Positivity Thread

>on my first cut
>get flu over christmas
>lose 3 pounds in 3 days
>get all my strength back in a week

5/10 experience

>got myself an average korean gf
>she's a gains goblin and I started to skip gym days
I don't know how to feel brehs

>have you been with her for longer then two months?
>do you have a 1/2/3/4 for reps?
if the answer is no for both dump her and continue to build yourself until you get that
>SLIGHTY ABOVE AVERAGE KOREAN GF

My new psp charger came in the mail. Now I can play my psp between sets

>Been doing arms 3 time a week for 2 months.
>Thinking about stopping, because what's the point?
>Same day I get someone congratulating me on my huge arms at class.
>Get in and house mates exclaim, "when did you get guns user?"
>Feel so much better for lifting.

Keep going, we're all going to make it.

>havent drank in 40 days now
>been working out every day
Ive been losing weight/fat which is great. But has anyone felt that once they started paying attention to losing weight they started feeling fatter than ever? Idk. I know im losing weight but when i look in the mirror i feel like im getting fatter. Maybe its because i didnt really notice how fat i was to begin with but idk.

>Stretch marks
>Good

Pick one you fat cunt

Tfw only 2 more days of roaccutan.

Thanks, that really fired up my neurons

> be 6'1 300lb fat ass
> Had multiple surgeries on back and knee and heels replaced from an accident four years ago.
> tired of being the fat ass of my friends
> decide to walk a half mile to test myself.
> my body is all HOLY SHIT THE BURN!!! WHY!!!
>rest a bit and feel euphoria and adrenaline wash over me. Amazing feeling.
> going to try and walk half a mile once a day in the morning and build from there.

Wish me luck bros. I know it isn't much but it's better than being a couch potato.

Been 45 days since last soda or high sugar content drink.

Lost 23 lbs in that time frame and now at 217 lbs. Still working to my goal of 185 lbs.

My wife says she noticed none of my old clothes fit and to keep up the good work.

My son will be 3 months old in a week.

Feeling good!

We all gotta start from somewhere bro
Best of luck to you

I'm 165 lbs as of yesterday, up from 125 lbs a year ago and 155 lbs January 1st. Somehow I've not added much BF% during this bulk.

I've been hitting the gym 5-6x per week and still making strength gains, plus the PPL routine had already added noticeable size to my arms which I did not train during SS period (just squat, bench, dead, ohp, no accessory, I was dumb).

Plus I'm debt-free! My student loans and car are paid, my credit cards are at $0, and I can now start saving for retirement and fun activities.

We all start somewhere right senpai? GL we believe in you

Good job user keep it up and be a fitness role model for your little dude

Can't wait to just end it all, existence is utterly meaningless.

Hell yea user keep it up

>ate a lot of calories this weekend since my best friend just got a job in my city and we were celebrating
>its ok since it was just that weekend and I'm back in track

Had to take two days off from the gym but today
>flu is almost completely in remission
>feeling great, except some coughs, so will resume lp wednesday
>looking forward to increasing my diddly and bench. Been standard, but good progress since started lifting in dec. Upperbody still a tad low, but all in due time
>got a date scheduled friday with a 5'8" rower who is taking inexplicable interest in my 5'5" manlet dyel ass.

Doing, doing pretty good brahs...

Warm and very wet

>babby's first existential crisis

I DID CROSSFIT

Girl I was close with is sorta cutting me off (she moved). Positive cause I needed motivation.

Bench is going up. Groceries stocked. Fucking up in school a bit but starting today I'm gonna be a big boy and actually study and shit.

Nobody really gives a shit but I gotta tell somebody I guess so greentext time

>Be 21, 6'4", 265 lbs
>Wanted to join the military since I was about 14, it's sort of a family thing at this point
>Decide fuck it, now is the time. But the weight limit is 220lbs for people my height
>Lost 55 lbs and get to 210 after a year (too long I know, self motivation is my biggest struggle)
>Finally enlist into the USAF
>Go from not being able to do any push-ups to the full amount
>Run time of 18:54 to 13:20 for 1.5 miles
>Lost an additional 45 lbs in basic down to 165
>Final PT test to graduate with my friends
>Everything looking good, was a loser for a while but now I have a promising military career and am in shape
>Tear rotator cuff doing push-ups
>Sent to medhold, essentially trainee recycling center, crumbling building of former barracks that have existed since the 40s or something
>Know absolutely nobody
>Can't do any PT
>Can't leave squadron area (barracks) except to go to hospital for physical therapy
>Daily routine consists of wake up, do nothing for 16 hours, go to sleep
>Eventually discharged due to depression/adjustment disorder after being there for 6 weeks
>No branch will accept me back under any conditions
>Discharges can only be upgraded if there was an "error or to remove an injustice"
>Some fucking how wound up being back to 235lbs as of today, I was only discharged about 5 months ago

I have no friends, no job, only direct family, my opportunities have been stripped away by my own hand and I have no idea what to do. I won't give up on any of it but I'm at a loss of what to do at this point. How do you guys do it every day? What is your motivation?

>6'4"
>looked in the mirror the other day and realized I had broken out of auschwitz mode
>I actually have some muscle definition now
>lifts still shit, but they're getting better
>started seeing someone for the first time in years
>knees are getting better (patellar tendinitis)

Keep at it bruh, that's how I started and I lost a lot of weight just doing a half hour walk every day.

Start with the walk, the next best step is to cut soda out of your diet except on weekends. You WILL get used to drinking water instead, it's only hard for the first week or two

>waiting on a text back from a total qt
>realize that i'm okay if i get one and okay if i don't
>mfw finally caring about me for myself and knowing that things are okay no matter what

I am gonna make it. I am gonna make it so fucking much

Done a few months at the gym just simply cutting weight before I start lifting

>tfw 6'5
>tfw 190 lbs
>tfw skeletor

But I did get a few compliments at the pub from some tidy birds, I feel it

>tfw first time happy since leaving gf of 3 years

I feel like im gunna make it

Now to break my huge anxiety about lifting around other people

>Finally hit 185 for resp on bench without pinning myself
>Girlfriend sticking to her diet and getting thicker
>Sleepy cat on the couch next to me
>My band's Hobbit themed split comes out next month
>Just changed the oil in my van
>Might be inheriting a house, a truck, and 90 acres of land soon
>Ebay store selling old D&D books taking off
>Interviewing for a better job in a few hours
>Looking forward to my first legitimate cut in April

>be me
>doing my lifts
>smol 10/10 qtpi walking towards the racks
>sweetmotherinheaven.jpg
>have to remind myself to not be autistic
>realize shes heading towards the rack opposite of mine
>oh fuck
>as she gets closer she is definitely qt and really smol
>definitely the most attractive girl I've seen do barbell lifts
>gets to the rack opposite mine
>i just finished a set of barbell rows, turn around and see shes too short to reach the clips for the weight
>im 6'2"
>with the most qt smile she asks me to help her with the clips
>that smile made me want to forget everything that r9k has brainwashed me regarding women
>snap to and help her
>she smiles again
>next set of rows i feel like super man

however
>did end up autistically sneaking glances at her the rest of my sets
>at one point thought she was looking right at me so i started back, only to realize she was probably just looking at the tv behind me
>try to forget that and just enjoy the earlier experience

M-Manlets btfo

I started keto a few days ago in an effort to lose weight, and it's been great for me.
I'm not constantly thinking of food anymore, I get to eat foods I would never have considered letting myself touch while losing weight, and to top that off, I've lost like 12 pounds since starting. I know that some of the first pounds you'll lose is water weight, but it was so satisfying stepping up on that scale and seeing myself finally weighing less than what I did in High School.
The "Keto-Flu" isn't nearly as bad as I was expecting, though I may be one of the lucky ones who didn't get hit hard. The worst thing is that I get tired/exhausted a lot faster than before, but I can't complain about that because now I can actually get to sleep at night, and it makes me wonder if my insomnia was somehow induced by carbs.
I think I'm going to make it.

>getting close to 1pl8 ohp 1rm
>diddlyed 3pl8 for first time
>arms seem to actually be growing finally

>been going to gym since early december
>been doing mobility stuff before I start because I'm inflexible as fuck
>finally manage a somewhat low squat without assistance of a wall or something under my heels to stop me falling over
>bad doms are now only mild with improvements in lifts each session (x2 a week)

I'm fairly sure I can feel my arms firming up too. its a weird feeling, I've spent most of my life so far being extremely inactive physically and to see these results, if only small, its a bit surreal. Something I didn't think would ever do.

>got my 240 bench before I started my cut

Got kinda forced into a trip literally at the start of my cut so I had to maintenance for the past two weeks. Excited to get back home to get back on my cut.

>gf started lusting for shoulders, they got a little bigger
>my DYEL lanklet body looks a point better now
feels goodman

>almost off probation
>working on overcoming anxiety
>actually been lifting consistently this past month

I'm gonna make it

>Finally starting to see the results of my cut
>Went to club and a girl grabbed me and started making out with me
>Gay guy walks passed me in club slides is hand across my benis and says "No Homo"
>Finally meet my first friend in a new city after over a month of being friendless loser

Things are looking up

The first time you hit 3pl8 deadlift is like going through puberty all over again. I cried with joy when I did it.

way to keep it positive you fuck

This was really inspiring breh I feel the same way

love story in the making

Just had a good pull day at the gym. Back and bi's feeling good right now, plus I walked through student center on the way home with a pump and almost felt like a big guy.

Lotta work this week though gotta grind through it

Today was leg day, my favorite day of the week. Hit a new leg press and squat pr. Took a video to make sure I was squatting right and everything looked great. I am sick though, so I probably could have done a bit more weight, but a pr is a pr.

>positivity