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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
You lot still haven't got it, have you? It's never going to happen. I'll believe it when the laminate flooring goes down.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I hate exercise, I have to do a certain amount to keep my grade in Karate but I'd rather smack a punchbag or spar for a few hours than do a load of burpees or pull ups. There are some forms of exercise I enjoy - the trick is not loving all forms of exercise it's about going with the flow and finding one that works for you.
You don't need to have the purest intentions for making a change - use whatever you've got to motivate you to change a little to feel like you're in control of your life and can make a difference to your life. Once you start the ball rolling it'll feel great and all you need to do is keep motivating yourself to keep doing it and that'll feel great.
For me, when I find these things I have to get past my conditioning towards shame - I'm used to confessing it and feeling guilty, sometimes helpless - it can depress me -- when I've overcome that, feel okay about the new shocking discovery, I can think of something to change about it and I feel better, then I feel like I'm growing as a person and that is when I feel most alive.
If you look at people doing proper exercise they vary the exercises and have "goats" exercises they're crap at and work on but hate working on. People down the gym doing the same exercise week in and out - get bored and aren't training their body properly..
One of the ways I do it is to encourage myself. Imagine your body is your amazing pug, how would you encourage him to exercise a bit more and eat a bit less? What tone of voice would you use? How much would you introduce at any time? What rewards would you give? How often would you praise him? What would you say to him if he didn't manage something and looked disappointed? When I first did this for myself it was tough as I didn't want to be nice to myself, I struggled with it and I wondered "why is this difficult for me?"
If you find a stretching routine off the internet, you're winning. If you ask your GP's advice you're winning, if you do some stretches you're winning, if you do them a few days on the trot you're winning, if you realise you've fallen off the wagon and resume the exercises again - you're winning.
For me, the key to any lasting changes is happiness and gratitude and how easily those feelings appear. For instance, I like white wine - but after a work out cold water tastes better than any other drink I've ever tasted.
For me the difference is fresh herbs and clever spicing or seasoning. A piece of grilled salmon with some sprigs of fennel from my garden and a quick grind of black pepper is WAY tastier than your average pasty or sausage roll. Most overweight people who say they're obsessed with food are just addicted to SHIT food.
Get into cooking, read about fresh, simple ingredients and how to prepare them, stop eating things out of packets or drinking out of cans. I LOVE food, and now my only vice is a quick glug of red wine while I'm crushing garlic, warming some olive oil and exploring my cupboards.
Ask yourself, are you obsessed with food or merely addicted to brand names? Ginsters, Coca Cola, Birds Eye all that? It isn't food, it's carb and salt-based mass media marketing.
Don't buy a meal, buy the components of a meal and you will lose weight and be healthier.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
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Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
food addiction is a tricky one to kick. For a start, our brain rewards us for eating certain sorts of foods, often these are foods that, in nature, are hard to obtain and/spoil quickly (for example sugary foods in nature are pretty rare, fatty foods are often attached to animals that can run faster than us or have big horns and nasty hooves, and it spoils pretty quickly). So the instinct is to gorge on these, and our brain releases all sorts of pleasure chemicals when we do so. This is all fine and dandy when we live in a state of nature, but becomes more problematic when we are surrounded by cheap and easily available food all the time, even where I live it would be a major hassle to obtain illegal drugs, but the pushers of fatty and sugary foods are all within a short drive. The trick (for me at least, everyone has to find their own method) was to learn to crave the taste of less pleasurable foods. I now really crave the taste of a nice, fresh salad (this may have something to do with growing the ingredients myself). That said, I also have learnt to listen to my body. There are times when I'm working exceptionally physically hard for many hours a day and a green salad and grilled mackerel just doesn't cut it, then I need the fat. However, even then I will avoid processed food, if I want a burger I will make one, I will bake the rolls and make up the burger mix (I am lucky in that I can easily obtain locally reared, grass fed beef for less than the supermarkets sell corn fed rubbish). Dunno if this makes much sense, I guess I'm saying what several others have said (the less judgemental ones anyways) that it's about relearning things. With food, it's not easy at all.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
And I'm not even limiting that to food. Biting my nails used to be an incredibly self-destructive thing I did to myself. To the point where I would cause myself actual pain. OCD, anxiety, depression... whatever caused it.. I had to make an EXTREMELY concerted effort to stop. I've managed to prevent myself from doing it for a few months now, and I feel so much better about it. I look at my finger tips, and they're no longer a gnarled horrible mess.
Beer too - I was going down the path of drinking after work every night, on my own, at home. Just sat in front of this fucking forum, acting like a douche... or just watching re-runs of McGuyver on Netflix whilst downing bottle after bottle of Spitfire.
And why? All I got for it was lost time, and a building sense of apathy and dread. Why do it to yourself?
I'm going through this transformation now, where I'm trying to better myself physically and mentally... it's not just being judgemental for the sake of it.
I'm not locked in here with you, you are locked in here with me.