Strong +1 to what Orange mentioned here.

Love your PG+C, been following for awhile.
GL in 2017!

It's bad for the metabolism to eat a bunch right before sleeping I think. Also, small night eating often quickly escalates into big night eating for me.

This is great advice, thanks for taking the time to share!

Thanks glad you enjoy it.

Long day of online grinding for me today. After a reasonably large losing live session yesterday, I was tested today by flirting with my daily online stoploss (5k), but I did well to hang in there and stay on point and play well and was fortunate to catch positive variance at the end and finish 1k winner on the day. I'm really glad I took the time to write in here about my suboptimal session yesterday, as it helped me to be prepared to handle adversity today and to practice what I preach about dealing with adversity in a healthy and growth oriented way.

Hey Dan, good to see you back blogging. I always enjoyed reading your thoughts. GL in 2017.

Here's the greatest advice you will ever get on dieting and fitness goals:
Check out this youtube channel : Radu Antoniu.
This guy knows his stuff. He talks a lot about intermitent fasting (helps tons), why WHEN you eat DOESN'T MATTER (At night or as soon as you wake up makes NO DIFFERENCE) also no difference in how many meals (You can have a 2.000 kcal dinner if it fits you, as long as you are in a caloric deficit) How to do reverse pyramid training to grow muscle, how many protein you need, etc etc. Check it out.

Thanks.

I'll check it out, thanks for the link.

Been dealing with a string of negative variance lately. I'm not getting crushed, but I can't seem to get any positive momentum going either. Ending up with a lot of poor runouts or having to fold strong hands, that type of thing. Hey, it's better than getting coolered or outdrawn in repeated huge pots, so it could definitely be worse. Still playing mostly 5/10 live at the Wynn for my main grind. I gave Bellagio a little try, but I really prefer the room at Wynn and I like the deeper buyin of the game as well. Also, I find Bellagio a little annoying. The cramped space, the mood of the room, the shallower buyins, the vibe of some of the regs, and the common tanking all add up to a bit of frustration for me. I suppose this is a mental game leak, but there is something to be said about playing in an environment you enjoy and feel comfortable in as well, even though it does seem like Bellagio attracts more random fish in general.

When I go through strings of intense negative variance in a short time, or mild negative variance over a prolonged time, it does tend to get me off my game. I think most everyone can relate to this. We're all human, and sometimes we get a little leaky when things aren't going our way. One thing I've been working on lately is the importance of regrouping.

It's very easy when you start to get off your game to say "screw it" and decide that this is going to be some sort of spewy session and you'll get back on track next time. Just because we misplay a hand that or get off track in no way means we have to continue on with poor play. Many times when we're not on our best, we'll have moments of self awareness that we're not doing the right things, and these are key moments to pause, regroup, and understand this is a crucial opportunity to practice righting the ship. You can't practice this without actually getting off track, so the times things go a bit sideways it's so important to realize this is the time you need to practice regrouping and getting back to doing your best. Having the right approach mentally to avoid tilt in the first place is half the battle, but the times you do get frustrated getting back on track quickly is also important. Everytime you realize you did something suboptimal, it's a new opportunity to decide if you are going to get back on track or indulge further poor behavior.

There are a lot of fitness parallels to this as well. It's very easy to slip up and eat poorly when trying to diet, and tell yourself "oh well today is a total waste I might as well go eat a whole pizza now". What a load of BS we try to tell ourselves sometimes. It's never too late in the day to stop eating and even mix in a little walk and end on a positive note.

Speaking of fitness, I did check out the ShredSmart program from Radu that was linked to me above. There was some good stuff in there. It also prompted me to seek out a bit more training and fitness advice form other sources, and I found the "VitruvianPhysique" channel to have some good info. The main benefit I'm taking away from Radu is to get a better handle of my macros. I've been consuming too little fat, and that imbalance isn't good for testosterone levels. Also, I think I end up targeting too few daily calories for my body weight (I am 6'3" and 195 lbs), and then end up binging too hard the times I get off track as I build up too much hunger and also deny myself of cravings too much on a day to day basis. Settling into a routine of targeting 2000 cal, 170g protein, 220g carb, 55g fat is seemingly working out well for me so far. I also think I've been lifting too frequently and doing too many different exercises, and for my level I should be doing fewer total reps than I'm doing more and also lifting a bit heavier. Even though I've been going to the gym for a couple years now and have been lifting weights throughout that time, I realize I'm actually still at the novice level for weight training and attacking more advanced routines is actually counter productive to my development (had to swallow me ego a bit to realize this).

I started my program a week ago, and I'm down 2 pounds. My goal is to cut from 193 down to 180 by May 1st. At that point I'll reevaluate if I need to cut another 5-10 pounds or if I'll be ready to transition to lean bulking at that point. That may sound like too much weight loss for my height, but I know my body and I definitely have a chunky bit of love handle and leg fat to drop, not to mention shaving down the overall fat layer. Trying to look good this summer!

well done dude, keep it up

Nice improvement man!

Good session of live yesterday. Only had time for a short session, and happened to run poorly, but feel like it really didn't bother me and I didn't feel urges to chase any losses or extend session length and on the whole felt very comfortable and confident in my decision making and table presence and everything else. Having a couple days off helped to reset my mental state a bit I feel, and if I can really stick to fixed shorter sessions lengths I think I'll stay on my A game much more frequently.

My nutrition has been going well. Eating less in the morning and saving up my calories for the evening has been very helpful and I think I'm settling into a good routine of self management and am comfortable with my macros and I'm eating in a way that will allow for a slow and steady cut without building up lots of cravings or feelings of self denial and frustration.

Things have been going pretty well poker wise since my last update. I won in January, but not much, and took stock of a few things and realized there were a couple key spewy sessions that ate up some of my profits and refocused on doing my best and not indulging frustrations and how I really WANT to enjoy the process of doing my best and being my best and maximizing whatever is in front of me. What's better than feeling good about doing your best at something you enjoy after all?

Yesterday I had one of my biggest losing pots and biggest losing sessions, and arguably the worst bad beat of my career. I feel really good about how I handled it. I was able to kind of laugh off the situation and stay upbeat and positive, and when the dollar amounts became too large I was able to walk away and not chase my losses. I did indulge myself with some junk food at the end of the night to ease the sting, but nothing too crazy. I woke up today feeling full of motivation to get back on the horse and do my best. That's one trait that has always helped me, that when I get beat down the next day I tend to feel energized and eager to try to conquer the challenge. One positive takeaway is that this will help me feel more comfortable with larger live poker pots and feel less fearful of losing a big one in the live setting. I'm buying in for $3000 as my default live 5/10 buyin now, and working towards becoming more and more comfortable with larger and deeper stacks in an effort to ready myself for some of the opportunities that will hopefully present themselves over the summer.

Fitness wise things are going OK. Super Bowl Sunday was a bad day for my diet, and set me back. Last night set me back a little, and I imagine Valentine's Day will be a setback. However, on the whole I'm doing well with my routine and feel good about my plan. I can do 6 pull ups with really good form, and can bench press 185 pounds five times, which I think are both personal bests for me. I'm moving in the right direction strength wise, and have learned some good technique tips by watching Mike Thurston's common mistakes series on youtube. I think I'm going to need to be a little more aggressive on my calorie macros, and target staying under 2000 kcal as opposed to the 2100-2200 range I've been mostly clocking in at. I had a goal of 2000 a few posts back but have allowed that to slide into the 2150 range as my daily standard, and it shouldn't be too difficult to make that change.

Subbed and in for 2017, looking forward to following. Congrats on the weight loss and all the best going forward.

pls tell us the hand haha

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