Hello comrades and welcome to the fourth improvement megathread of December! bonfire

Only 3 days until Xmas! I hope everybody is couchmaxxing and getting into the festive mood. kropotkin-big

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?

Take care sleepi

  • kittin [he/him]
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    20 days ago

    Successes

    • got new psych and new prescription of adhd pills which is A MAJOR BOOST and a win worth celebrating
    • achieved social goal of spending time with friends outside of gf & family
    • fitness goals about 70% met which is good
    • weight goal unexpectedly achieved despite Xmas feasting (not a priority since actual weight isn’t important but more how I feel about myself)

    Yet to achieve

    • still have not joined a gym for a rowing machine. I hereby commit to signing up and having my first session BEFORE OR ON Dec 31st to technically avoid being a new year gym bro
    • strength training schedule completely disrupted, I need to find a method of being regular with this. Any tips? I feel like the only way I can keep to a schedule is to do it daily since having rest days means I just lose track and forget, but I can’t do it daily because I’m an elder millennial and my chest gets hurty

    Ideas for next month

    • a friend who is like 10 years older than me and is in GREAT shape recently got his testosterone checked and he was very low and is recommending getting checked since it’s an easy win for health, fitness, well being, sexual function, etc, so I should do that because I’m at the age where I have a bad knee fuck you zoomers
    • moonlake [he/him]
      ·
      20 days ago

      Checking testosterone is a great idea, make sure to get results for "free testosterone count" and "free testosterone percentage" and SHBG along with testosterone levels since those are all important markers to see the full picture. I also recommend checking your vitamin D levels since it's the most common deficiency and low vit D can cause low testosterone solidarity