Lusty69
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- Apr 13, 2023
93.0kg pretty happy with the weight moving again.
Training is going pretty well, left knee is giving me a little annoyance but my deadlift performance was quite good I found, using my lifting belt I did a much cleaner 170kg pull, I think 180kg (my old PR) is on the cards soon.
Dating side of things I realised two weeks or more in a row now I have a resistance to going out at night, not sure if it is a deeper anxiety I developed, fear or rejection or just with everything else going on if I am beyond my capacity emotionally.
I do know I have been burning a little willpower with the diet stuff just because I have been getting some slightly higher cravings as I have been trying to reduce and let go of the fake sugars, but have them in there if I need something to get me through the night, so last night because I think from the energy expenditure of doing deadlifts I was feeling slightly hungrier so I used some sugar free jelly + a bottle of sugar free coke to get me across to the next day, but I think that could have played into me not going out, or there was also an emotional anxiety spike from going out that contributed to the unease and wanting to eat more from my patterns of emotional eating.
I need to find a way to reduce my stress/actively rest as my current strategies on my days off are not letting me be more refreshed and I think it might be something where I need to take more action in terms of what I mentioned earlier about getting things out of my head and organised to let it out rather than pushing it down and escaping reality then feeling this burden of a lot of shit I need to get done and feeling more behind and stressed out.
Then I am also going to do some journalling exercises around my beliefs/emotions on things like dating as I feel the not going out at night is just some emotional blocks that once I bring some awareness and just vent to the paper will shift.
My notes on this if anyone else want to copy is below
Training is going pretty well, left knee is giving me a little annoyance but my deadlift performance was quite good I found, using my lifting belt I did a much cleaner 170kg pull, I think 180kg (my old PR) is on the cards soon.
Dating side of things I realised two weeks or more in a row now I have a resistance to going out at night, not sure if it is a deeper anxiety I developed, fear or rejection or just with everything else going on if I am beyond my capacity emotionally.
I do know I have been burning a little willpower with the diet stuff just because I have been getting some slightly higher cravings as I have been trying to reduce and let go of the fake sugars, but have them in there if I need something to get me through the night, so last night because I think from the energy expenditure of doing deadlifts I was feeling slightly hungrier so I used some sugar free jelly + a bottle of sugar free coke to get me across to the next day, but I think that could have played into me not going out, or there was also an emotional anxiety spike from going out that contributed to the unease and wanting to eat more from my patterns of emotional eating.
I need to find a way to reduce my stress/actively rest as my current strategies on my days off are not letting me be more refreshed and I think it might be something where I need to take more action in terms of what I mentioned earlier about getting things out of my head and organised to let it out rather than pushing it down and escaping reality then feeling this burden of a lot of shit I need to get done and feeling more behind and stressed out.
Then I am also going to do some journalling exercises around my beliefs/emotions on things like dating as I feel the not going out at night is just some emotional blocks that once I bring some awareness and just vent to the paper will shift.
My notes on this if anyone else want to copy is below
Code:
Write down all insecurities, fears, doubts around myself and women
Eg I am scared of getting rejected
I am overthinking infront of women
I tend to no be able to be myself when I am with a woman fear of losing attraction
I feel so not good enough infront of a woman
I don't feel like I deserve a woman
Then expand on each insecurity and fear
Ask yourself "what does it mean about me" What is the meaning I am making
I am scared of getting rejected
What does it mean about me to get rejected?
I am not going to feel good enough, I am going to be lonely
What does it mean for me to not feel good enough for my ideal woman?
Then once you have felt all of this (GO SLOW)
SHIFT IT >
Is that ultimately true?
EG answer No
Then re-write this new belief about the possibility of something else
EG fear of getting rejected, means I am not good enough, this is not true
NEW Belief = she rejected me because it was not meant to be, the chemistry wasn't right, wasn't good for us