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#161

At the risk of sounding like a worried older brother…

Growth might increase more at some times rather than others. Also if you lose fat or water, it might appear you’re losing rather than gaining. Do you have a scale or device that might track body fat? Even so, the measurements can fluctuate due to “error” that is in the scale or device.

What if you had a “weigh in day”? As in once a week you take measurements. I’m wondering if too much monitoring might lead to over-concern about gain and then lead to stress and then lead to cortisol elevation, and then I think you know what I’m getting at.

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#162

This a scale I’ve been using for almost 2 years. It’s been pretty reliable. I weigh myself 2-4 times just to make sure it’s the right weight.

FITINDEX Smart Bluetooth Body Fat Scale with Upgraded App, High Precision Bathroom Scales Digital Weight and Body Fat Body Composition Monitor, 396lb/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JJ4KMS5/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_NHBDMENdMLBen

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#163

Thank you for posting this idea!

#164

Thank you so much guys, and yes @RVconsultant there is a machine body comp analysis machine I use at the gym that showed my body fat percentage dropping to 10.5% now. And I have calipers at home as well which show that I’m between 10.5-11.5%, so that is confirmed (I checked today too and last time was before the last time I listened to wanted, it was 11.1% on the machine).

Another thing, I realized that the confidence in my skin that I’m getting from primal is actually making me a bit less concerned with how much I gain, making me less stressed out, I noticed I’m not checking my weight constantly either, nor am I concerned with my muscle sizes (I get anxious even if it dropped by 0.1 inch), so I think now I’ll enjoy looking the way I do and strive to improve, rather than thinking I need to eat more and gain more at any cost. Just wanna be chill now tbh.

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#165

A number of years ago there was a book written:

The gist is that there is pressure on boys and men to look a certain way. In that, males might feel self conscious or have a body image problem if they aren’t as muscular as they think they should be.

I don’t know if this idea ever gain momentum, but I think it’s supposed to be something similar to women thinking they aren’t thin enough and then having eating problems.

You might want to read this book, or a summary, as perhaps it might help you gain any perspective on your body image that might help you.

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#166

Yea I really need to work on my body image issues, there’s a lot of healing that can be done in that aspect as well, and this is kinda one of the main reasons I was inclined to start khan alongside my custom and just stay on that road till I’m done with all the stages, but then I saw primal can help with that too (in a way), so I’m going to see what happens, like I said, since running primal, I feel better than before, sage helped me with it before too, but ultimately the issue is much worse that I would need something like khan TB or DR for it, since I used to be extremely skinny and bullied for it, so the fear of being picked on and social acceptance became the first 2 motivators for me, and I guess you can tell what this ended up doing right? I mean it’s been 10 years since then.

But thank you for the recommendation, I’ll check it out.

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The chronicles of Invictus and ZP
#167

Invictus’ thoughts: “hmmm I think I might be stonewalling after rotating subs with my custom so many times”

Invictus on OG and WQ; deadlifts 160kg after not doing it since December

P.S. I did deadlift like 3 weeks ago, but it was the only time I did since December, and it was with moderate weights (100kg) to just superset with a horizontal pull (seated rows).

So far i kinda laid off of primal after the initial use, as I’d like to put all my focus in the physical shifting, and as suspected, I’m making gains again finally, having my girl finally calm down about everything actually made such a huge impact, that even my appetite seemed like it came back within an hour after we moved on from all the arguments. I guess you could say that the sadness I felt from the arguments could have slowed down the processing of the subs :thinking: I mean, it probably did as the one thing I confirmed during this whole arguments phase, is that I love her so much that if she’s down (especially if it’s because of me), then nothing else matters to me as much.

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