Ampresus

These past few years I had been very strict with eating clean. Like I would have no sugars, no junk food, no nothing. I was the cleanest man in my environment yet I would still not lose weight. I was stuck at around 18% bodyfat for so long. I didn’t understand why. I worked out 3-4 times a week, my routine was incredibly rigid. Greens and fruits were my best friends, yet somehow I was still fat. Last month I had my first actual “cheatday” were I ate whatever I wanted after months of cutting. After having learnt about calories I went into a deficit for months and finally lost the fat part of the weight. You don’t understand how relieved I felt. Afterwards I went on vacation to Greece, Italy and Turkey. In all 3 places I listened to my desires and let loose. Sure, I felt guilty because I was so used to eating clean. But at the same time man, I hadn’t eaten ice cream in years. I haven’t had a singular pepsi for years. Chocolate, cheesy bread, pizza. You name it, I hadn’t touched it for so long. I felt such a relieve After my vacation I went back to eating clean and lost the little fat I gained during my holiday. I decided to go on a bulk but keep it clean. I still make oreo cheesecakes or biscoff cheesecakes, albeit a high protein version I found on Instagram. This satisfies all the cravings I have. I eat fruits, nuts, wholewheat bread, lean meats, seafood and too many greens lol. I now make all my own meals and order out only 1-2 times a week. After becoming a chef I don’t crave junk at all, though I already have plans for my next cheatday. Do you need junk? Is it good for you? After years of eating clean I honestly think it doesn’t matter that much. Like I felt great on a physical level. Mentally I had other problems, but clearly just “eating clean” didn’t solve them. Is it the end all be all? No I don’t think so. Cheating 1-2 times a week is not something to be ashamed about. Live life a little man. After I got into cooking I couldn’t wait to try genuine Italian pizza or Greek seafood because I wanted to know how the best of the best make their meals. Safe to say I tried it all and Italian ice cream and Greek waffles have become my all time favorite meals.

@Loba tysm man I try to come up with things I hate about her, but if I'm being honest to myself I know that I still love her. Like I know she has many flaws. She's not the perfect girl which I won't find ever again. Yet I know I still love her. I just know that I can't stay mad on her for too long or be upset with her for more than a few days. I will try this more deeply though, especially the part about ''Try seeing those in this person, instead of just the good, try to detach through an honest, detailed introspection as to why this person is not right for you.'' Because if she was right for me we would already be together. But we aren't, so clearly we are not compatible. If she can see it, surely I can too. @puporing I am not saying I have tried pick up extensively, something I probably should try, but I have tried to ''fuck'' these feelings away. If it wasn't with some random chick I would just pay hookers. Yet this proved to be of no success. I would be mid-lovemaking and think about her. Or mid-kissing someone in a club and thinking about her. It would ruin the entire experience. Of course, like most other people here, I hope to achieve awakening one day and fully forget about her. However I can't just trust that I will magically awaken. That is a whole another process, something which you should pursue with much more grounded reasons than ''wanting to forget a girl''. @eos_nyxia The answer to these questions is just being my utmost self, because I can be that with her. I am in my best mood when talking to her. Normally I am not that social or anything, but with her I can just talk away. We have had hours of conversations because she understands me and I her. We think about people a certain way, have the same type of humour etc. I guess my inner desire to socialize comes out when talking to her. My inner need for social affection. @Gesundheit2 For the past few weeks I have made it a habit to practice Law of Attraction everytime she comes to my mind, which happens way too much per day. So I already do these things.

Hello everyone. Yesterday I felt like being an approach RSD guru and decided to go out on my own here in Milaan, Italy. I thought it only made sense that this city has a good nightlife and that I should give it a try before I leave. I try to enter 1 club. “Sorry there is a dresscode and those shoes aren’t allowed.” I try to enter another club. “Sorry this is a private party you can’t get in through payment or whatever.” Already defeated, I walk to the third club where I knew I could get in but had to pay €30 for the entrance. Fuck it I thought, game requires sacrifices I guess. I walk in and lo and behold there are 20 girls just dancing on a podium. There were only 2 other guys there. What the actual fuck is this place. I talk with one of the girls who approached me and I soon realized they are strippers/hookers. Left without even finishing my drink. Now I have had a similar disappointing night in Turkey, where I couldn’t even get into a club without having a girl with me. The fuck are these stupid rules man. When I was in Crete, Greece I could literally walk into any club without anyone batting an eye. Why are other places so goddamn hard to walk into? You might say “approach some girls and try to get one with you to one of clubs” and I tried this. But said girls were always scared and wanted to leave the convo in 5s. I am still a newbie and just wanted to try some nightgame here my god why is it so difficult. Does anyone know how I find some clubs who will just let me in? Or at least not have strippers/hookers as the main attraction? I think I’ll stick to daygame for a long time because this club life where you get in if you have some status and wealth really doesn’t suit me. Why can’t a man just party in peace for God’s sake.

@Something Funny you’re right it’s huge, but not all the clubs are in walking distance for me so I was limited with how many I could visit. For some reason most good bars (with cheap drinks) are on the outskirts of the city while I am staying close to the Duomo. Even those on Tripadvisor are not in the city centre. Also it was not like I could get the shoes that night with most stores being closed, not that I was planning to anyway. Everything is so expensive here.

@Something Funny I did and already know of those. Most are bars not clubs. The ones that are clubs won’t just simply let you in for whatever reason they can come up with.

Just coming in to state that cbum is juiced up. You won’t get his type of physique without going on various steroid cycles. Other than that I agree with your post.

I wonder what you guys think of this guy. So far I have only seen like 5 videos and a few shorts, but tbh I think the guy is legit. Gives me much better vibes than most RSD videos. Here some of the videos I watched:

Hello everybody. Yesterday I came back from Crete after a long week of partying, drinking and kissing. I learnt a lot in those few days. It was also my first time drinking! On the last day we went to a waterpark and I actually managed to get the Instagram and a kiss from an employee. I tried to get her to come out with me that same evening, since it was my last day there, but she said she was unavailable. Now normally I would just think “whatever, enough fish in the sea” and move on. When I told her that I would be leaving the next day however, she was really upset and kept sending pictures on Instagram calling me cute and adorable. She insisted on me coming back, saying that she wished that kiss lasted longer. I think you can see where I am going with this. I can afford to go back in August. My dick is telling me I should, but my mind says it is just too weird to travel all the way back for one girl. I learnt a lot of game and intend to do more approaches back at home anyway, so why travel all the way to Greece for a girl? Then again… I really want her haha. What would you do? Currently I am planning to go back in August, but will keep doing approaches on random girls until then. It’s not like I’m married with her after all.

Please don’t take this post too seriously. Yesterday I partied drunk for the first time and had the time of my life. I finally get what people mean when they say they are more social when drunk. I understand that for pick-up relying on being drunk is not a good strategy, but I feel like this experience showed me how social I can truly be if I gave 0 f*cks. I talked and danced with so many girls and even guys. I made like 3 guy-friends at that club alone. I have been struggling a lot with socializing and loneliness and this experience has given me hope that I don’t need to be scared and alone forever. With that out of the way, the “small dick” joke did make some girls burst out in laughter. Though there were also plenty who were simply like “you know that is not a good pick up line right?” which confused me at the time. I wasn’t even trying to hit on them at that point, I just had way too much fun calling my own dick small. Are there any other counter intuitive things to say like this? I feel like they are a lot of fun. Going out at clubs is a bit difficult though I won’t lie. Girls decide in 2 seconds whether they will dance with you or not. Regardless, I complimented a lot of men and women and they all seemed to enjoy that. Made me feel great too. If anyone has a bit more experience with clubs please feel free to share some advice. I will go out tonight again and I will call my dick small again!

@Girzo Unfortunately I am only here for a brief time. Just graduated and my friend and I wanted to celebrate by clubbing here. I actually got another girl’s instagram and a kiss while I was at the water park today. I am slowly learning this game haha

God I wish they had DMT in Crete lmao

Hello everyone. So I would say a week ago or so, I experienced something I hadn't in a long time. I laid in bed late at night and for some reason my mind blacked out. Like it went quiet. Not in the sense of mind voice was gone, but as if I was nothing. Like there was nothing. I hope I make sense when I say these things because that is truly what it felt like. Like my thoughts were just thoughts. I looked around and my walls and windows were just that. Empty space like myself. I felt like I was in an endless pit. I was just trying to sleep and then this happened. I even got a bit teary. I was stressing about so many things and now they were all gone. After a few minutes of intense ''being nothing'' it calmed down and I came back. The only other time I had experienced something similar was during meditation a year ago. Back when I was very into it (im sorry guys I havent meditated in a while I know you're all ready to cite all the reasons I should start again but just bear with me). During this one particular meditation session I entered ''a state'' I guess where my thoughts went quiet. I literally had 0 thoughts for a solid 4-5 mins and was astounded. It was not even like a special session, I was just going through the daily habit of meditating. Nothing out of the ordinary. Anyways I guess my question is: what did just happen? Like does it have a name? Was it a state? Or something more?

@Ryan_047 Welcome to yt lol. At the end of the day it's a platform where everyone competes for your attention, so of course some of his titles and thumbnails will be clickbaity. I personally don't know how they got to 3.4-4.4g/kg protein per day without overusing protein powder or just eating chicken all day. I am struggling to get 160g in everyday, yet here he says that doing twice that is perfectly fine. Regardless he makes the best fitness yt videos as far as I know.

Lets just sense whether or not it gives me cancer. Surely I know my body better than any study or doctor.

Doesn't matter when. Before, during or after your work out will have the same effects. What truly is important however is if you are consuming enough protein everyday.

Watch this video by Jeff Nippard, one of the most well-respected fitness guys on YT. He explains everything you want to know, based on scientific studies that he links in the description of each video:

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Does not matter, as long as you stick to your daily amount of protein. You could have your shake during breakfast, at the gym, during dinner or as a late night beverage. Really does not matter.

Or we can just look at the EFSA and gather what they are saying: ''However fish can also contribute significantly to the dietary exposure to contaminants such as methylmercury, dioxins and PCBs, brominated flame retardants, camphechlor and organotin compounds. Concentrations of these contaminants in fish vary with the nature of the contaminant and the type of fish. Fat soluble contaminants (such as dioxins and dioxin-like compounds) are especially found in fatty fish, e.g. salmon and herring. In contrast, methymercury levels are not related to the fat content of the fish but due to its accumulation in the food chain, methylmercury is present in higher amounts in large predatory fish (such as swordfish and tuna). High consumers of top predatory fish such as pike or tuna (especially bluefin or albacore tuna, not likely to be found in canned tuna in Europe) may exceed the provisionally tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) for methylmercury. High consumers of fatty fish may exceed the PTWI for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds.'' ''Intakes of contaminants in fish other than methylmercury and dioxins and PCBs, are not a health concern. Fish do not contribute significantly to total dietary exposure to these contaminants, and where it does, it is unlikely that even high consumers of fish exceed the tolerable intake levels (where these have been established).'' Basically don't eat too much fish, esp not stuff like bluefin, and you won't exceed PTWI. Almost as if peope have been eating sea food for years and can keep doing so! Crazy! https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/news/efsa-provides-advice-safety-and-nutritional-contribution-wild-and-farmed-fish (Same authority also says that replacing fish with meat won't make much of a difference, since that can still exceed PTWI if gone too far. If you're really worried about it, I suggest going for a more plant-based diet.)

Hello everyone. Yesterday I might have just had the best day of my life. I met up with a girl I had been talking to and my god did we have fun. It seemed like everything went fine, but after pumping for a solid 30 minutes I realized I just couldn't cum. I got hard to a certain degree, but cumming was mostly off the table. I came close to orgasming once, and after it never really came back. I made her cum though, which I am proud of. I wasn't born yesterday, I know women like more than penetration and so I ate her out. She said she truly enjoyed it and that I needn't worry about it. She said it might just be because it's my first time, the nerves and all that. Thank the lord she wants to see me again and so I will be visiting her next Saturday. I am so happy that I did get laid, but I truly want to cum next time. One thing that I am already taking into account is not fapping. I won't cum until I meet her, that's for sure. I thought by not fapping for ~2 days I would surely cum when I got to her, but apparently that wasn't enough. Do you guys have any other advice? Anyone with experience perhaps? I am not even the low libido type of dude. Personally I think it comes because I fap too much, but I am open for all suggestions.

Ngl I personally think this whole ''sea-food = poison'' is the stupidest thing I have heard in a while. Haven't watched Leo's video about it and I won't bother, but if you truly want to avoid it though here are some other options: - Cottage cheese - Nuts, seeds, legumes - Yoghurt (the lower the fat, the better) - Whey protein (though ppl on this forum are also scared of that apparently) - Stuff like peanut butter or almond butter I personally eat meats and fish on top everything I mentioned here, besides whey protein (I have yet to order it for the first time). In the end it's up to you ofc.

Am also Dutch and I completely agree with MaxV. I would say Volt is the most conscious party at the moment, though unfortunately very small. Btw conservative parties are actually rising in numbers. A quick look at FvD should tell you enough. On YouTube alone they gather the most amount of views. NOS, for example, interviewed (using viewer requested questions) a bunch of party-leaders and it's clear with numbers alone how popular Thierry really is. He got +100k views on his interview, double of current minister-president Mark Rutte. His YouTube channel is just a minefield of hit after hit. Compared to his channel, GroenLinks and ChristenUnie (for example) are failing miserably. I don't know too much about politics in general, especially about my own country, but I can already tell that they are destined for something big. Their popularity is increasing with every controversial tweet. I don't think they'll be the biggest, not even close, but they'll definitely leave a mark in parliament. Am guessing at least 8 seats, if I'm wrong it just proves how little I really know about politics in my country. Piratenpartij is also great, they want to legalize shrooms!

Hey I know Hasan! Good fella

Hello everyone. Recently I discovered, after some inner work, how much attention I crave from people. I always fantasized about ways in which I would get a lot of attention from people I don’t know or people I do know. I’m talking about acting not like myself to stand out, try to gain publicity on social media networks or purposefully not approach friends but to wait till I get approached instead. I’m sure it stems from my past, probably something like not getting enough attention from my parents when I was younger. Is the solution here that I should stop caring about what other people think of me? Or is it something else? Have you guys ever dealt with this type of stuff? Thanks in advance.

Good day everyone. As my last years of high school are coming to an end, I have basically made two options for myself: 1. I take a gap year, buy Leo's course and try to finish it within that year. I'll know what I want, how to get it and what I need to get it at the end of the year. 2. I go to university, get myself a degree so I am secure in that regard and then pursue one of many dreams which I have. As of right now I am not 100% certain what I want. I always thought I wanted to become something big like an astronaut, which is still something I really want to be, but I see now that it might be smarter to go for other options. Especially Leo's blog post about universities really made me question whether it would be smart to go to one. Psychedelics researcher, full-time video-editor or primatologist are my other options right now. My interest is high in these fields and maybe just going for the astronaut route might not be that fun. Apparently I'd need at least a degree in something like aerospace engineering, something which in and of itself doesn't seem THAT interesting to me, but is certainly something I'd consider doing if that's what it takes to become an astronaut. The gap year would really help me figure out what I want, though lets say the course doesn't take too long I would end up not doing much for the remainder of the year. You can only apply for universities every year you know. I would have loads of free time left not knowing what to do. If you have any advice, suggestions or general remarks about universities and stuff, please let me know. So far my only informant about universities has been Leo calling them all evil and personally I am still a bit skeptic about that. Maybe he's right, I don't know.