So I've taken the advice from this sub and went monk mode for about a year. In this time, I've lost about 20 lbs of fat and gained at least 10lbs of muscle. I pretty much did everything in the advice with my own spin on things. The main things I did was simply eat for health, play basketball and climb.

I wanted to provide this update because I've really noticed a big change recently. I started to notice that I'd get some looks, usually from less attractive or older women. I didn't mind though, any attention was positive for me. The frequency of this increased slowly for a while. However, over the past few weeks I've been getting radically more attention. All of a sudden it's like a switch that has flipped that it seems most women are showing very positive signs, if I'm walking down a busy street I'd find that if I shift my attention from one place to another, I'd find a different female observing me and when I'd place my attention somewhere else, I'd get one from someone else.

What's really crazy is that they do this even if they have a boyfriend and the boyfriend is looking as well. Multiple times I have had to do a double take because I thought I might know them and I didn't want to ignore them, but one second glance I have never met them before. The first time this happened, I thought it was just a coincidence but after it happening multiple times and especially one time where I could see the guilty look on her face as she turned to look to her bf and his expression of his face said everything.

Anyway, I've still got a way to go but I'm enjoying this part of my life right now and I'm thinking that I'm ready to move onto the next step. I'm really glad that I've really honed my social skills in this time as well but it seems that I am about to embark on the next step.