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@Espaim Thank you, brother! Currently on day 47 and I'll be discontinuing counting the days from now on, to make this a part of my life. All of my desire for caffeine has completely vanished. This made such a massive difference in my life it's very surprising, all from quitting caffeine. I've also noticed what you mentioned about becoming more mindful. Caffeine has this robotic effect that makes you very efficient for a short period of time, but totally mindless. After quitting, my energy and focus have been steady throughout the day. Good luck to you as well.

I'd like to apologize to any aliens or 5th dimension entities who witnessed this pathetic event. ?

@LfcCharlie4 ??

God, Torres was such a beast.

5:00 AM The weather this morning was incredible, night frost and stillness, starlit sky, and nobody awake. Really picked up the pace on this run and really pushed myself. I'm almost in bliss now after its over, lol. Really loving the fresh autumn air. Went for a 5:00 AM run yesterday as well and it was incredibly windy, I enjoy running in both type of weathers. Nofap day 3. I notice I always get urges after workouts, due to being in such a good mood. But I feel like it's only that way the first 10-14 days, then it'll eventually pass.

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You have to redirect the energy you gain from it. Such as meditation, yoga, exercise, or hobbies that take effort and time. When you get overloaded with energy it tends to cloud the mind if you're not letting it out constantly. Like George Leonard said in Mastery, the number one way to get energy is to spend energy. I just fell of a 12 day streak myself, and already noticed so many benefits there's no way I'm stopping nofap. This is obviously something almost all men are addicted to whether they admit it or not. Also what @LfcCharlie4 said.

That's literally the first sign of being addicted to caffeine.

Don't sell yourself short. After thousands of hours of explaining everything from how reality works to self-help, things start to fall into place. The most important thing one can get from your teachings is independent thinking, with subtle nudging in the right direction. It just becomes a matter of taking action after so much input.

Leo's older videos cover every aspect of self help you'd ever need.

5:00 AM Went for my longest run so far, about 2 hours. Don't know if I'll even be able to run in the morning, but I'd love to, this has become super fun!

You think Goggins was wired for discipline when he was 300 pounds eating donuts for breakfast? I think it sucks just as bad for him as with others, he just learned to emrace pushing through pain. I believe anyone can get to that level. So in a sense you can wire yourself for it.

5:30 AM Went for a good run, my whole body was super sore from a David Goggins workout I did yesterday, which completely killed my legs and stomach. But It felt great nonetheless. Exercising is a spiritual process if you treat it as such. You tap into your inner warrior when you want to quit but keep pushing. Managed to read 17 pages in Psycho Psybernetics yesterday and will read some more today, finally, I've started! after procrastinating forever. Nofap day 0. Yes, it happened, I relapsed. I've been having insane urges the last 2 days and it just felt like it needed to happen after this morning run. Now I've got a fresh perspective on the after-feeling of a relapse and its safe to say it's not worth it at all. I'll keep on going strong with that thought in mind. The only disciplines I've got left to beat are nofap, reading, and meditation. I've conquered every discipline I set myself the last 2 months and it feels EPIC. I know I can beat this nofap addiction. Although I've never been a serious "addict", no more than 1-3 times a week, but the fact is, if I can't stop for more than 12 days without losing control, then it's safe to say its an addiction. I've found out by doing an overwhelming amount of challenges and disciplines at once has been the best way for me to get back on track. I'm so motivated to keep them all going that there's no room for failure.

I've been taking magnesium powder now for two months, it's absolutely fantastic. I feel it recovers my body and mind just as well as creatine, and it has so many other benefits. It's even boosted my workout performance, and it ables me to workout two times a day. D-3 is also important if you live in a country that doesn't get much sun exposure. I find a high-protein, high-fat diet to work best for me, alongside some complex carbs. I try to make sure I get enough fiber, which can be from oatmeal, veggies and fruits.

Even the most enlightened master could not perfect himself in all aspects of life.

5:00 AM Woke up and went straight out for a run. The plan was to run the same distance as last time which was almost double the distance before it, but I ended up doubling this run as well, so tripling what I was doing before, it took about 1.5 hours and felt so incredible. The "runners-high" is very real, lol. ? It's Nofap Day 10 currently and I awoke to a surprise in the middle of the night. A wet dream! I knew this would come at some point and I'm not gonna lie it felt a little disappointing. But from what I've read and heard It's doesn't count as a relapse at all, while it might set some off for 1-3 days, others don't feel loss of motivation or energy at all. I don't really feel any difference so far so I won't comment on it for now. I've been feeling no urges at all, and feel like I could give this up forever, but I feel there will be tough times when I'm feeling down or tired. Those times will be the most important to stay strong and be ready for war. Day 36 of no caffeine. That habit has far gone and I could stop counting If I'd wish to but I'll keep counting for at least 66 days. The only things I've yet to get into routine are meditation and reading. I've been trying to start my reading for probably 2 months, and have had the same book on my desk all this time. I can not figure out why it's so hard for me to start it again when I was averaging like 100 pages a day 7 months ago. It really is just a matter of picking it up and starting, it's that simple, yet I've somehow procrastinated on it forever. Today will be the day I pick it up and start reading. I REALLY feel that I'm missing meditation after a little break. I need to find a place in the day and make it a habit as well. Maybe after my morning runs would be ideal, since I'm going to bed so early now. I most likely will start with 20 minutes sessions and work my way up to an hour.

Quitting caffeine was one of the best decisions I've ever made. Literally everything is better from sleep, to focus, to motivation, etc.

Nofap gang is out here! Maybe we should create a topic in the journal section where we can talk about our progress and how we overcome urges and such, if anyone's interested.

5:30 am Looked into breathing techniques for running last night and It worked so well I almost doubled my distance. It was really refreshing running in the pouring rain. In the afternoon I did the Mike Chang flow workout which left me drenched in sweat. I'm really enjoying pushing my limits at the moment, it feels so incredibly good afterwards, mentally and physically. Cold showers help me to recover a little faster as well. Day 8 of nofap, no urges so far. I've noticed my workouts are definitely more intense from the testosterone build-up.

@CultivateLove Bara vera slakur og opin, þeir kunna að taka a moti nyju folki. Ekkert til að ottast.

My birthday today. Never really felt that those are any more special than other days. But I guess it's nice that people show a little more care and love on this particular day. I'll be eating healthily all day nonetheless, my desire for unhealthy food has completely vanished. Went for a 5 am run this morning. Hearing the rain made me dread getting up and go outside. But as I mentioned in my last post, it wasn't bad at all once I was outside, matter of fact, it was actually fantastic! The mind tries to play tricks and sway you from doing uncomfortable things with a very logical reason, especially when it's as vulnerable as it is in the morning. Nofap Day 6 today, I can already see a difference in how I communicate with others. It doesn't take many days for the testosterone to build up.

Finally one-month caffeine-free (31 days). The best decision I've made in a while, everything from sleep, mood, focus, motivation, etc keeps improving. It has become easy to fall asleep before 10 pm and wake up at 5 am. Quality of sleep has also been improved vastly. I'll continue to at least 60 days before I may introduce cacao back into my diet, but more controllably, it has so many benefits that It's one of the only exceptions I'd make. Woke up at 5:00 am this morning with a massive stomach ace from how unhealthy I ate yesterday. I've not run as much as I would've liked to last week but its slowly progressing. If I miss a run, I do nonetheless exercise so it's not a massive problem other than missing out on the discipline of doing it beside it sucking big time. The hardest part is really just to get out of the house, after I'm out it's all good. I'm on nofap day 5 and there have definitely been some heavy urges today and yesterday. The last time I did nofap, it became really easy after day 7 so I'll just have to get passed 3-5 more days and from there it's all smooth sailing. I find starting nofap after an LSD trip to be the best way since It kinda pushes your mind so far from pleasure-seeking that it doesn't even occur to me. But I decided to just start it now the hard way, and defeat this "addiction" once and for all. Porn is not healthy in any way, whether addicted or not.

Woke up at 5:30 AM and went back to sleep due to insane body soreness. I could've forced myself to go for a run and push through it but I've done that before and injured myself by starting off too strong (got weak knees). And I'm kinda already on the edge of pushing the limits, yesterday I ran in the morning, then later in the day did a Goggins live workout which was squats, lunges and pushups for an hour straight with 0 rest. So I woke up this morning feeling like I had been in war for months, lol. I've fully committed to nofap at this point and will be giving PMO up for as long as possible. The benefits are too great for me not to be doing it, and its a fun challenge as well. Last time I did PMO for a month I noticed how vast the benefits were, and am very curious what 90+ days feel like. The community over on Reddit, despite being a little extreme sometimes, is actually a great support system so I'll be staying updated there when I need motivation.

@Nahm Golden advice! Compassion and understanding. You don't know what happened to this person which causes them to be negative.

@Javfly33 I wasn't happy the first two weeks, but it got better. ???