Going to the gym is like a korean MMORPG

5km in 19:40. Fuck yes, still going strong. I thought 20mins was my limit but maybe I can push it towards 18:30.

Completely bonkers if I told myself this way back in August when I started running again.

New routine since a month ago (added the 10k run):

Tuesday: Weight lifting

Thursday: 5km on treadmill

Sunday: 10km in park/stairs/city/whatever to train in more realistic environments for races. I don't focus as much on time and length here, I usually just run for an hour and do a random route as to not fall into a rut.

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The only thing that keeps you playing a corean MMORPG are your friends. They keep you coming back because you want to hang out with them. They encourage you and make the grinding feel less strenuous.So, let's share them gym/jogging/healthcare stories and keep each other on track and motivated? Am I still going to be on the gym next month? What about you?

In the past, the Core has been there for me. You helped me overcome work, you rooted for me when I my job and you celebrated when I got very close to becoming a freelance game journalist. Now, I need you guys again. It's what Arhurt said when he created this topic, I need motivation and encouragement.

That's a lot for me to admit and I feel pretty vulnerable right now. Ever since I quit smoking I've steadily been gaining weight. I used to be pumped up, full six pack and everything, but then I had an accident which ruined my knees. I gained a bit off weight after that but nothing major. I went from 83 kilo to 89 kilo. After I got married (4 years ago) I quite smoking. Over the past 4 years I tried several comebacks at the gym, diets, etc but they all failed eventually (lack of discipline). So throughout those years I went up and down and today I peeked at 106,2 kilo. Now I realize I substituted one addiction for another. I need help.

Normally I would go back to the gym, have another run at it, tell my friends (who probably already think, here we go again) and so on. Today, I decided that this method obviously doesn't work. Instead of immediately trying to run at full speed I should first start with crawling. So no gym memberships and extreme diets. No, I'm going to start with my eating habits. The first step is dropping all the junk food, chocolate, soda's, etc and try to eat more regularly and healthy.

What do I need the Core for? Well, I want to use this topic (unless you all prefer I split this into a separate topic) to daily post what I've eaten and take it from there. It would be cool if people hunt me down if I don't post, offer insights into what I'm eating and any other suggestions. I'm going to do the same with my friends and my wife. So instead of going all out with everything at once I'm relying on my offline and online environment for much needed help in detoxing from all this crap.

What does the Core say?

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Due to huge response to this I immediately felt inspired and I've been turning my life around a bit. It hasn't been long of course, but there's a start. Trying to address my attitude towards eating is the hardest thing. Because this was basically me:

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Anyway, I've been eating normal food. No sugar, no soda, no junk food and no chocolate. I've also been riding on my home trainer a bit.

I need to stop shopping food when I go home from work, always hungry then, and I end up buying a lot of crap : <

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I need to stop shopping food when I go home from work, always hungry then, and I end up buying a lot of crap : <

Dude, never ever shop on an empty stomach. Even this fatty knows that

Missed your post, late to the party!

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Normally I would go back to the gym, have another run at it, tell my friends (who probably already think, here we go again) and so on. Today, I decided that this method obviously doesn't work. Instead of immediately trying to run at full speed I should first start with crawling. So no gym memberships and extreme diets. No, I'm going to start with my eating habits. The first step is dropping all the junk food, chocolate, soda's, etc and try to eat more regularly and healthy.

Good way to start, don't tell anyone! At least for me I've noticed that if I have grand ideas and I share them too early I don't follow through... For some weird reason? Any psychology majors here? I sometimes fall in love with the idea more than the actual execution Also you can notice the "here we go again" or "yeah right" look in people, not a motivational boost so indeed... Baby steps, just drop the food and it'll get you down a whole bunch of kg's!

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It would be cool if people hunt me down if I don't post, offer insights into what I'm eating and any other suggestions. I'm going to do the same with my friends and my wife. So instead of going all out with everything at once I'm relying on my offline and online environment for much needed help in detoxing from all this crap.

This is gonna sound harsh but I mean the best for you: you don't need us to babysit you bro, no excuses! In the end it's your body and it'll have to come from you, you rack disciprine man and it's a good first step that you realize this! Don't listen to that voice in your head, no one has it easy. See that buffed dude in the gym doing his last set of reps? He's sweating it, the voice in his head is saying he already did a good job and doesn't need to lift another one but fuck that, he does. See the dude running fast as shit on the treadmill? He already wanted to get off the treadmill halfway through but instead he ups the pace.

I don't know what gets you motivated but saying FUCK NO to that voice that makes me wanna quit is a huge boost for me, I am in control, I can make things happen. That and progress which is a guarantee if you don't give up.

I'm not saying to not listen to your body but there's a difference between your mental state and feeling physical strain... The difference between a "good" and a "bad" gym day is mostly in between the ears... Don't forget that! You don't have a weight problem, you have a discipline problem. Fix that and it'll improve a lot of things in your life.

I hope that helped some! Do post progress though, I'm sure we can help you out, just saying you can't always rely on others! We can't take the steps for you but you can and we'll help out where we can!

If you really have a snack problem/addiction the number 1 way to fix behaviour like that is to not put yourself into those kind of situations for at least the first week to break the pattern if you have it really tough... For instance if you can't watch a movie without a bag of chips just don't watch TV for a week. Temptation is a bitch so just don't get yourself into those kind of traps! Might sound obvious but often overlooked.

For those of you with snacking issues: Snack on something better like almonds or cottage cheese

Almonds are calorie dense, so be careful how much you snack on those. Greens might be better. More bland but veggies are good for you and are high volume/low calorie.

I'm not saying to eat an entire 200g packet or anything, just a handful to chew on I'm sure common sense would prevail

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Missed your post, late to the party! Good way to start, don't tell anyone! At least for me I've noticed that if I have grand ideas and I share them too early I don't follow through... For some weird reason? Any psychology majors here? I sometimes fall in love with the idea more than the actual execution Also you can notice the "here we go again" or "yeah right" look in people, not a motivational boost so indeed... Baby steps, just drop the food and it'll get you down a whole bunch of kg's!

This is gonna sound harsh but I mean the best for you: you don't need us to babysit you bro, no excuses! In the end it's your body and it'll have to come from you, you rack disciprine man and it's a good first step that you realize this! Don't listen to that voice in your head, no one has it easy. See that buffed dude in the gym doing his last set of reps? He's sweating it, the voice in his head is saying he already did a good job and doesn't need to lift another one but fuck that, he does. See the dude running fast as shit on the treadmill? He already wanted to get off the treadmill halfway through but instead he ups the pace.

I don't know what gets you motivated but saying FUCK NO to that voice that makes me wanna quit is a huge boost for me, I am in control, I can make things happen. That and progress which is a guarantee if you don't give up.

I'm not saying to not listen to your body but there's a difference between your mental state and feeling physical strain... The difference between a "good" and a "bad" gym day is mostly in between the ears... Don't forget that! You don't have a weight problem, you have a discipline problem. Fix that and it'll improve a lot of things in your life.

I hope that helped some! Do post progress though, I'm sure we can help you out, just saying you can't always rely on others! We can't take the steps for you but you can and we'll help out where we can!

If you really have a snack problem/addiction the number 1 way to fix behaviour like that is to not put yourself into those kind of situations for at least the first week to break the pattern if you have it really tough... For instance if you can't watch a movie without a bag of chips just don't watch TV for a week. Temptation is a bitch so just don't get yourself into those kind of traps! Might sound obvious but often overlooked.

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You are absolutely right about everything. I failed so many times on my own that I figured I would try to rely on others. Which was naive at best. As if people would turn into personal coaches all of sudden just because I lack discipline. I just never understood what happened really. I use to go to the gym 6 times a week. I was buffed as hell. But the last couple of years I just gave up on exercising because I became lazy and fat. I've been going up and down ever since and the reason for it is unclear to me. Because in all other aspects of my life I run on discipline. To be honest and this sounds really pathetic, I think it has to do with eating being the only thing left. I stopped smoking, drugs, drinking, etc.

Anyway, I'm following your advice and thank you for taking the time to write that down. I appreciate it. So, from now on. I start my days with this:

You guys are pussies ! you can eat what da hell you want just keep you kalories low !

FUCK don't make this rocke science !

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I'm not saying to eat an entire 200g packet or anything, just a handful to chew on I'm sure common sense would prevail

Lol. You must be new to Mapcore.

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Ok, I've been at it for 2 weeks now and I went from 106,4 kilo to 103,7. That's almost a loss of 3 kilo. My birthday is coming up (first of July) and my aim is to be below 100 by then. Doesn't matter if it's 99,9 or lower, as long as it is under a 100.

In the first week I had a couple of slip ups (chocolate, soda and stuff) but last week was almost flawless (except for one desert when I ate at my fathers house). So it's still early but at least there's some progress

Oh and I spent 2 hours riding on my home trainer. I've found a neat little trick for that. I put it in front of the TV and started gaming while riding it. Time flies!

Yeah dux, problem with that is when you put a packet in hungry hands. My dad snacks too much on seeds IMO, because it has being said "they're good!" he snacks a handful or two of pumpkin seeds as well as sunflower every afternoon. After having tea/coffee with other stuff like biscuits.

Don't know if this will help anyone but it did wonders for me so I'd though I'd share it anyway.

11 months ago I weigh 115 kilo and now I jump between 88.6 and 87.1 kilo and I haven't worked

out at all and I work in front of the computer all day.

All I did was using this formula here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris-Benedict_equation so that
I know how much calories I burn every day and then I went about 500-1000 calories under that.
Its kinda hard in the beginning refusing all that sugar and all that fast food (at least for me cause

I loved that shit) but it was quite easy after 2 - 3 months.

If you don't believe me I have a weight loss diary to prove it

Went to the doctor's office for that yearly check up. I lost... 20 pounds o_o. What I've done: eat slowly, stop when not hungry anymore, replace fries with salad when at a restaurant... 7 min workout daily. In like... 1 month. I was speechless.

So, it's been 3 weeks. I'm at 102,3 kilo now. So that's 4,1 kilo's lost. Haven't really worked out this week (it's been crazy, almost no sleep at all) and it probably won't happen next week as well. Still, I'm on track. Avoiding junk food and soda is becoming easier. The downside is that my old smoking addiction is really catching up with me. I managed to avoid it thus far but strangely enough, that's the hardest part right now.

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So, it's been 3 weeks. I'm at 102,3 kilo now. So that's 4,1 kilo's lost. Haven't really worked out this week (it's been crazy, almost no sleep at all) and it probably won't happen next week as well. Still, I'm on track. Avoiding junk food and soda is becoming easier. The downside is that my old smoking addiction is really catching up with me. I managed to avoid it thus far but strangely enough, that's the hardest part right now.

No ! NO ! Don't let this creep onto you man. Did you just try to ignore it before or you had like... a plan of action ? Some kind of trick when you felt like smoking ?

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No ! NO ! Don't let this creep onto you man. Did you just try to ignore it before or you had like... a plan of action ? Some kind of trick when you felt like smoking ?

No I always go cold turkey. Which is doable but the lack of sleep weakens one's discipline. Still going strong though.

It's been 4 weeks and I'm at 102,7 kilo now. Which means I gained 0,4 kilo. Raising a child, not sleeping, not working out, irregular hours and irregular eating (the easy way, take out) does that unfortunately. It's hard to remain disciplined and my goal of 100 by July first is in jeopardy now. So, I have to find a way to get back on track!