I realized I’ve been slacking at the gym lately, and I kinda wanna hold myself accountable to start going everyday. I can’t seem to find anything that helps with scheduling and since I have ADHD it’s hard to make things apart of my schedule.
Well since going on VLR is already basically apart of my daily routine I figured I can tie it in.
Starting now I’m gonna attempt to go to the gym everyday, and I’ll comment day “x” after I’ve gone each time underneath this post.
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I realized I’ve been slacking at the gym lately, and I kinda wanna hold myself accountable to start going everyday. I can’t seem to find anything that helps with scheduling and since I have ADHD it’s hard to make things apart of my schedule.
Well since going on VLR is already basically apart of my daily routine I figured I can tie it in.
Starting now I’m gonna attempt to go to the gym everyday, and I’ll comment day “x” after I’ve gone each time underneath this post.
bro this aint even bad im pretty sure some have even more
look at this https://www.vlr.gg/18166/most-upfrags
no, it was a joke lmao, all chill. We're supportive here, helping a bro live a better lifestyle and grind. I and no one else thought you were public shaming. We're just giving Mjtchell extra motivation and you just asked a solid question. You don't need to be sorry, we all good. Your point was a valid one too.
edit: i in no way meant to say nor imply that you were publicly shaming him, my bad if it came across that way. What I mean was that getting others to hold him accountable would be a lot more effective than a reminder to himself, which is why he chose this option.
I honestly love running. Its super therapeutic to me and has gotten me through a lot of traumatic times in my life.
Looking back im realizing i ran more the worse my home life got. I started running twice a day for 45 minutes each.
I realized that wasnt healthy as i got into a better place in my life, but i feel ive cut back too excessively and ive found myself starting to create patterns (such as eating out and not exercising at all) that i need to break now if i want to keep that from ruining my health in the future
Hey, maybe going to the gym everyday isn't the greatest idea. When I first started working out, I wrote out a planner/scheduler and dedicated certain days within the week to each individual section of the body I am going to workout. Maybe try going 3/4 times a week instead of everyday? You do need some rest from time to time.
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Try to incorporate push/pull days, one day do only 'pushing' exercises like triceps, chest, etc. alternating with 'pull' days like biceps, back, etc. Just ask some beefy looking guy at your gym for advice.
Get in a hearty meal anywhere from 45-60 min before you workout (really gives you a lot more energy to do more) and get that nice protein intake right after you're done.
Day 31 is complete
Went for an early(ish) bike ride. Did about 13 miles. Idk though since I forgot my Apple Watch
Update on progress personally:
- I've lost about 12lbs (5.5kg) and kept it off, but most of that weight loss is from the beginning of the month so I'm gonna adjust my diet a little bit to get some extra pounds off. For those wondering and making sure I'm losing weight safely I'm 5'8" (173cm) and started at 230lbs (104kg) and am now 218lbs (99kg). My rule is at least an hour of activity every day.
- I'm 21 and my body type is like chubby athletic as of right now. Used to be super fit from soccer (please don't flame me I'm American) and wrestling. I still have a lot of muscle from that time and have pretty broad shoulders.
- As for physical affects since I've started I feel so much more energetic after my exercises and I even have found a difference for my couple of relax days I've done where I feel slightly sluggish.
- Surprisingly I've actually seen Valorant ranked progression as well. I make sure before I even get on Valorant on my days off I go exercise almost for warmup. I used to hover around Gold 3 and Plat 1-2, and now I'm hovering around Diamond 3 steadily. My headshot percentage has even gone up 5% this act.
There are many days that are rest days. Im not looking to get bigger Im just looking to be more active
Plus the rest days I make sure I still go to the gym to the steam room or hot tub so I stay in habit of going
Not everyone goes to the gym for the same reasons
"Gains" is not the flat metric for being successful at the gym
Nice to hear! I used to exercise really little before, but this year started doing stationary bike and some dumbbell exercise and have been on it for 5 months already. Its not much, but still a lot of improvements and weight lost. So its really nice to hear other people do stuff as well and I actually only read this today for first time and its actually motivating af. Thanks for sharing and good luck!
make sure you do workouts that you will like. for example I have tried losing weight loads of times before but I stopped because I had chosen to try to lose weight through running and HIIT workouts but now I am almost 3 months strong doing weight training and I actually enjoy it and want to do it so choose exercises you like
Day 92 is complete.
So for progress not much has really happened other than some steady weight dropping
Its started to taper off a bit, but I can tell I feel great.
I can also start to feel when I have an off day or an off workout as when I was sick I could tell I needed more water and since my workouts were less intense I could kinda tell in my muscles.
As of right now I am 208lbs (Started at 230)
Waist size hasn't changed much yet, but I can definitely tell my pants are fitting less tight (I also haven't tested smaller sizes really though either)
As for energy levels I need caffeine way less (I still sneak some as a lot of my favorite drinks have caffeine plus I work late nights 3p-3a)
As for mood I'd say the only thing that sucks is that since I've been so good with my health recently is that being sick kinda hits harder
22 pounds in 100 days is insane work, good shit man :) i had a similar loss last year when i started college (5' 9" 185 to 165 in about 90 days), and the best feeling for me was fitting into smaller waisted jeans, it stood as a testament to my progress.
do you mainly do cardio or have you also been lifting weights, training arms, legs, etc.?
Usually do cardio, and then I have an excel sheet on what weight training focus I do per day
Cardio consists of running or biking (the winter will be only running since I live in a snowy state)
Biking i try to do about 2 hours with no lifting afterwards
Running i do for at least 15 minutes or 1.5 miles whichever comes first
I only weight train on running days
So far not much has really changed, but this last week I've kinda slowly been implementing some changes in my diet and exercise routine.
Diet wise I've gotten some protein shakes and recovery bars for lifting and then just been trying to make better conscious decisions with what my body intakes.
As for my weight, it has stayed the same as of recently which is good and means I am still on track. In the summer I was dropping weight pretty quickly due to the 2.5-hour bike rides I loved doing, but rn since there is snow everywhere I can't really do that.
Hopefully with these few changes I can see what's working and what isn't so I can adjust as needed
Also as for weight I realized while I am not losing weight I am going down in waist sizes so there is a possibility that a lot of the fat is now being replaced with muscle
Haven't worked out in a long while, 25-35lbs overweight rn @ 205. tomorrow is my first leg day since starting up this week. not going to gym yet just at home, gonna do the following.
lunges 1 set 20 reps 20lbs
squats 1 set 20 reps 20lbs
deadlift 1 set 20 reps 20lbs
calf raise 1 set 20 reps 20lbs
will throw in some body weight stuff, birddogs, jump squats, hopefully that wont kill me, wish me luck. congrats on your own journey so far
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This is your reminder to hit the gym and stop getting fat. It’s not worth your health. You are putting your body through too much. Diabeetus and cardiovascular disease is serious shit. Those things can rob you of your ability to live, monetarily, physically. People think they have time but really you’re all out of it. Go to the gym, walk your dog, lift some weights. TODAY. Right now!! Also drink more water, and touch some grass.
Then when you come back you play valorant with smile on the face, at least for a little bit til you get powned. Oh well. Always someone better. But your health is your health. It’s the only true wealth you may possess, and something even billionaires can’t buy when it’s too late.
You don't really have to go to the gym every day. Im doing so because I committed myself and im trying to stay true to that.
It's more about staying consistent with being active. Even if you aren't losing weight you're still making sure your body doesn't stay stagnant. You're way more likely to form health defects if you neglect your body.
If you don't go to the gym, walk or bike to work/school.
If you're traveling. Do some pushups in the hotel room or walk around an airport depending on your circumstances.
After day 365 I don't plan to continue on going to the gym every day after that, but at least by day 365 I've implemented being active as a permanent part of my lifestyle and that's the end goal.
bro wtf are you talking about lol, that's not how it works, the retired basketball players look like that because there's no reason for them to work hard anymore, they are retired for a reason and just plan on enjoying life and eating whatever they want, you see plenty of retired old people keep their shape because they still enjoy training hard and eating properly
I don't even show people I know shirtless pictures to people I know let alone a bunch of strangers who dont even know what I look like
You think I want to show off stretchmarks to strangers? Last time Im addressing some dumbass who comments dumb shit like this
For those of you who think I am doing this for upvotes, I literally have people who go through and downvote every single day. If anything I MAYBE break even
This is for myself and myself only. I only use this site because its the only thing that I come to every day
Squat is about 225 while box squat is 275
Bench is about 145 (always struggled upper body since I have a torn rotator cuff in my left shoulder from high school wrestling)
Deadlift I haven't gone for a maxed rep yet but I tend to do 225 for 3 x 8-12
Over head press I don't tend to do because it's not on my sheet but we usually do dumbell overhead with 40's
Heres what AI think of you:
This sounds suspicious to me and the person may be exaggerating or lying about their gym progress. Here are a few reasons why:
Posting about your daily gym progress on a Valorant gaming forum is an odd way to hold yourself accountable. Most people would use a fitness tracker, calendar, or habit tracking app for this. Posting on an unrelated forum seems like an attempt to get attention and praise from others.
Claiming to start going to the gym "every day" from hardly going at all is an unrealistic goal that rarely works out. For most people, success is built on gradual progress by starting 2-3 days a week and building up from there. Saying you'll go every day right off the bat is dubious.
The overly specific call out of having ADHD and struggle with scheduling also seems like an attempt to gain sympathy and make the goal sound more inspiring than it really is. This level of detail is not needed to announce a goal of working out more often.
Most people focused on fitness progress will mention specifics about their workouts, stats, or accomplishments, even at a high level. Just posting "day 1", "day 2" with no detail also casts doubt on whether any exercise actually happened.
In summary, while we can't say definitively this person is lying, there are enough questionable factors and missing follow-through to be very skeptical about their claims. At best, they may have had good intentions to start working out more but failed to pull through—at worst, they seem to be exaggerating or fibbing to gain attention and praise from others online with no actual effort made. The lack of specificity in their posts suggests their gym accountability goal lacked sincerity.
Ive gotten rid of most if not all of my belly and im at 185 from like 225.
My shoulders and biceps are looking nice and i think my back is coming along nicely too
Not as toned as id like to be but thats what i get for not taking my diet so seriously. That or I had a way higher bmi than i thought to begin with
I mean this is a legitimate concern.
During this it's kinda redefined my view of going to the gym
It doesn't always have to be some big workout a lot of times its just taking care of my body as well.
Id say about 10% of these days are just nature walks and the steam room kinda as I feel necessary as a form a therapeutic release or some muscle relaxation.
I have a bad background with High school wrestling where I would workout like a dog for months and eat damn near nothing just to cut from 180lbs to 140 (138 was the weight class) just to make weight
I wanted to make sure that I wasnt developing some sort of eating disorder or a dependency on needing some hard workout in order to lose weight
one of the things that I really don't like about the gym community is how much it worships treating your body like shit. A lot of influencers talk about hopping on gear, doing dirty bulks, or in general eating like shit and then expecting results, while others shame people for being skinny or fat and mock their appearances to stroke their own egos. Good on you for recognizing a fault in your own life and trying to solve that because that's something people can't always accomplish
Chicago is a fantastic city. Ive traveled to a couple major cities and chicago is by far one of my favorite if not my favorite so far (havent been to nyc yet)
The public transit and walkability is way better than LA, Denver, or Miami and the culture and diversity is way nicer than any of those cities listed.
Day 297 is complete
Working out was difficult today due to the canadian wildfires polluting chicago, luckily the hotel i was in had a gym
Fuck united airlines. I was at the O’Hare for 8 hours just so they could delay my flight multiple times then cancel.
They canceled so many flights that customer service wasn’t reachable at allll.
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Drove to South Carolina this week to pick up my brother from Army basic and I basically missed the entirety of groups :(
Also I went to the gym but I ate like SHIT :(
DISCLAIMER
In this post, I will be talking about my body and that may or may not be triggering to others with similar insecurities. Anything I talk about in a bad light is only directed at myself and myself only. No matter what body you may have, your body deserves respect, love, kindness, and patience.
There's also going to be pictures of my body that people may or may not find uncomfortable given the amount of vulnerability I'm going to be attempting to show.
Course of Events
- Around August of 2022, I was at the heaviest I have ever been. I had said I started at 230, but realistically It was about 236-237lbs (107.501kg). I was in probably one of the worst places of my life job-wise, and I could barely afford rent having to take a pay decrease after moving cities. I was working part-time and was at home just wasting my time doing nothing probably killing arteries with little to no physical activity. I made this post to change that since at the time this is one of the things that was more consistent. I quickly started dropping weight and within a month I dropped about 10-15lbs. With that sense of control, I quickly found a better higher paying job with more hours and quickly regained a sense of control again of my life, and now in a new city that I thouroughly enjoy.
Things I'm proud of
- So since last year, I have dropped about 36 lbs. weighing in at 201 lbs. (about 91kg). My lowest point was 185lbs (84kg) in late March or early April losing about 50lbs. During this time I was able to see my collarbone, not be so ashamed of how bloated my ankles look, and I totally got rid of my love handles. I woke up every morning (or afternoon because night shift) and felt light and refreshed. Right now I have been bulking and I can now see my chest, back, and shoulders getting bigger and that is HUGE for me since I've never really had any sort of upper body that wasn't comprised of mostly fat. I feel absolutely and totally accomplished knowing I did this all by myself without a trainer and without any sort of guidance in the direction I was going. Even my mental health is gleaming as I feel confident in more revealing shirts, and I also feel like I can do most things much easier like pick something up off the ground or just be physically active for longer. Also, my face is skinnier than any point it has been in the last year, even than when I was at my lightest so it makes me feel like I'm still doing something right.
Things I felt were shortcomings
- While I was dropping weight for months I felt I had no sense of tone. In June I decided I'd start bulking up and lifting heavier. Doing so though has made it so I have to eat more to gain and retain that muscle. Because of that, I've gained some more weight, some of it muscle, and some of it fat. I keep thinking that I am slowly reverting back to what I was, but I have to keep telling myself that those are the eating habits and thoughts I gained from cutting weight for wrestling at the young age of 14. It's really hard to get out of that mindset and I feel disappointed sometimes knowing that I made it my goal to get away from that and it still affects me to this day. I also have these thoughts that I gave myself a year and I should've accomplished more, and it's hard to remind myself that I accomplished what I did without guidance and without a schedule.
Things I'm going to change going into this next year
- One thing I think could improve from my last year or so is that when lifting I felt like I wasn't gaining as much muscle as I could've. I did some research and it looks like maybe I need more full-on rest days so I'm gonna be cutting down to 3 days a week and I'm going to be making my workouts more intentional and focused. I'm also going to try to change from intermittent fasting (which worked very well for just straight-up weight loss) to a high protein, low carb diet. That way, it'll help me retain muscle as well as start to lean out a little and start to show more definition. I am excited for the next year and I've been enjoying the learning this has led me. Thanks to those of you who supported me, and I could give a shit about those of you who doubted me lmao.
Photos Before I started working out
Day the post was made
Wedding before the post was made
Chicago Pride 2022
Brewers Game with Grandma 2022
Photos at my lightest weight during the last year
Lightest weight of the year at 185lbs in Late March
Bike ride sunburn early April
Brewers Game with Grandma 2022
Outfits I was now comfortable wearing
Chicago June 2023
Chicago June 2023
Chicago June 2023
Current Photos
The 365th Workout
Where I stand currently
Back is getting bigger as well as shoulders and biceps
Specifically impressed by my shoulders because of my torn rotator cuffs
Not used to actually being able to see my collarbone
Regained my calf definite (please dont mind my gremlin toes)
I can wear sandals now that my ankles don’t look fat
Honestly, I just told myself I had to do it. As for coming to terms with mental struggles with this I really didn't unfortunately.
I still feel fat given the progress, and I'm not sure that feeling may ever go away, but I just kept telling myself this is something I had to do and will continue to do. Unfortunately exercise is more of a mental battle rather than physical
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