It was an incredibly long slow painful process. Like I said I literally cried every day either during my work out or after it for the first 3 months. Then I cried less and less. Then I stopped crying. I still live with chronic pain and have not had a solid night of sleep with out drugs since my accident.

It took me about a year or so to be "back on track" and prolly another year to really be crushing again. Its funny cuz there was no point where I was like "Yes I am here". But I remember the exact point of my bottom. For me I honestly simply did the best I could each day.

Trust me in the beginning I literally had to drag my ass out of bed with every ounce of energy in my being in order to get to the gym. And I would remind myself of the promise I had made that I would get better or die trying (this is no exaggeration cuz for me it was truly life or death kind of stuff)

For one thing, my post was a joke. It was meant to gently poke fun at cuserounder for caring so much about what his critics say (cuserounder does get rattled too easily by Internet nonsense), but it was also meant to gently poke fun at his critics too (who have all come out of the woodwork to criticize cuserounder even though they ignore the many other less-skilled PGCers who have failed at their own poker goals).

I just find it amusing that posters are habitually jumping all over cuserounder for consistently missing his volume goals. Meanwhile, the vast majority of the popular PGCers (not even including the dime a dozen PGCers who stop posting entirely when it is clear that they are going to miss their goals) do not ever hit their poker goals (monetary, hourly, or otherwise). I never see anyone give pure_aggression, RandalGravesNL, or Sanket grief for consistently missing their poker goals. Maybe people have a bone to pick with cuserounder for some reason?

The truth is that most PGCers will be setting lofty goals that are difficult to hit. Is that a bad thing? Probably not. Would they be better off if they set somewhat more realistic goals and put even more effort into hitting them? Probably.

Regardless, I think that cuserounder has taken a lot of criticism on the volume front that almost none of the other popular PGCers take for the same/similar poker goal failures.

I am not saying that it is OK for cuserounder to miss his volume goals repeatedly. I bet that he would rather hit his goals than miss his goals.

Eating a full meal so close to bed time might be affecting your sleep. More importantly, alcohol before bed is a bad idea. Alcohol in general is a bad idea, especially when you're trying to lose weight. Drinking for health benefits is just plain silly.

This could definitely play a big role. I worked a night security job for a little over a month this summer, 10pm to 6am. No matter how tired I was I could rarely sleep past 1pm. My body never adjusted, and I was in a fog for a good portion of the day. Give 4am to 12pm a shot and see how you feel.

The study found "an immediate reversal of exercise-induced asthma and hyperinflation" after either taking isoproterenol (used in medicine to treat asthma) or smoking marijuana. The controls, saline and "placebo marijuana", had no effect.

Asthma is the inflammation and narrowing of the airways, it's reasonable to expect inhaled smoke to feel harsh and make the condition worse, but in the case of marijuana there're also anti-inflammatory and airway-expanding effects. I'm asthmatic, I've always felt the latter effects (easier breathing) moreso than the smoke making things worse.

Cuse- it is in my immediate benefit that you do not achieve your poker goals. It literally helps me when more money day in and day out. Thank you for not trying your hardest

Your diet is clean but severely lacking in slow burning carbs. I would definitely add in some deep green veggies by at least lunch (caesar salad doesn't have a lot of substance.) Try kale, asparagus, broccoli, brussel sprouts etc. I'd also remove all simple carbs before and during playing. Fruit and tortillas may be clean, but they have a relatively high glycemic index that can lead to your blood sugar crashing, and you subsequently feeling like ****. You may also, just not be eating enough calories in general.

On sleep, 6-7 hours isn't necessarily bad. Personally, I have the most energy right at 7 hours. More than that and I am sluggish and groggy. If you really need more sleep, taking a magnesium supplement before bed really helps some people. Also soft earplugs can help you sleep more deeply.

This stuff varies greatly by individual, so you have to try different stuff to see what works for you. More veggies is basically guaranteed to help though.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

I totally agree ATsai. I could definitely use a few more critics to kick me in the nuts every once in awhile.

As far as goal setting, we can aim high and miss or set reasonable targets and hit them more often. I think both are valid methods and everyone should try both to see which helps them achieve better outcomes.

Gotcha covered.

Pretty much every day, I'm not particularly super motivated to go in and crush my day job. Those days I begin by ****ing around on Facebook, 2p2, etc, I accomplish little and go home feeling like ****. Those days I avoid nonsense and get right to it, I crush what needs doing and leave feeling g on top of the world.

Motivation follows action.

$55/hr is not my current expected winrate, but yes it'd be quite tough to get enough volume to hit 6 figures off of that while still improving your game. There are definitely some haters in here, though - not saying you're one of them, I don't think that's the case.

I like this a lot, thanks! I'm seriously leaning towards doing this for 2016 now.

Everything I've read says stating goals publicly is correlated to a better chance of achieving them. Do you have a link to a study?

Sorry to hear you're still not 100% back to normal.

I'm going to keep that dragging my ass out of bed thing in mind with regard to the gym... Thanks!

This is a very fair assessment, in my opinion.

That's what I thought too, but then I saw this study... http://time.com/4070762/red-wine-resveratrol-diabetes/.

It found that one glass of red wine with a meal at night improved cholesterol levels, improved sleep quality and decreased fat around the waist (this is possibly by increasing brown fat levels). It was tested on people with Type II diabetes, but I don't think that it would have positive effects for them and the exact opposite for everyone else.

I'm working on transitioning backward to 4a-12p now...

Interesting... Personally my asthma is under control except in extreme circumstances so I don't feel the need to mess with any possibly related variables. I'd consider medical marijuana in other forms, but it'd be tough to qualify anyway.

Good for you.

Good stuff, I'll add in a kale juice in the AM soon for more slow-burning carbs and use that to replace any fruit in the morning - I'll save that for later in the day/night. ZMA includes magnesium so I've got that. I should consider the earplugs, especially since I live downtown. I'll give that a shot. Thanks!

Yeah, I'm going to try the other goal setting approach next year.

But you have the ability to go in, screw around and still get paid the same unless you work on commission. Now, if you can figure out how to overcome those feelings and crush it every day, or the vast majority, then how to do that would be quite valuable info...

On phone but I'll look for the study when I get a free chance. But basically it comes down to the risk and consequences of failure. When this is large, like you will be viewed negatively by a close social circle for failing a goal, then verbalize NG has better success rate due to accountability. When the negative results of failure are not compelling, people tend to fail more when they verbalize because they receive attention and support that releases endorphins similar to actual success (in a smaller dose). You see this most often with weight loss goals and self improvement goals (as opposed to success goals or above and beyond goals), people say they are going to work out and lose 204 pounds and the people cheer them on and they feel good about themselves. Iirc there is a Ted talk by a guy on the subject.


I definitely shouldn't have phrased it like I did, it's definitely not concrete, there are many people on both sides and I think depending on the platform and how it's done they both can occur.

Also there is self selection, in that some people that verbalize are doing so for attention from the beginning, people who set mental goals of like losing 50 lbs in a year tend to view the goal differently.

Just did a quick Google fu at work. Search "gollwitzer psych intentions". Very interesting study from 2009.

Two groups. One told to announce their commitment to a goal, the other didnt. They are given 45 minutes to work towards their goal and told they can stop whenever. The non announced group worked all 45 minutes (163 total in study, so like half in each group), the other averaged 33 minutes of work towards their goal.

I can't tell if this is a level or not.

It's a scientific study that was published, which was then reported in Time magazine. Why would that be a level?

You read one article, blindly accepted it as fact, and changed your diet because of it?

Tbf OP told me before that 1500 Cals of fruits and vegetables was better for weight loss than 1200 of "bad" calories (paraphrasing obv).

Hopefully he has done his homework by now and sees the folly of such a statement

100% agree with Squid here. It really is as simple as just saying that no matter what happens you are getting it done. You commit to that and you will be amazed the time you can find to do stuff. Sometimes it's uncomfortable and you have to get delayed gratification, but if you reall want to achieve your goals in poker or fitness make a plan for every day of how you will then ****ing do it.

A) I wouldn't call drinking 4-5oz of red wine changing your whole diet, that's a little dramatic.

B) This is hardly the first study that has found health benefits from red wine in moderation.



I had done tons of "homework," on the matter before that discussion. 1500 clean/healthy calories are better for fat loss than 1200 calories of processed garbage, hfcs, msg, refined sugar, etc etc.

In what ways? If thats all you eat everyday you lose more weight eating 1200 of ****, if eating 1500 calories of fruit allows you to eat less of other stuff(by satisfying your hunger) therefore resulting in a lower total caloric intake per day then yes it will be better.

Thermodynamics isn't made up

All calories are the same in terms of weight loss, some foods help "fill you up" more efficiently which makes a lower caloric intake easier to achieve.

No offense but I don't think you actually know what a calorie is. Obv fruits and veggies are more nutrient dense which will allow you to be "healthier" but no on weight loss. That is truly one of the dumbest posts itt.

there's the fact that eating 1500 calories of healthy food is going to make you a much healthier person than if you lost weight eating 1200 cals of garbage, even if you lose your weight a bit slower

A diet of pure fruits and veggies won't make you healthy. It will lack a lot of key nutrients.

But is talking about weight loss so it's moot.

At the end of the day talking in extremes like his is silly.

Time is a flat circle.

well obviously nobody would eat exclusively fruits and veggies but realistically you have almost all needed nutrients within fruits and veggies, except B12... maybe something else I'm unaware of?