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TheCasual

TheCasual

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I know we're three weeks into 2024 but anyway.

Here are mind

HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Loose 2 and half stone(35lbs, 16kg) by 1st June
Cardio 5 times a week
Weights 3 times a week
Average 11pm bed time
Average 400k steps a month
Develop a supplement stack
Have 12 dry weekends
Continue with current protocols

EDUCATION
Read a book a month
Complete my degree
Listening to one educational podcast a week

MISCELLANEOUS
Sort my mums living arrangements out
Sell my dad's house
Cut down on procrastination

FINANCIAL/CRYPTO
DCA Into Crpyto until April
Save for Christmas
Hit one whole bitcoin.


LEASURE/HOBBIES
Learn the rest of minor pentatonic positions on guitar
Learn rest of the major scale positions on guitar
Go to driving range at least once a week
Hit over 250 yards at driving range
Post everyday on Instagram on trainer page
Hit 5k Instagram followers

I know there's a lot. I doubt I'll hit them all but I'm for the moon and all that.
 
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TheCasual said:
I know we're three weeks into 2024 but anyway.

Here are mind

HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Loose 2 and half stone(35lbs, 16kg) by 1st June
Cardio 5 times a week
Weights 3 times a week
Average 11pm bed time
Average 400k steps a month
Develop a supplement stack
Have 12 dry weekends
Continue with current protocols

EDUCATION
Read a book a month
Complete my degree
Listening to one educational podcast a week

MISCELLANEOUS
Sort my mums living arrangements out
Sell my dad's house
Cut down on procrastination

FINANCIAL/CRYPTO
DCA Into Crpyto until April
Save for Christmas
Hit one whole bitcoin.


LEASURE/HOBBIES
Learn the rest of minor pentatonic positions on guitar
Learn rest of the major scale positions on guitar
Go to driving range at least once a week
Hit over 250 yards at driving range
Post everyday on Instagram on trainer page
Hit 5k Instagram followers

I know there's a lot. I doubt I'll hit them all but I'm for the moon and all that.
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Good luck

Stupid question, but what does ‘develop a supplement stack’ mean?
 
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16kg is a lot of weight to want to lose in 5/6 months. Realistically that's a year to 18 months, unless you're swapping food for cocaine, as a supplement.

It's totally possible to get fitter and build muscle whilst drinking in moderation, but you'll struggle to lose that amount of weight whilst drinking your calories.. bit like pressing the accelerator and brake at the same time.
 
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highpeak tiger said:
Other than Vitamin D, you shouldn't need any.
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Unlikely even to need that.
Possibly only B12 (even if a flesh eater), but even that's doubtful.
Vitamin supplements are a con except for rare specific medically diagnosed cases. As they say, you're pissing your money down the toilet, literally. Same with such as cold liver oil, glucosamine, chondroitin, etc etc.
 
It's a contentious issue and been debated for decades now, but I wouldn't want to generalise as it's entirely dependent on lifestyle, aims, (and genetics ;) etc.

Certainly if you're overdosing on 2000mg vitamin C, whilst having a varied diet and a normal life, you will be pissing out your money, but if you're lifting weights in the gym 4-5 times a week, with the aim of building muscle, taking creatine and protein will have a positive effect.

From my perspective, the most important thing is to find something sustainable. There's no purpose to spending several hundred pounds a month on supplements, if you do it for six months and then give up. Same as if you spend the same, but then eat badly or drink to excess. Everyone needs something that they can follow through for the rest of life, and usually a balanced diet is the easiest to maintain.

I don't see much sunlight at the moment, due to latitude, so take vitamin d. I probably wouldn't bother if I lived in Spain.
 
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Heimdallr said:
It's a contentious issue and been debated for decades now, but I wouldn't want to generalise as it's entirely dependent on lifestyle, aims, (and genetics ;) etc.

Certainly if you're overdosing on 2000mg vitamin C, whilst having a varied diet and a normal life, you will be pissing out your money, but if you're lifting weights in the gym 4-5 times a week, with the aim of building muscle, taking creatine and protein will have a positive effect.

From my perspective, the most important thing is to find something sustainable. There's no purpose to spending several hundred pounds a month on supplements, if you do it for six months and then give up. Same as if you spend the same, but then eat badly or drink to excess. Everyone needs something that they can follow through for the rest of life, and usually a balanced diet is the easiest to maintain.

I don't see much sunlight at the moment, due to latitude, so take vitamin d. I probably wouldn't bother if I lived in Spain.
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Agree with most of that.
Such as creatine and protein supplementation can of course bring benefits for certain goals, such as building additional muscle, but we were talking about vitamins, which are for the most part unnecessary, potentially even harmful including for your wallet. That said, our protein needs are often over-stated by those with vested interest (have you ever heard of anyone dying from lack of protein?). Re. Vitamin D, sounds like you've fallen for the marketing :emoticon-0105-wink:
A good source of info ... https://www.drmcdougall.com/education/information/vitamin-d-values-for-normal-are-exaggerated/
 
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