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moonlake [he/him] @hexbear.net

8mo ago

Weekly Improvement Thread - Nov 17th

Hello comrades and welcome to the third improvement megathread of November!

Two more weeks to go, plenty of time to kick some ass!

As usual, some discussion ideas:

Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
Do you have any goals or plans for next week?
Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

Poster caption: Unite to achieve an even greater victory!

Tuanjie qilai, zhengqu gengdade shengli!

团结起来，争取更大的胜利!

Good luck with your goals!

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I got a job, first official day is monday. Gonna be picking weeds mostly but it's honest work. Got some pain meds ready and gonna try my best to head to the gym after work to keep my other goal of a pull up
- It was real good, paid to touch grass

I have managed to go a whole week without biting my nails, longest streak since my first kid was born. I'm not sure if this means I'm full of willpower or have lost all will even for biting my nails...

Did some meditation, reading and running this week. Bought some new books.
What I learned this week: Amla is the the most antioxidant-packed uncommon spice. You can buy powdered amla in a health food store and add it to your oatmeal or smoothie. I started doing it this week. It's a super easy way to get a bunch of antioxidants.
- Might have to pick some up

Same shit mostly from me been busy this weekend helping my partner out

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
- My tummy is getting smaller and my legs are getting toned
  I need to program more hip thrusts and lunges for

I missed a few of these:
One of my leg wrists hurt really bad a month ago so between that and the weather I haven't been running much, however I've been doing music a lot when not tired which is good.
The problem is that I've been tired a lot
- leg wrists
  Not trying to sound like a jerk in case you're doing a lil' goof but if you're ESL and were unsure of the English word for that body part, it's "ankle"
  (leg wrist sounds more fun tbh though)
  Congrats on the music stuff! I need to practice my instruments more and finding the time for it has been rough lately

Been going to the gym three times a week for the past few months. Getting real close to my first big milestone: 5 reps of 75kg squats and 5 reps of 100kg deadlifts. Yesterday I managed 4 reps of 95kg deadlifts before failing. Gotta remember to eat more food, that's the hardest part...

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