Hello comrades and welcome to the second improvement megathread of May! Today is Mother’s day, don’t forget to call your mom.

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • Do you want to share something you’ve done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • Do you have any goals for next week?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, “sober for one day.” Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don’t have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

Poster caption: Glory to the mother-heroine!

Good luck with your goals!

  • CommunistBear [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    6 months ago

    So I’m currently ~16 days sober from alcohol and ~21 days sober from weed. All in all I don’t really feel that different tbh but I have dropped a ton of weight (that I really can’t afford to lose since I’m way too skinny now). I also got my dental issues fixed and am still recovering from that. As soon as my mouth stops hurting I’ll be starting up a calisthenics routine to try and get back into some kind of shape. I’d like to get back to the weight I was ~6 months ago but instead of drinking to gain the weight I want to actually pack on muscle. It’ll be a long road but I feel like I’m on a decent track for once

    • moonlake [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
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      6 months ago

      That’s awesome, congratulations on the sobriety streak! Do you already have a calisthenics routine in mind that you would like to try?

      • CommunistBear [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        6 months ago

        No specific routine in mind but I’ll be starting with some basic movements and building up from there. Thankfully I’m pretty well versed in fitness and progressive overload so that should apply to calisthenics as well. I didn’t really have any movement goals at first but once I started typing this out I realized that I wanted to be able to hold a handstand and actually balance it. That’ll be more long term though, for now I’m trying to just feel strong again. And of course aesthetic if I’m truly honest but that’ll come with time