The next challenge?
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The next challenge?
I'm nearing 120 days and I feel like I'm ready for a new challenge, like losing 30 pounds.
My question is, did you have another challenge that you tackled after the booze? Did beating the bottle give you the confidence?
My question is, did you have another challenge that you tackled after the booze? Did beating the bottle give you the confidence?
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Yes! I started running and completed some 5Ks and 8Ks, then I took up weightlifting and got my deadlift up to 180 lbs, was able to do one full chin-up, and a 5min+ plank, I gave up most processed foods and began eating paleo long-term, got two Beagle dogs, started writing a book, started meditating regularly, and just a couple days ago I finally gave up coffee and now I'm a tea drinker 
It's been an exciting and very challenging (mentally/emotionally/psychologically) year and a half!
It's been an exciting and very challenging (mentally/emotionally/psychologically) year and a half!
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Yes.
I trained up to bench pressing my weight (210 lbs then) and deadlift 320 lbs, then I shifted focus to running (because spring/summer) and worked up to 40-45 mile weeks with a long run from 11-14 miles, and lost sixty pounds somewhere in there.
Diet and exercise are similar in some ways to staying sober -- it's a day-in/day-out grind where progress is measured not in days or weeks but in months, and 90% of it is controlling what you put (or don't put) in the pie-hole, and as you improve your self-esteem/confidence/pride improves along with it. To focus on training and proper diet in sobriety felt very natural.
I try to set a goal for the year. This year's goal is, oh hell, I don't even know.. Maybe start dating again. Or clean up my basement. I don't know which of those is scarier.
I trained up to bench pressing my weight (210 lbs then) and deadlift 320 lbs, then I shifted focus to running (because spring/summer) and worked up to 40-45 mile weeks with a long run from 11-14 miles, and lost sixty pounds somewhere in there.
Diet and exercise are similar in some ways to staying sober -- it's a day-in/day-out grind where progress is measured not in days or weeks but in months, and 90% of it is controlling what you put (or don't put) in the pie-hole, and as you improve your self-esteem/confidence/pride improves along with it. To focus on training and proper diet in sobriety felt very natural.
I try to set a goal for the year. This year's goal is, oh hell, I don't even know.. Maybe start dating again. Or clean up my basement. I don't know which of those is scarier.
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Originally Posted by aborkie 
I'm nearing 120 days and I feel like I'm ready for a new challenge, like losing 30 pounds.
My question is, did you have another challenge that you tackled after the booze? Did beating the bottle give you the confidence?
My question is, did you have another challenge that you tackled after the booze? Did beating the bottle give you the confidence?
Congrats on 120 days! Well done!
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