Thanks friend!
For both lifts, I work up to a top single around RPE 8 (difficult, but with no grinding or form breakdown), and then use that number to determine my 1 rep max for that particular day. Then I do volume based on the Prilepin chart. I find this works very well because it adapts to the stress of life.
Approach all my planning from resource (time and energy) allocation perspective. Previously I would just make a dump of all things that I want to achieve, which made any kind of planning unrealistic.
Stay afloat but do not try to actively climb anywhere, save energy for inner work and contemplation. Stay at my current job (ok pay, just got hired), do not actively learn anything technical unless required for work (not interested, tired from technology). Do no work more than is necessary to feel I'm not gonna be fired.
Approach very critically all learning endeavors that are related to programming, and only do things that I absolutely enjoy. Drop at first sign of dissatisfaction.
Spend time on high RoI things (critical thinking, stress management and overall well being techniques). Drop low RoI things (movies, TV series, guitar).
Try to fight news and politics addiction.
Contemplate on how and where I want to spend the rest of my life.
I've been seriously distracted and lack the inner energy to focus on things that truly matter.
For a decade now, I've been trying to learn coding without success; always running around in circle, motion without progress. So, my new year resolution is to break this jinx and kickstart a career in tech.
lose weight, been 40-50 pounds over weight for almost a decade, i keep dropping 20-25 pounds and regaining it again. I enjoy eating and drinking a little too much.
Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.
My goal is to become a lean, fit, machine. First I have to drop a lot of weight. I started 4 weeks ago and I'm down 17 pounds so far. Basically I'm just limiting myself to about 500-700 calories of protein-rich foods a day, plus a multivitamin, a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and more recently, a fiber supplement.
It's very dangerous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't put their body through extreme circumstances in the past and knows their actual (not percieved) limits. I haven't pooped in a week, and my last bowel movement was gnarly.
A safer rate of weight-loss should not be more than 2 pounds a week, or approximately a 1,000 calorie defecit per day. An online search for a basal metabolic rate calculator should be a starting point.
Advice to others, no matter what process you take: I recommend not weighing yourself more than once a week - it's a mental thing.
With such drastic diet - gastric system goes for a toss. You don't want to wait that long between pooping. One option is to try buffered vitamin c. It was definitely give you a poop whenever you want without side effect and dependency.
Things I've faced so far: Constipation and Hyponatremia.
Catabolysis and heart damage is also possible. The body will consume fat first, so this is an avoidable outcome. I added the multivitamin and calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement to help avoid damage as well. Damaging my heart is my largest concern with this diet.
Losing fat inherently raises blood lipids (the fat has to be circulated), which is bad for the heart long-term, but not an acute danger. The body is evolved to live on body fat, it's fine and normal.
My dad survived stage 4 cancer... a bowel obstruction is what took him out... you don't want your bowels completely stopped, otherwise very, very bad things happen. That's why it's dangerous.
Eating only protien (versus carbohydrates) should smooth out the hunger. Keeping busy helps me ignore the hunger. For the first two weeks, the hunger was mostly mental. Drinking lots of water helps also curb the hunger as well as keep me focused. I don't know if there is a universal answer, just my experience. I don't sleep any better or any worse during versus before the diet. And actually, I've wanted to go to bed earlier to so I can sleep through the hunger rather than be awake to deal with it. Four, almost five weeks in, I don't have any mental hunger any more, I still have some occasional physical hunger, but its timeline varies. Somedays I feel like I could go all day without eating, somedays two meals isn't enough. I always stick to two meals a day: one breakfast, and one lunch which eventually moved back towards about three hours after normal lunchtime.
Multi-day. IIRC I've only eaten on six different days since November 10th. Three Thanksgiving parties! One Christmas. Still eating out of social conformity but otherwise, just not. Next time I'll eat will be New Year's Eve.
A suggestion from a friend to stop the weight going back on: set a weekly calendar reminder for you to record your weight and to track + view this on a graph over time to jolt you into action (e.g. being more mindful with calorie intake again) when you see the weight creeping back on. The problem can sometimes be improving the feedback loop so you don't slip back into your old eating habits.
biggest recommendation would be dont do this as a short term goal with a diet.. that never helps and you will gain back your pounds. introduce exercise into your routine. eat healthy but dont deprive yourself of stuff. if you like to eat fried chicken eat it but try to make it yourself.
Specifically about fried chicken, I love it myself, but it turns out making "fried" chicken in the oven is super easy. And it's not really fried, so super healthy. I learned it from this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACqgyPAtD4&t=671s
But just to outline how easy it is, the whole process is basically to cover the chicken with some cornstarch and salt, let it sit in the fridge for a few hours, then cook it in the oven for forty-ish minutes. So easy, and tastes 80% as good as real fried chicken.
2. Make a polished game with a very small scope and publish it. Emphasis on “polished”. I keep making pocs and never finish them because the scope and the polishing (ui, fx) gets daunting.
Also I’ve already started these two goals because I try to start my “new year” goals on a random day in December rather than starting on actual new year. I find I have better success rate that way.
Wish you luck on your project, have been growing one myself and it’s the most rewarding thing I do. Even if you don’t make much the learning experience is extremely valuable.
To learn less new things and just get better at the stuff I already (somewhat) know through application. Too much time in recent years has been spent doing any Udemy or Coursera course that looked moderately appealing. The breadth of knowledge has become too much; with far too little depth.
- Work in my garden regularly (as in, put it in my weekly schedule).
- Advance from producing food in the summer to doing it all year round.
- Start an offline publication dealing with spiritual and philosophical matters, distribute it locally.
Once 1) is complete enroll in PhD in mathematics (category theory and informatics).
Beat my internet addiction