/fit/ - Fitness, Health, Exercise, Dieting, etc

I love you too OP, unfortunately some people IRL aren't so nice

>>142877

Thanks, OP. Best wishes to you as well.

>>143030

>>142899

>>142896

I expected some edgy troll tier responses, I'm glad I was wrong <3

>>142877

thanks OP, you too.

lads I just want to be like a kid again. I just want to run around and be happy like when I was a kid, and I don't want to be a sad and angry person and hate everyone. how do I achieve this mode?

>>143572

The happiness of youth is the happiness of innocence and it is unintentional.

Happiness in maturity is the product of intention and must be sought (in whatever flavor fits your life).

If you are not happy it is your responsibility to seek it for yourself. You cannot be who you want to be if you are who you are. Change has to happen.

If you'd like a different viewpoint: The Dalai Lama writes in _The Art of Happiness_ that True Happiness is a fleeting emotion (winning a big game for instance) and cannot be maintained. The notion that we need to be happy all the time is therefore impossible and that notion is actually making us unhappy because we cannot help but to fall short always. He advises we seek 'contentment' instead.

>>143590

thanks, you're right. I will also try to read that book if it's in my library.

>>143572

Psychedelics, music and finding better friends

>>142877

Thanks anon, same to you.

>>143893

I dont drink smoke or do drugs either burgerfriend. Soon I will give up the caffeined jew ie coffee.

>>143894

Based leaf

I don't drink coffee at all really except on rare occasions, not special occasions but I only have it less than once a month.

I do drink tea a lot though which has caffeine, I've never felt any effects but I try to drink herbal teas when I can, eg rooibos, chamomile, green tea which have no caffeine. You should try tea, it's nice.

>>142877

Thanks OP. We're all going to make it.

>>143572

What this guy >>143590 said.

I spent the last few years fighting (or, to be more precise, procrastinating in the fight) against depression. I was miserable, and angry, and bitter, and I had this little voice in the back of my head discouraging me all the time, and I'd often hark back to the past, thinking how it used to be so much better. The sky was actually blue then, you know? Not this dour metallic grey.

Then I started working out again. Started eating better. Did the conscious decision to be a better person. To do something that would take me out of my comfort zone. Do something that I always wanted to do, but was too embarrassed to do it. For a time, it was amazing.

Months passed. The initial rush the "changes" bought slowed down. It seemed that nothing really changed. Was it all in vain? Did I waste all that time, money, effort for nothing? These thoughts would slowly creep in from nowhere, usually when I was all alone or really tired. And you don't get more lonely and more tired than being stuck in the middle of a lake, swimming like mad, moments before the Sun rises.

Guess what? The Sun rose. And the sky was blue again. And in that moment, everything was alright. Everything was just as it was supposed to be.

Never stop working on yourself, anon. Being happy is a fleeting thing. But working on yourself, fixing what was broken, and being better than the day before? That will make your heart full. It will make you realize that the sky was always blue, but that you were just too busy looking at the pavement to notice it.

>>143947

I can relate. It's very easy to get caught in a cycle of deciding to improve, doing well for a few days/weeks, feeling the glow wear off, and eventually ending up right where you started. You have to push through the part where it feels boring, because what it really is is the lazy part of your brain that hates change making excuses for you not to change anything, including yourself, too much. Don't let it fool you.

>>143986

I'm currently stuck on a bus, travelling across half the country for the next few days. So if you're in no hurry, I'll drop my lousy 2 cents later on?

>>143975

It certainly is. The physical pain from training your body to exhaustion is nothing compared to being mentally tortured that all that effort was for nothing.

But then you remember one thing. You chose to make that change. You chose to try and be better than you were the day before. That alone makes you better than you were the day before.

>>143987

I'm in no hurry, it's fine. Thanks.

Why are you traveling?

>>142877

opie here, I can't believe this fucking thread still lives and breathes to this day.

>>143036

I-I love you too

>reps are the only thing I can do

Why isn't this a banner?

>>143572

To be frank, you don't. Children tend to be carefree because their little minds can't wrap around the implications of certain things. As adults, we have a duty to like and dislike certain things, and there are many things to dislike in this world.

It doesn't mean you can't control your emotions though. Just because you dislike things doesn't mean you can't be content. Also, this >>143590

>>143707

<3

>>143947

A gentleman and a scholar, bravo.

What is the status of Kebab?

>>143994

it's a good thread

/fit/ needs people to post more often as well. then it feels like a nice group of people. In the past few days I've tried to bump threads as much as possible hoping to spark more activity.

we need more of this type of thread on /fit/.

>To be frank, you don't. Children tend to be carefree because their little minds can't wrap around the implications of certain things. As adults, we have a duty to like and dislike certain things, and there are many things to dislike in this world.

>It doesn't mean you can't control your emotions though. Just because you dislike things doesn't mean you can't be content.

I started reading that book and trying to apply it in my life and honestly I think it has helped. I am trying to really consider other people and what's going on with them and it's helped me stop getting angry at people as often as I normally do.

>>143947

In Chinese Metaphysics, there are 5 elements and one association each has is a time in our lives. Once we leave adolescence we enter our "Metal" age, and remain in our Metal age until 35 - 60 I'm not sure on the exact number (big range I know). It basically stops growth. So there is an aura of growth stoppage. It's associated with Autumn/Fall. One is more protected, sure, but we also struggle to grow in many capacities at this point. This where we become "set in our ways" or otherwise attempt to get our shit in order asap. You can look it up more if you want. "Yin Wood" can transform into Yang Metal when they are in contact with each other – so having a lot of imagination and inner growth/spirituality/electricity/movement will mean that entering adulthood becomes quite a heavy hit to your system/life.

>>144017

Any books to read? Sounds a bit nutty, but also interesting

>>144057

Why not now? Even if you can't go, I hope you're still doing exercise.

>>144064

I should be doing exercise, thing is i'm the kind of faggot that thinks in all or nothing terms, in everything, so since i can do very little i don't even bother.

Also considering this aint the first time i take a time off for this injury, i'd rather really take it off, unlike last time where i did some things i shouldn't have and make sure i heal properly, hopefully in january i'll be fine, but i'll still take it very slowly

>>144083

You gotta take care of yourself, anon. Get well, get motivated and then hit those weights. We're all rooting for ya.

>>143990

Vacation of sorts. Visiting my parents, being an extra in some shitty amateur movie, going for some music concerts, going to a /tg/ convention and seeing this girl.

You know, trying to end the year in such a way I can look back on it and have no regrets. Considering I dropped 80+ pounds, I'd say mission fucking accomplished.