So doctor diagnosed me with depression and anxiety, and wants to put me Xanax. Is there really no other way for me to feel normal? I turned down the drugs but I can go back and get them whenever I want, but I don't want to do that. However the feels have gotten to the point where I'm suicidal, I'm not sure what else to do.
>>40367480
Get on the drugs, anon. If it doesn't feel right, play with the brand/type/dosage until it does.
You wouldn't let your blood pressure get so high that you risk a heart attack; this is similar
never give up, trust your instincts
MODS
Why does he wear that thing on his knee?
Holds the patella in place.
is that that youtuber? did he really get jacked?
Stop his exploding knees from exploding again.
Guys I just joined a gym and im fucking anxious of being laughed at.
Lots of big guys and big booty girls.
Ive been lifting at home for a couple years now and my progress hasnt been ideal but my lifts are definitely better than a lot of the chads at the gym.
Squat: 275lb
Bench: 210lb
Press: 140lb
I saw one guy sweating his ass off and cursing just to get 1 play off his chest. However i feel like a weak scrawny guy who everyone is laughing at. The gym induction dude was schooling me on how to use a pull-down machine, so i must look weak as fuck (i know i am by /fit/ standards but definitely not normie standards).
Im nervous about lifting my numbers in the squat rack and on the bench.
1. because im self-conscious
2. im stronger than most of the guys there, i dont want them laughing at how small i look
3. i would prefer to look weak and be weak
what do i do guys?
Would you laugh at someone who looks smaller than you but is stronger than you?
>>40367077
The only people I laugh at in the gym are people who are trying to lift more than they should.
Just do your lifts and don't act like a retard.
i don't even notice other people at the gym unless they make noise or lift insane amount of weights. nobody gives a shit about you being there. if you are that mentally weak wear sweatpants and long sleeves
>>40367113
This tbqh
Does someone have a cure for bulimia? I have been going on diets for 10 years now, but there is always a moment where my body overthrows all reasoning and I start binge eating again.
So far all I have read about eating disorders is the same: No cure exists.
>>40366705
>Does someone have a cure for bulimia?
Get therapy, you dumb slut.
>>40366705
You can actually cure any mental disorder by fasting. Length depends on how serious your disorder is.
http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1974/pdf/1974-v03n04-p301.pdf
>>40366705
AFAIK one of the forms of purging people with bulimia have is excessive exercise. This could be turned into your favor.
It doesn't have a cure but mental disorders symptoms can be greatly influenced by environment. Try to lift instead of puking?
>Eddie Hall when he was 14 years old looks better than 99% of /fit/
Explain this
>>40366508
> Natty + aesthetics = small
Most /fit/izens who train for aesthetics are the equivalent of 14 yr old Eddie Hall. Maybe with slightly bigger pecs but you get my point.
>someone who lifts looks better than someone who doesn't lifts
revolutionary discovery
>Why does a guy with supreme muscle building genetics that practiced a sport for several hours a day look better than people that frequent a transnistrian folk song forum
Really grinds your grundles
What the hell did you get me into /fit/
>start at gym today
>had gone in before for paperwork and all that but not really did any workouts
>had signed up for a trainer to show me the basics (I'm an extremely weak skelly and don't want to fuck things up)
>go in today
>there's a lady slamming a giant slinky on the floor
>there's another girl squatting(?) around the treadmills in a circle no where near the other barbells or weights in general
>there's some guy sleeping on one of the machines
>a line was forming at the water fountain because a worker felt like cleaning and spraying the fountain at that moment
>just general chaos
>get list of foods that they say are good/bad
>eggs listed under "poor choice"
I thought the sticky said eggs were good what the hell. I have to keep a food log, so I'm pretty sure if he asks me about the eggs I plan on eating I'm just gonna say my good friend Shaniqua /Fit/iqa told me eggs are good.
>>40366426
i see youve met the normies
>>40366426
>had gone in before for paperwork and all that
wat
>get list of foods that they say are good/bad
wat
Sounds like you joined a course or class or something, not a gym. A gym is literally a room with weights and exercise equipment and you lift said weights and use said equipment. Stop worrying about other people unless they interfere with said equipment and weight.
>>40366426
nigga i aint reddin all dat
hasas anyone tried one of those detoxes / juice cleanses?
what was it like? short term results? long term results.
didn't leave the toilet for 1 day and was constantly sick
>>40365905
diarrhea
>>40365921
long term?
what are you eating tonight alone /fit/?
pic related is what i just ate
why do all "/fit/ meals" look like someone literally took a dump on a plate?
>>40365744
>>40366317
When you actually have to think about what you eat, you don't want to make standard stuff pretty. Just wastes energy.
Are there any scales that aren't big pieces of shit, /fit/? Even the "recommended" scales on Consumer Reports average 2/5 stars and are full of bad reviews from people. It seems like every tempered glass scale shatters if a hair falls on it and all scales generally drain batteries in days and vary wildly in their readings. I haven't been this paranoid about a purchase in a long time. Why is it so hard to make a decent, accurate, durable scale?
What do you use?
Don't get a tempered glass one. That's stupid as fuck.
As long as it's within 1 or 2 pounds don't fret. And your body will literally change weight throughout the day.
>>40365749
I know about daily weight change, but have you read reviews on just about any popular scale on Amazon? People complain that their scales would swing 15 lbs or more each time they stepped on it.
>>40365816
Don't buy on amazon, go to a walmart or somewhere. Amazon ones will always be cheap shit from china
Been living mainly off Huel for the last 3 weeks. Currently working nights so my diet purely consists of Huel shakes.
Ask me anything and I will give honest advice. No shilling.
>>40365631
nutrition info
How much do you dread each meal?
Does the dread increase with each meal?
>>40365631
I live off Soylent and Protein Powder.
How does Huel compare to Soylent?
Are cold showers a meme?
sorta.
start off hot to open up poors
finish with cold water
>>40365093
anything that uses the word detoxify is probably bullshit
>>40365128
this, if you have issues with acne or oily skin in general, if you step out of a shower while still hot you will be sweating for about 5 minutes after.
>>40365093
You will get sick more.
Does hypertrophy training work for natural lifters? Or is it all about high weight low reps? I really love the style of low weight 15-20 reps because of the pump I feel, but I've been reading a lot and from what I can make of it, it's better to do high weight low reps. Any insight?
>>40364922
Yes it works. I do heavy and light days.
Yes and no. Sometimes people forget that the absolutely most important things in lifting is lifting progressively heavier weights over time. The problem with hypertrophy training for natties is that it's way harder to keep adding weight to an isolation exercise done for 5x10 than a compound exercise done for sets of 5. So what people end up doing is training the big compounds with sets or 5 or similar, while doing some extra, high rep isolation work. The compounds drive progress while the isolations give you a little extra hypertrophy. Also remember getting stronger in the 5-8 rep range + eating a surplus makes you bigger as well.
>>40364997
I've been eating at a deficit for the past 7 months because I really wanted to lose weight. Went from 260ish to 204. I want to get around 180 or so before I start eating at a surplus. My strength has gone up even while eating at a deficit, but that's just noob gains. I guess a good ratio for the training would be 2 weeks strength 1 week hypertrophy?
Favorite insta fitness sloots thread
Anna Nystrom is obligatory
>>40364895
Is she natty?
https://www.instagram.com/amy_75kg/
Have any of you guys seen the Louis theroux bodybuilding episode?
>>40364234
Yes
Also the wrestling episode
>When that meathead goes mental
pmsl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-9oHxesKVg
>>40364255
Kek, he's like a drill sergeant
>>40364234
yes
it is hilarious, especially the part about the guys who pay female bodybuilders to sit on their faces and whatnot.
Should i fap before or after the gym
You should definitely sip before.
why not both?
>>40364077
Never.