can't just simply shave them with a normal razor, but I'm also far away from home since I'm a freshman and I won't be able to visit the woman that has been doing my hair ever since I was little, she even gave me my first haircut, but I digress. Anyway, I'm a bit scared of fucking it up and hurting myself so any experiences and tips are welcome. Also started going out of my comfort zone and finally struck a conversation with people in my lectures, so that's great. P.S: Good luck to all of you on your way towards improvement. Break the unbreakable, do the impossible! ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER!
Had a mild panic/anxiety attack last night after smoking a joint. I've been having some anxiety while high for the past month here and there but never anything that intense. Planning to quit cold turkey to let my brain relax
Eli Lee
This is why I quit smoking weed, and I never picked it back up. The same thing happened to me with booze too- I learned I've got to moderate my intake and refrain from using drugs or booze to escape my anxiety. Gotta get to the root of the problem. Works every time.
Nicholas Martin
Yeah, I used to smoke fat bowls in college just fine, but nowadays too much weed will give me crazy anxiety and "I'm gonna die" feels. I find I do just fine with a literal baby hit, just one, 3 times a day (I used toi do 5+ fat bowls a day). and I'm still trying yo cut down, hopefully soon I'll get down to 2 hits a day, then one, then I can work on only smoking a few times a week. Slow and steady is my method, cold turkey never worked for me.
Chase Hall
How am I supposed to self-improve more? >live alone in a big city, don't speak the local language well >18yo, go to highschool >wake up at 6:30, go to school, leave at 2:15, go home, cook, go to the gym, come back, study the language, cook, read a book, go to sleep >I do this absolutely every day What else can I do? >hurr durr socialize I do, on the weekends. >find yourself a girlfriend I haven't masturbated in over 200 days and have absolutely zero sexdrive, I don't even want to.
>go home, cook, go to the gym I think you missed it user. I do, I go to the gym six times a week. If I didn't I'd probably go insane.
William Morales
I’m going to join the marines. Is there a good routine to prepare for it? I’m using the BUD/S training guide but I feel like I’m over preparing
Robert Phillips
Challenge yourself more. Read harder books, work out harder, cook more dificult meals, study things that are more intensive. If you enjoy all those things and they come easy to you, up the ante. Make it a challenge again.
James Jackson
Posted this on cbt as well but i realised i don't really like my body that much.
What should i work on? Im 30. Should i hop on gear? Should i go full keto? I do omad +fasting but eat carbs a lot because i do mostly cardio(lift once a week).
Spanish. Doesn't help that I really hate how it sounds.
Levi Morgan
I don't want to yo yo again in my effort to loose weight, I am still 40 lbs below my starting point, but since starting my first office job I've gained 30 over my lowest weight. I need a diet that isnt just a crash thing like keto or fasting, but something i can keep up for the rest of my life even when things get stressful. Also, how do I build more discipline. Ive always had a hard time holding onto any ambition or goal more than 6 months besides my EE degree.
Luis Rodriguez
The hardest is going to be consistent on the back lmao there are many YouTube tutorials on it including fades etc but it's gonna be hard. Or you just give yourself a buzz cut but you still need to feel around if you left a patch of hair somewhere on your head. Tbh for fatties like you and me, we can't do iffym style dieting. We need to eat clean and have maybe one cheat meal a week which may also be your only meal of that day. Otherwise we'll fall back into our old habits every time. For discipline: you shouldn't visualize your route to your goal, that stays your means to an end. You have to visualize your end goal and fantasize about you being there how it affects your life.
Jace Rodriguez
Why do you live alone in a place where you don't speak the language at 18yo
Lincoln Robinson
Hey, /SIG/, how do I overcome brain fog and anxiety once and for all? This combo of anxiety/depression motherfucker is ruining my life. I want to think clearly and walk upright, for fucks sake.
Chase Wright
I'm sorry for the blogpost but I need to let this out, hopefully tomorrow will be a better day and I'll get my butt moving to do something better. Moved here about 2 months ago, I always wanted out and I finally got it but I guess it doesn't matter where you go, you still are the same shitty human being rotting away very slowly. I have zero motivation to attend classes, and I don't even have a lot of them. No motivation to work, and it's a bit hard because I don't speak the local language. I'm skinny as fuck, got sick earlier this year and lost like 10 kilos. I joined this german class before I got here, haven't followed up or revised that stuff either, and i would probably procrastinate, panic and miss the deadline for the certification examination. I did the same shit for GRE and TOEFL, didn't appear for GRE, got a date for TOEFL after my parents weren't having any of my shit, and prepared for the test overnight. I could've gotten a perfect score but I still got enough to qualify for any Uni I wanted but it's not going to be like this for German. I log into my Udemy to do some course that should help me with school or getting a job but I can't focus at all. I used to play games before I got here, and now I that I can't play anymore, my brain is going haywire. I don't feel the urge to play, but I don't feel like doing anything at all. Can't get into film/TV/books either, so having conversations my flatmates is pretty hard too. Actually, it's the same with my vidya friends, since I can't play with them anymore, there's hardly anything to talk about. My anxiety stops me from doing stuff on my own, like going for a walk or just going to the supermarket to grab bread and such. I'm 22 but I still talk like a fucking teenager. Spending most of my day on Jow Forums and /sp/ listening to the same music over and over isn't helping either. I'd like to join a gym but going alone is daunting, and as much as I'd like to tag along with a flatmate, it's not an option.
Jackson Long
I know that pain. Unironically do wim hoff.
Easton Bell
Did it work for you? Could you tell me your experience?
Jaxon White
lost 25kg since february, applying to go back to uni to study something that means something to me, rather than wasting away in my current job
fit has kept me motivated the entire time, thanks guys
Carter Wood
Can you fix resting bitch face? How do I look approachable to women without looking like a beta cuck?
Spent all day Saturday at the resort I'm a member of. Other than that, finished season 3 of Daredevil.
>diet and exercise
Honestly, all of this has kinda fallen to shit for me.
>Plans
The mains issues I have right now is knowing what to currently focus on and not getting frustrated. Also coming to terms with the fact that my credit card will take me longer than planned to get paid off.
>help
Honestly not in a plac to be of much use to anyone else right now desu.
Nolan Scott
Strange euphoria hit me and I started to enjoy a lot of things and just being happy. It feels weird, but at the same time I absolutely love this feeling, the world opened up to me in a whole new way. Feels like I'm gonna make it. In terms of fit, I'm a dyel fag, soon to be 6th month going to the gym. At first going to the gym was casual, but seeing how my body changed so far motivates me to take it more seriously. Considering bulking, but my eating schedule is fucked up because of uni and I hardly weigh 60kg. Feelsbad that I can't even bench my own weight rn. Confidence starts to improve tho and I love it
Isaiah Rivera
just smile and be yourself, it's a beautiful world
Parker James
Im losing my fucking erections How the fuck do I get them back? Been struggling with it the past year. 5'9 152lbs 14% bf. Had a girl I like over today and we fooled around. She was on her period but was going to give me head and when she started kissing my down my chest I lost my fucking errection. I'm not a virgin either. I jerk off around twice a week. Anyone got advice?
Admire the world So much of it would be marveled as beautiful if painted in perfection Lat that peace fill you Don't be afraid to smile Not football jock smirk but more of a 1950s gentleman's grin Learn the distinction between gentleman and beta Most people think that to avoid being beta you have to be a dick a gentleman opens the car door but isn't afraid to drive a nagging bitch back home and cancel Be playful and semi flirtatious with everyone not just women.
Henry Edwards
How do I social gains? I'm good with people once I know them but I have a small social circle
William White
You have to just talk to people. Start at school and work but also in public: cashiers, public transportation, whatever. If they don’t seem interested then drop it but a lot of people will talk to you just for the sake of having something to do. It’s gonna feel cringey and awkward as hell at first but that’s the price of admission. Your goal is not to stop being awkward but to stop caring how awkward it is.
Michael Harris
I made a lot of social gains when I had a job working with children. I could be goofy and not give af what any of them thought of me.
Mason Smith
Bro I started going to the gym alone when I was 18 every day. You have to overcome your anxiety and just do shit. That’s applies to everything I life, don’t fear failing fear never trying.
Jose Moore
I don't know if this is the best place to ask, but I have a question. Due to various reasons, I won't be able to go outside but I want to work out. Should I do one body part each day and how many reps/sets should I do? I'll also have a pair of 15 pound dumbbells if I can get some good mileage out of them.
Do top 3 rows one day, bottom 3 rows the next, rest 1 day, repeat.
Enjoy prison, user. Hope your sentence is short.
Josiah Morales
It hurts me to post this, but I went in the wrong direction over the last few years. Life got comfier, and I got softer. I've been in the gym for ~2 weeks now and cleaned up my diet by about 60% for about 1.5 months, but I'm still acutely aware of how bad I let myself get.
I currently am taking BCAAs and a multivitamin. Lifting 3 days a week, cardio ~3 days a week. But the problem is, my current job requires about a ~14 hour day compared to the ~10 hour days I was working in the first pic. I'm really tired when it's time for the gym, but even though I feel like I'm putting good work in, I can't help but want to look more like I did a year and change ago.
Has anyone tried Old School Labs Vintage Burn or any similar thermogenics? If I could lose ~10 lbs while taking advantage of what's essentially going to hopefully be Newbie Gains 2.0, I would feel a lot better.
Pic on the right was ~6 days/week lifting, Gold Standard whey protein, a BCAA, and a multivitamin, with ~4 days a week of cardio. I won't be able to put in that kind of work until at the soonest about 10 months from now, but I'll give it everything I have to try to work in a positive direction and hopefully get back in the saddle.
>bitch face >no one approaches and everyone avoids >smile beeurself >constantly belittled and made fun of maybe I'm a 1/10 or something don't know
Owen Young
Am similar, I have a weird fucking sex drive and lose my erection partway through sex. Me personally I feel it's a mix of not being in the moment/getting too much in my head and I'm also a depressed fuck. Obviously the latter is more pressing so working on that.
Do you feel like there's anything else that's worth mentioning or have an inkling of what else might be affecting it?
Julian Bell
What do you mean how? You just fucking do it like brushing your teeth or wiping your ass.
Count how many footprint pairs you can see in the snow of your jogging/running track. When I went sprinting during winter on the track there were never more than two pairs before me. Out of the tens of thousands of people who wanted to better their life in this city I was among the few who went training even under harsh circumstances. Try to see it like this because this will motivate you more than you think.
Parker Howard
>I'm 22 but I still talk like a fucking teenager. Most 22 year olds do lol
Kayden Powell
Thanks, gonna check the vids on YT then.
Sebastian James
>be me >weird guy with ADD, always make people laugh but i guess just get annoying and loud and it's lead to a lifetime of friendlessness and virginity >even get told that "wow that makes so much sense about you now" when i say im an only child, like it explains my behavior
>been intentionally quiet the past few weeks at work, just trying to stay calm and in the background out of the way instead of all over the place >today boss calls me into office and asks why ive been so quiet and whats wrong and basically just keeps asking it over and over in different ways and how "if something is wrong she wants me to tell her"
im so tired of it all Jow Forums. a first step in tryig to improve myself and all it does is put me further back
Jack Reed
I have to be my own hero.
Moved to a part of the country where my folks are from. I had big hopes of becoming a paid on call firefighter, getting serious about fitness goals again, and building a foundation for a future.
2 weeks here and I just finished my first full day at a job my grandfather got me. It was miserable. Cutting steel all day like an automaton for 10 hours. I've worked 15-17 hour shifts before this but at least there was driving involved. This is standing for hours on end doing the same thing over and over again. I felt numb driving home. Grandma's house lowers cost of living and the pay is decent, but good lord is the job soul sucking at the moment. I came to find a path and instead found a dead end.
I've got myself into a mess, I really can't burn this bridge but I have a decent amount saved up to move the nearby larger city and try to establish a path there. No idea how I'm going to do this without repercussions though, I swore to myself yesterday I would never willingly enter unemployment again until retirement, but I'd give anything to be able to have the time to move on from this.
David James
it happens, man. sometimes life gets in the way of our plans for self-improvement. the important thing is that you're getting back into it.
your intentions are good, but you went from one extreme to the other. your intentional quietness, especially in contrast to the way you used to act, could make the people around you somewhat unsettled or worried about you. your boss has a responsibility to check up on her employees' well-being; don't take it as an affront. try to find a healthy middle between being "annoying and loud" and noticeably quiet. you can do it user
Evan Gonzalez
my issue is that i dont feel i can exist in a middle ground. ive tried it before and basically when i start making a joke it turns something in my autistic brain and then i go into that mode being talkative and joking around making people laugh
Try Zinc before trying Cialis. It might just be a little nutritional deficiency. If that doesn't work, Cialis will work.
Camden Mitchell
being conscious of that, as you are now, is the first step to fixing it. these sorts of changes take time and effort, but you can do it.
Easton King
Then he wouldn’t be alone
Blake Ramirez
Good job man keep it up. What are you going to major in?
Nicholas Martinez
>> How was your weekend, did you relax wth some well deserved R&R, or did you power through? >> How is your diet, nutrition, and exercise routine going? Are you cutting, bulking, maintaining? Do you cook your own food, you should be cooking at least 2-3 times per week for maximum /sig/ gains. >> What about your 1, 3, and 5 year plans look challenging to you? What parts are you confident about? >> How have you helped out your communities lately, both irl and online? If you haven't, how could you start?
Didn't really relax got a lot of prop work done and some vidya so I guess I relaxed in my own way. Getting back in the groove of eating better. 60 to 80 eggs a week, squash with spaghetti with these protien noodles, greek yogurt 22 grams of protien with honey roasted granola in it.
1 year plan is to join the 400 club in squat and deadlift (325 squat and 365 deadlift sadly) 3 year is to get the prop shop up and going snd start working on a family hopefully 5 year is working on getting a house
so far confident on the 400 club and the prop shop is about to be poppin so I have to get 4 more 3d printers the family part not too sure about, gf and I have been sex free for a year and 6 months now and the house thing is easy since I have good credit and a nice job community wise i stay away and dont participate
Robert Walker
do you smoke weed /sig/
Blake Nelson
Occassionally. I don't endorse doing it basically everyday though.
Lucas Moore
no, don't think anyone should on a regular basis, once every couple months is probably fine but it's not that healthy >impacts cognition & memory >impacts productivity >seems to effect motivation >addictive
Jeremiah Campbell
No
Aiden Williams
No
Brandon Martinez
How do I talk to girls.
Ryder Baker
Just be yourself.
Isaac Bailey
Maybe he's like me. He moved there using a work offer of as an exchange student. But at 18 that's a bold move.
Levi Brooks
Why cialis instead of Viagra ?
Elijah Martin
How.
Samuel Miller
Just talk to them
Isaiah Price
> How was your weekend, did you relax wth some well deserved R&R, or did you power through? procrastinated my studies, got blackout drunk twice and hung out a ton with a broken girl im trying to get into a relationship with despite knowing better > How is your diet, nutrition, and exercise routine going? Are you cutting, bulking, maintaining? Do you cook your own food, you should be cooking at least 2-3 times per week for maximum /sig/ gains. cooking, yes. eat like shit. drink like a fish. been skipping the gym lately. > What about your 1, 3, and 5 year plans look challenging to you? What parts are you confident about? all of it. i have no ambitions except having fun, and that doesnt seem challenging at all > How have you helped out your communities lately, both irl and online? If you haven't, how could you start? i organize opportunities for various students to get drunk and rowdy
Tried it a couple of times but don't dig it. I also don't smoke in general.
Blake Carter
Not sure if these got good advice, but do you have more of these?
Josiah Myers
No, we went over this bullshit 2 threads ago
Tyler Russell
Didn't see a QTTDOT thread so I'll ask this here. If I don't really care about aesthetics or PRs and don't enjoy lifting, should I just do cardio instead? All I want is to be "healthy"
Noah Lewis
It definitely isn't.
Ian Morris
it was almost unanimously good response everybody agreed that this is the way to get ahead in life in 2018.
It is the current year, and of course, in the current year, you have to apply the currently best strategy, wich is, currently, not slaving away at some hot box in front of some screen so some other guy can make more money, and use what is essentially the cash you generated to take more time of his work, so he can work on his body, and use his then current body to pick up what would be your current girl and then currently cucking you, all within this current year.
John Powell
>Broke 2 PRs this week >Now lmao2pl8 squat and lmao3pl8 deadlift
It's all going good. Just gotta work on the social gainz department.
Then variety is what you need; spend time on resistance training (primarily big compound movements), cardio (both HIIT and endurance nigga), flexibility (work on dat posture), agility+balance (falls are like the number killer at a certain age), meditation, fucking everything. I'm a fan of hill running and beach running for fitness. Cardio-based sports are pretty good for ''fitness'' too - generally require more agility and jinking than just running, and you get the social gains.
Too much of anything starts becoming less healthy; running (dat arthritis - if you're running on city streets at least), cycling (dat infertility), swimming (dat osteopenia).
If you really hate lifting then you better find some form of resistance training to build power, bulk up and strengthen your bones. Lifting is the most obvious way but you should be able to find something you enjoy, rock climbing or plyometrics maybe. Or just force yourself to do the occasional powerlifting routine and really focus on perfecting your form.
Robert Campbell
I have failed.
I'm sorry.
Idk how to stop this stupidity
Jose Reed
So, I have a few problems in my life and I need to develop habits/destroy habits in order to make progress. >Nofap, bc I definitely have a problem with porn >NoSugar, bc I'm eating diabetes-tier amounts of sugar for at least two years, I'm luck my family aways had a Jow Forums routine when I was a kid and I'm not fatfuck >Meditation(?), not sure, I have a really short attention span and it's proven to lower cortisol levels, so it may also help with stressful times >Reading, bc I read 2 or 3 books a year, I have a lot of shit I want to read but I don't have the habit >NoVidya, the most time consuming procrastination I have, definitely fucking up with my studying
I'm thinking about tracking those habits for 90 days, but how many should I work on at a time? And what's best approach, cold turkey or gradually?
Brandon Gonzalez
I'd say one at a time, but try 2 or 3 if you find some easier. The point isn't to make you quit, don't torture yourself. I'm doing low carb/no sugar (except for special occasions like visiting grandparents). This is hard, and i think it will be hard for you too, sugar is in many things, so track your macros. Try meditating daily for 10 minutes, that shouldn't be hard. Reading is something i'm doing. Try going for shorter books at first. I'm reading Frankenstein at the moment.
As for no vidya and no fap, idk man. I lack the willpower to do nofap on top of all that. But i have cut porn, i masturbate to my imagination. I actually have a problem that i can't bring myself to play vidya. I've only played for 3 hours this month. But i want to cut youtube and Jow Forums.
Kayden Brooks
Why are you not benching? If benching, bench much much more at all angles
John Cox
Reddit
Ryan Gutierrez
Man Basshunter absolutely mogged in his younger days fuark
Brayden Martinez
You're too caught up with the idea of fapping. Focus on something else. Recognize that you could fap, but you won't, because you have decided you will reclaim ownership over your sexual drive.
Here's an idea: When you would fap, meditate instead, when you would vidya, read instead. Take it slow though. Too much change will make you bounce back harder than before. Complete abstaining might not be the most effective thing to do.
Ayden Rivera
I'll try. I think when I dwell on the idea that I'm feeling sexually frustrated or "need to fap" it makes me more likely to.
The "I'll stop from tomorrow" mindset becomes an excuse for everyday.
Do you or any anons know any good programs/apps etc. for blocking these sites?
Connor Fisher
>> How was your weekend, did you relax wth some well deserved R&R, or did you power through? I bullshitted around now I feel like a jackass >> How is your diet, nutrition, and exercise routine going? Are you cutting, bulking, maintaining? Do you cook your own food, you should be cooking at least 2-3 times per week for maximum /sig/ gains. I'm having trouble as I'm scrounging whatever food I have leftover to cook and my anxiety makes it hard to go to the grocery store alone. Thankfully my cousin and his gf are helping me out because they're going to move in. >> What about your 1, 3, and 5 year plans look challenging to you? What parts are you confident about? I don't have plans for anything past tomorrow user :c >> How have you helped out your communities lately, both irl and online? If you haven't, how could you start? I have always really wanted to try volunteer work but I'm in a bind financially right now. >You got this bros! We all gonna make it! Hope so.
Christian Collins
Yes, don't smoke too much though, moderation is key. I'm trying to cut down myself. I actually like psychedelics more than weed, but those are really only done once or twice a year, and you need good intention, set vand setting, and to have researched the substances [on erowid} to really get your money's worth with psys.
Mason Ortiz
Please don't tell me this is an actual image you have saved on your computer...
