Intro and App Recommendations

FearDearg2015 · 2015-08-13T06:03:51+00:00

hard time getting started

This moment, right now, is the first moment of the rest of your life. The past is irrelevant. You are in complete command of this moment, and what you do with it will determine the inputs into the next moment, at which point this one becomes irrelevant and all that matters is the one you are in at that time.

If you have a hard time "getting started" it's because you havn't yet made the decision to start. You are adding roadblocks to your path to prevent yourself from "doing the hard thing". Buy a filofax, or a moleskine, and use it as your "prototype dashboard". Make sure you are spending more time "walking the path" than you are planning how to take the next step (or in your case, the first step).

Sounds to me like you are living life on autopilot, when you should be firmly at the controls. Don't blame the autopilot, you programmed it after all, so it always boils back to "you".

Take control. Visualise your future and start taking steps towards that ideal future. Every moment that passes where you are not consciously working to make yourself better is a moment wasted. Take your hands off the controls and let autopilot take over, and you just wasted some more moments, and possibly set yourself back.

Nowadays "there's an app for everything". That's great for convenience, but rest assured that the path you want to follow is not one paved with convenience. Maybe you think an app and tracking etc will "keep you honest". YOU need to keep you honest.

Do you want to play on your phone, OR, do you want to be a better man?

Do you want to make a dashboard app, OR, do you want to be a better man?

Do you want to drink that sugary soda, OR, do you want to be a better man?

IWontpayyourprice666 · 2015-08-12T20:40:35+00:00

Check out stronglifts 5x5

Edit: dig the name man. Let's hope we all know where our towel is.

enfier · 2015-08-12T21:40:10+00:00

Go buy a composition notebook and write it down there. You are wasting time trying to find an app for everything.

Sepean · 2015-08-17T14:57:08+00:00

Check out Beeminder. I used that for years to great effect. It lets you set goals like "exercise 3 times per week" or whatever you want, and it then draws nice graphs and lists your goals and how close your are to derailing.

And when you derail, it charges your credit card (per goal the first derailment is free, then $5, then $10, then $30).

It is really good.

SorcererKing · 2015-08-12T21:16:39+00:00

No app recommendations, but a word about your "ADD". If you have problems staying on track with exercise programs, diet, medications, or other health behaviors then reengineer your schedule and habits. Make it so you don't have to think and there is no choice to fail. Cook on Sunday nights for the whole week, without fail. Lift every day at the same time. Build the rest of your schedule around these things, and never miss them.

A warning: you can claim to have ADD, but personally I think that's bullshit. It's a convenient excuse for living unintentionally. You have to start taking responsibility for your failures instead of externalizing failure to things being out of your control.

Instead of " I can't because... reasons," you need to start thinking and saying "I will because no one and nothing can stop me except me."

ThatOtherMarriedGuy · 2015-08-13T03:58:46+00:00

I may or may not have ADHD too. If I do, it's not the traditional, "absent-minded professor" kind, but this sort of hyperfocus ADD where I am really good at unitasking and lousy at multitasking.

I have had trouble being consistently fit throughout my adult life. I will go on a fitness/diet tear and get ripped, and then I will completely fall off the wagon and get fat again. This is partially because I have always believed that "moderation" was a worthy goal and I'd try to develop some program where I worked out 3-4 days a week and ate clean during the week, cheated on weekends, etc.

I've finally figured out that just doesn't work for me. I need to work out, every single day, at the exact same time. I need to watch what I eat, every single day. This moderation bullshit doesn't work for me. It's all or nothing.

So I'm back on the wagon, eating well and working out every day. I'm going to get shredded again, and this time, when I reach my goals, I won't quit, I'll keep after it every single day. There's no reason not to. I want to stay ripped and so that's what it's going to take. I'll take steps now to make sure I don't burn out, but instead make a permanent adjustment in my thinking and daily routine.

YMMV.

stonepimpletilists · 2015-08-13T11:20:28+00:00

Jefit for workouts. Sporty pal for cardio.

Clue for her cycle. Kindle app for books

dandar4600 · 2015-08-14T21:08:21+00:00

I use:

MyFitnessPal for weight loss (lost 45 pounds,) now weight gain as I'm bulking.

Strong Lifts 5x5 for my workouts.

Google calendar for reminders.

Reddit Sync for you know, Reddit.

Kindle for sidebar material.

All on my phone. The first two apps also track your weight on graphs.

BluepillProfessor · 2015-08-17T03:58:30+00:00

The only App I use is "Clue Period Tracker"

skeetch_a_leak · 2015-08-12T21:02:30+00:00

For lifting I use Bodybuilding.com and the Bodyspace app. The community is good, there's a lot of advice, and recommended workouts depending on your goals.

whinemoreplease · 2015-08-15T06:38:33+00:00

the most important part of achieving something is resolve and willpower. no number of apps can help when if you're start by using crutches.

Title	Intro and App Recommendations
Author	42andatowel
Upvotes	3
Comments	16
Date	August 12, 2015 7:40 PM UTC (10 years ago)
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