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Self Improvement
A community which focusses on improving yourself. This can be in many different ways - from improving physical health or appearance, to improving mental health, creating better habits, overcoming addictions, etc.
While material circumstances beyond our control do govern much of our daily lives, people do have agency and choices to make, whether that is as "simple" as disciplining yourself to not doomscroll, to as complex as recreating yourself to have many different hobbies and habits.
This is not a place where all we do is talk about improving "productivity" (in a workplace context) and similar terms and harmful lifestyles like "grindset". Self-improvement here is intended to make you a generally better and happier person, as well as a better communist, and any other roles you may have in your life.
Rules and guidelines:
- Posts should be about self-improvement. This is obviously a wide category, and can range from advice, to finding resources, to self-posts about needing to improve in a certain area, or how you have improved, and many other things.
- Use content warnings when discussing difficult subjects.
- Do not make medical decisions solely because of a discussion you have had with any person here (e.g. whether to take or not take medications; diagnoses; etc.) as we do not vet people. All medical problems should be discussed with a real-life medical professional.
- Do not post harmful advice here. If this is seen, then please report it and we shall remove it. If you are unsure about whether it's precisely harmful advice or not but feel uneasy about it, please report it anyway.
- Do not insult other users and their lifestyles or their habits (unless they ask, I suppose). This is a place for self-improvement. Critique and discussion about a course of action is encouraged over shit-flinging. Don't talk down to people.
Gone to the gym everyday since I got a new membership
::: spoiler weight loss/diet/exercise stuff Back of the napkin math, I'm at least around -1000kcals under resting metabolic rate at the same time I'm burning at least 1000 more than I usually do
Idk if I'm hypomanic or what but I have like no appetite and eating enough/hitting my macros feels like a chore
A lot of my meals have been +protein powder slurry
I'm making (re)newbie gainz quick and I'm just kinda dreading when I'm gonna burn out on this pace
For now though, I'm fixated on hitting various milestones and have lost two notches on my belt already in a week
Most of my lifts are frustrating and disappointing to me now, but I wasn't going regularly since early 2020 so that's to be expected, and I'm trying to not fixate on Number Of Plates and just find good working weight for 5 sets that's challenging but not "oh shit I'm dying/gonna injure myself"
I still think I'm looking terrible, but at least I'm trending in a positive direction now
That's what it's all about. It's corny to say because of the stupid self-help industry but getting 1% better really does stack up over time. Keep at it!
My tummy is getting smaller and my legs are getting toned
I need to program more hip thrusts and lunges for