Be accountable and be a man (my personal growth record)

[sweetcheeks]

For the last two years I've been a pretty big gym rat(I love lifting). I was spending 1-2 hours a day 5-6 days a week at the gym. I would alternate between body building, power lifting, and any other lifting program I could find. I feel like I was getting pretty near the strongest I've ever been, but... I still had a pretty mean gut/love handles, butt chin (when I get too chubby it starts to show up and goes away when I thin out), and my weight was fluctuating between 208-215 depending on the week.

I have a buddy who was the most fit guy I know. He was shredded and pretty stalky. He decided to try out for the SEALS and spent the last 6 months doing the workouts that his recruiters gave him to get ready and he thinned out and got way more cut that I thought physically possible.

So after trying the same thing over and over again for 2 years I finally decided to try something new. I downloaded the MARSOC fitness app and went 100% on it. No picking and choicing workouts, just going nuts out and finishing them....

They've been kicking my ass for the past 4 weeks, but I've seen incredible improvements in both how I feel and how I look. I started tracking my weight, diet, measurements and a lot of other health stuff on a spread sheet. I don't feel like my diet has changed incredibly, I've been doing a half assed avoid white carbs and not drinking soda, and not drinking as much booze.

I feel just from tracking my body, and knowing that I am going to have to answer for my choices tomorrow morning when I measure myself that I subconsciously eat better and follow my diet. Now a month and some change later my weight fluctuates between 196-200, and (from 18 days ago) my waistline is 1.5 inches thinner and my gut is two inches smaller.

Now on my spread sheet I've added things I want to do daily to make life changes.

I've added to my sheet
Sets opened
Hours of tv watched
professional reading
practicing the guitar for 15 min
active activity
did I make a todo list

I highly recommend making a daily diligence chart to keep you accountable.

In summary:
I got on a legit training program, I spend about half as much time in the gym now. My training sessions are full of running, swimming, and body weight exercises that rock my world. I feel 10x more fucking sexy now. holding myself accountable in one area has bled over to multiple facets of my life and I'm becoming a much better man for it.

[Moiser]

Thanks for sharing this!

Makes me think that I should look into changing up my gym routine!

[Syrrah]

I found the same thing, with keeping logs. I've got mine taped to the inside of my bedroom door. I left off working out for the past few weeks, because I worry about overdoing it when I'm practicing/playing violin for 4+ hours a day. But I found that logs and physical journals keep me way more motivated and accountable than anything else. Having an internet journal never had the same effect.

[sweetcheeks]

So i started to track my game side of things. In the last week I've approached/opened/ran a routine on 16 different sets. In the last 6 months I've probably opened 3 sets.

Keeping track is soooo important to actually progressing. Its hard not to improve or change when you have to log your progress everyday.

I can't recommend enough to your guys

[sweetcheeks]

Just hit 192 on the scale. That is 18 lbs I've lost since I began in september, dropped my pant size from a 36 to a 34.

Hit my 20th approach yesterday, and had my first d1 & d2 from a girl I met in the real world and not online.

so this has kind of becoming my accountability thread.

[Syrrah]

First D2 from real-life game... ever? Or since September? Either way, congrats! Keep it up!

[sweetcheeks]

First d2 from real life game since breaking up with my ex in April. Since then tho I've gotten a few more numbers from my day game and one more d2 set up for later this week with a babe from the gym.