(08-02-2018, 12:23 AM)DavisMind91 Wrote: [ -> ] (08-01-2018, 07:48 PM)Shannon Wrote: [ -> ]Well it's there if you need it (A side), but give this one at least another week at 1 loop, and if it continues blocking you, go to 7 loops for a couple weeks at least and then re-evaluate. I am personally LOVING THE HELL out of this program and what it's doing for me, and GF is too.
Mind being more specific in regards to the results the two of you are seeing?
Effect #1: Stress relief and relaxation. I noticed the very first night that I went from being very tense and stressed when I went to bed, to I was so relaxed when I woke up that I realized how tense and stressed I had been. Each night I sleep better, deeper and more restfully, and I wake up much more relaxed and comfortable.
Effect #2 has been a significant improvement in mood for me and my girlfriend. We're both much more positive and steadily so. We are both significantly more positive, upbeat and confident in success. It is a given.
Effect #3: Relationship has improved. She's not as stressed, I am not as stressed and we don't have that tension anymore. Between #1 and #2, this amounts to an easier time with communication.
Effect #4: Increased motivation. With it being a given that I am succeeding no matter what, as long as I keep going, I have a lot more motivation. I find myself doing a lot of things I was putting off before, not because I didn't really want to do them per se, but because they seemed too low priority. Now it's "git 'er dun!" and I do it. Loading, running and unloading the dishwasher, moving furniture, cleaning, laundry, running errands. I was an absolute juggernaut on subs day before yesterday, doing in one day what would have normally taken me two, and yesterday I was trying to do the same but there was too much getting in the way with my lungs. My office used to be my storage room for hurricane supplies, and it had food in it, so I put down food grade diatomaceous earth to keep the roaches at bay. It worked, but now I am finding that it's impossible to breathe in that room even after vacuuming it 23 times with my robotic vacuum, once with the upright shark, mopping it twice, etc.
Effect #5: Better performance at the gym. This one really surprised me, but I went from dreading the gym, dreading some of the workouts, and spending too much time on my phone as I became tired of and bored with it, which led me to not have enough time to finish my workout in the allotted 60 minutes to suddenly, for the last two times I have gone, I am working out harder, challenging myself more (adding weight, more reps), enjoying the workouts, doing a wider variety of exercises, and having to add in new exercises because I now consistently get finished 10 to 12 minutes early! Even more interesting is that the GF is experiencing this one, too, and she was even worse than I was because she originally started going to the gym apparently because she was expecting it to make her lose weight all by itself, and when she discovered that "abs and weight are made in the kitchen" she got depressed and lost motivation. Now she's saying that her muscles hurt because she added weight and then did a lot more reps, and saying she might need to slow down a bit.
Effect #6: In general,
my sense of humor is coming out more when I socialize. I guess that is because I am happier in general.