yesterday i stepped on the scale first thing in the morning and was 200lbs exactly. at the start of April I was about 215-218
for the first time since high school can i say I stepped on the scale and the first digit was a 1 instead of a 2. 198.4, baby
gotta go fast 🦔
My fast yesterday showed me I can last 20 hours but I need to pace myself when eating also be mindful of my timing. Got a tummy ache but gonna try it again and eat more consciously. It's not that bad and I'll take a break from it prob tomorrow
fasting
20 hour fast started at 4 pm yesterday gonna eat again at 12 pm so 7 hours to go. Honestly just gonna eat normally and try it again afterward. If I can't do it consecutively then I'll just do it every other couple of days. Hoping this sticks and I lose some weight, I know I shouldn't tie my self worth to my appearance but easier said than done.
20 hours up ate avena, tummy full
Checking in again at the start of the month to say: I've been nicotine free for five months. Once again, it's about the only improvement I've been able to consistently hold on to. But by god I've actually quit smoking, I think I'm finally confident to say. Here's to next month, and half a year!
heavy full body workout today, feels good. Normally I'd do just arms then legs etc but my commitment to fitness is waning so tried to get as much in today.
I'm feeling kinda low career wise, a program for basic weatherization starts in late june I applied for. I want to work where ever but the course is basically a 7-3pm thing for 8 weeks so I don't wanna juggle that and work nor put off working for a program I'm not sure of yet... Compromise is I'm doing another course in the mean time. Found some free services through my library and doing some udemy stuff to learn python. I don't know if I'll be able to do anything with it but learning something from now to june will put me at ease at least and it's paid for by my library anyway. Also some language learning programs my library offers so might learn a touch of american sign language.
I'm getting back into shaving every other day and the smooth face of mine is making me feel better. Also diet stuff just gonna try fasting for a while with a strict time frame when I can eat. I got a doctors appointment next month and a weigh in I want to see how I'm doing.
damn, i got really, really close to relapsing and very nearly drank last night. However, through a great deal of willpower (and maybe some questionable neopaganism) I managed to put down the bottle for another night. 4 weeks sober now
also losing weight is really fucking hard. I started doing some intermittent fasting at the start of this month and managed to lose like 15 pounds so far? but it still feels like I'm so, so very far from my goals
All things possible through the power of Venus stay strong you got this
Veganus
Travelling this week. Don't have a lot of time for a long post.
TL;DR - LGOrcStreetSamurai is good, but must continue to strive to be better than good in so many ways. We will all strive and climb higher together.
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Consistent on the running, did my first solo-run on the industrial brewer at work, weather is allowing my to bike some more, and finally made it to an open mic. Needless to say, I was so tired that my Sunday was spent napping and playing slow video games. Normally my ADHD prevents that.
I’ve been taking Ls after Ls This job I thought I did well on the interview for rejected me. But I did make a longshot and ask for feedback and basically I was told too many returning staff were coming back and I wasn’t a local, rather than necessarily my qualifications. Still, no job though and that’s on the rare occasion I’m not blown off entirely.
Ah I failed again in quitting vaping and bought another one, this shit is very hard, much harder than quitting drinking imo. But I'm still doing good on not drinking as much coffee and I've adjusted my diet a bit where I'm trying to get more protein than empty carbs (I know nothing about dieting).
Don't think of it as a failure, you managed to have some vape-free days and that's progress! Maybe it would be a good idea to try getting as many vape-free days in a week as possible so it's not a big deal if you mess up on one day. Also, I heard that it's hard to replace doing something (vaping) with doing nothing (not-vaping), maybe it would be easier to replace a bad habit with a good one.
Btw what do you mean by dieting? Do you mean losing weight or just eating a healthy diet in general?
Btw what do you mean by dieting? Do you mean losing weight or just eating a healthy diet in general?
Lose weight and healthier diet, like I'm incorporating more fruit and veggies into my meals too.
Well you're in luck since the healthiest diet (whole-foods plant-based) is also the best one for weight loss. I recommend the book "How Not to Diet", it's a great book about healthy eating and weight loss. The author also has a few other books and cookbooks, you can grab all the PDFs on Anna's Archive
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Adhd is kicking my ASS right now. I've managed to read more than I usually would but I have no idea what I'm gonna write for my essay due on Saturday, and nothing is coming to me. My perception of time is that if something is far away (ie more than two days) then I have loads of time to do it, so I can take my time. Then I end up not doing it because I have loads of time, something due in ten days is ages away, I can do something over ten days. Then the next day I think "well nine days is a lot of time", and I still don't start, and so on.
I've been getting a lot out of therapy recently. My therapist is taking a break for a month so I'll see how this goes.
My weed consumption has dropped at least. I was high four days this week, which is a lot, but I'm cutting down from being high every day for weeks at a time. I've gotta learn to be sober again. I don't even enjoy being high or want to get high sometimes, and often I immediately regret taking a gummy, but addiction is a pain in the ass.
Autistic instead, but can relate on the perception of time
My April was kinda dogshit but I still tried my best. I managed to make some progress this week:
- Practiced meditation on 4 days in a row
- Did some meal prep, made 9 vegan burritos and froze them. This is my first time making them and they came out great. I want to do this regularly now. It's much healthier than what I usually ate for dinner.
- Played the guitar in a weird ass tuning and came up with a new idea for a song
Next week I want to continue meditating every weekday, go hiking with a friend and go running at least once
Super congrats. Meal prep is the real deal.
Huge win, I managed to stop vaping for a week. Well, I’m still vaping a 0% nicotine placebo, but stage 1 of cutting out the nicotine has been a success.
I’ve noticed my blood flow has improved remarkably already, which might go to show how much I was vaping.
Pushups challenge completed week 1, also throwing in starter situps since I’ve basically never bothered with situps and I should be doing them.
Cardio has been low this week. I had my bike repaired but now something else is wrong with it :(
I did not complete my previous weeks goal of planning out my personal projects but I’m deferring that to Wednesday, and on Thursday I’ll write a resume tailored for finding some freelancing or consulting role because I’m getting realllly tired of SAFe and SCRUM and I need out.
My week last week didn't go as well, cardio 3 4 days and gym like 2 but better than nothing. I did work on my diet though and in terms of losing weight that might be what does it for me. Got a physical coming up next month on the 8 so I'll do what I can to be ready for it, the weigh in is what got me worried but I think I got this. Time to be a fat loser like I know I can be.
hello self improvement mega!
I'm about 4 weeks sober today!
It's been about a year since I last posted here, so I'll update you guys on a bit. I've been getting a ton of exercise and I'm stronger than I ever have been, even accounting for a year of HRT now! I've been getting out in the sun enough to where my arms are getting kind of tan! I'm out completely as a woman and it's great! I got my name legally changed and I'm working on getting my fun t girl surgery stuff in order now! I have a social life now! and today, I'm baking too much bread!
I'm also some sort of neopagan now. I don't know if that counts as self improvement but it makes me feel better anyway so...
Congratulations on the 4 weeks!
That's a great update, I'm glad to hear you're kicking ass
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