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[Optimized Life]

11 hours ago, Optimized Life said:

So the gym & getting ripped just 1 of those achievable and tangible things I can earn & flex  

By "Flex" I dont mean literally showing off. 

I mean that the visual result, and the obvious persistence and discipline speaks for itself, and virtually every mentally healthy person respects that. 

It's fundamentally just about being human

Setting a difficult and uncommon achievement as a goal, then fucking achieving it, and people respect it.

That feels GOOD, its fun, there's not much else to fucking say. It's not stage orange or blue or whatever

It's simply just human condition. 

Certain personality types are wired to achieve things and get respect and admiration.

And the gym is one of the few things that requires a small amount of resources (but a ton of resourcefulness) that universally elicits respect, admiration and attraction from others, and thank god for that. Imagine if having money was the only thing anyone respected or praised people for, 1 reason for this is with the gym you cannot fake the work ethic, you cannot steal your body, you cannot scam it from others, you cannot (*Well lol a lot of guys do take steroids but : 1. A LOT Of people can differentiate between a steroid vs natty these days and 2. the aura difference is massive, steroid bitch doesnt get the aura benefits from the gym because he knows he cheated himself and is destroying his body on the inside. Steroid also massively increases psychosis risk, and even "mild" PEDs (which everyone online wants to fucking normalise and justify these days) have a cascade risk of weird side effects, but the worse one not being acne or natural T suprresion, but psychosis risk. Why did connor murphy lose his fucking head? PED aftermath + psychedelics. Both on their own are a russian roulette, but combining them, fuck that

And a lot of people don't realize how much work actually goes into truly mastering the gym, I mean truly percise maxed out aesthetic physique, no PEDS, cutting to 11% bodyfat, not destroying joints, not bulking or going powerlifter, scheduling it all to fit with work, many people go gym, 99.9% of men do not go all in on it. I genuinely believe the rare people who go in on it virtually ALWAYS get rich eventually after, because 99.9% of peoplle, including on self improvement forums, do not actually have any work ethic, but also that's ok, this is for ambitious people, im not trying to force my personality on others, I actually respect Frame, i respect a fat person if they genuinely wnat to be fat, they just decided they love food, love cake, love beer ect.. and their life, their job, their mid girlfriend is good enough and they're happy, I fully respect that. 

Honestly I LOVE Food, I fuckig love to eat, i could so easily get fat af, I just happen to love ambition more, its just a rare weird conicndence im like this, evolution didnt even design humans to be ambitious, only to conserve energy and just survive. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Optimized Life

[Optimized Life]

On 07/12/2025 at 7:03 AM, Optimized Life said:

Satisfaction index is non proportional to calorie/sugar count, have to understand this. 

It's not that you need 2,000 calories of 250 grams of sugar junk

Its that you need to eat something that satisfies & satiates you > Which is more than just the mouth taste, its the walk, the nice area u buy the food ect.. 

perhaps that thing has 20 grams of sugar and 700 calories, so be it. 

My point is the satisfaction rarely requires actually poisoning yourself. 

For example, I had a kitkat the other day, and felt zero satisfaction after. 

Then when I had this pizza, I felt a ton of satisfaction and no desire to snack for a while, the pizza also had much less added sugar and chemicals, just bread, vegetables and meat, cheese & sauce = Perfect "cheat". 

11.12.25 

I've realized this semi applies to caffiene too. 

(Although caffiene is directly physically addictive, causes physiological (physical and cognitive) withdrawal symptoms, and true cold turkey is bordeline impossible for anyone who doesnt have a holiday booked ... I can significantly reduce the Actual MG total content consumed daily, without losing, even gaining satisfaction itch scratched/psychological micro comfort/routine ect.. through a mix of hot decaf lattes, 1 coke zero ect.. maybe 1-2 pieces of dark chocolate if its a clean brand. 

Its the psycholgoy of walking to the caffe, getting a decaf, i can even trick my brain that this simply is a normal coffee & use placebo as well

P.s : Pizza is only a 1 day per week max thing for me, high carbs simply does not fit with hitting 11% bodyfat. Max 100-150 per day average currently. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Optimized Life

[Optimized Life]

23 hours ago, Optimized Life said:

No LATE Caffiene 

Caffeine Timing > Caffeine consumption 

400MG at 7-9AM > 200MG at 3PM 

Heavy, even upper moderate caffeine in late afternoon RUINS adenosine cycle, THIS is why timing is much more important to control  

Caffiene today : 

1. 400MG (2*cappucino) 7.30-830AM

2. 1*Dark chocolate bar 12AM > **Quit because these brands are causing stomach upset & mild nausea 

3. 1*Coke Zero 12.30AM 

NO MORE Caffeine today 

I will get back to 7+ Hours sleep 

This was another low IQ moment 

They BOTH matter because caffiene has a massive half life lol 

400MG at 8AM is just as bad, possibly worse. 

It's fine, I simply had way too much and started to try and pretend its normal, its not. 

Today, even after 5H sleep, i have had about max 200MG caffiene, and that is the maximum I could possibly need, this is bodily introspection. 

Another thing : Late Caffeine is bad, but very early caffiene is also super bad (espeically if your trying to rebalance your coritsol rhythyms, caffiene at 9-10AM > 6-8AM > 2-3PM 

On a good sleep day, I probably only need 100-170 MG max 

I dont know how I got in the habit of 300,400,450MG per day, its simply too much to sleep, it's like jumping off a bridge and then trying to act like gravity doesnt exist and im fine. 

Whats the solution for caffiene control?

ALways knowing the math 

Also Sleep > saving a few dollars

I do not use instant coffee because even though its 100* cheaper, its very hard to quantify, its mentally unsatiating, and has a high risk i end up just buying a coffee any way which takes me into the 300-500MG terriotory = 4-6 Hours sleep at best, not worth saving $3-5 a day. 

No amount of money is worth losing my health or momentum, especially not $5 

Cappucino = 180-200MG in just one drink - thats WAYY too much 

flat white = 90MG, 

Decaf approx 5-20MG 

and again if i get really bored at like 2PM then i just simply have a decaf and hypnotically brainwash myself that it has 400MG in it 

Edited 9 hours ago by Optimized Life

[Optimized Life]

11.12.25

1. Sleep 5 hours 
2. Caffeine MG : 200 - 230MG 
3. No Fap day 1 
4. No Sugar day 2 
5. Floss day 8 
6. Gym 1 (front lateral & rare delts, moderate triceps (rope pulls), back 3 sets (just vertical lat pull machine)
7. Net calories:1,800 (11% bf target range > 1,700 - 1,900, max Low 1.5K to prevent flatness/muscle loss, upper limit 2K )
8. Net Profit + $44 (Made $120-150 today but expenses)
9. Actor Level Voice deepening 4 - 6 week, 10 minute daily practice : X 

Quick note on hitting 11% bodyfat 

^ People think "11% BF = being an anal neurotic and not enjoying life".

This is true to REACH 11% BF and lose the fat + the first 4-6 weeks of your body restabilizing. 

But once u reach it AND ur body adapts, you can actually eat FAR MORE & stay 11% bodyfat, then u could at 17% bodyfat to stay that weight. It's very counter-intuitive. But there are multiple specific reasons for this. So yeah now I'm eating anywhere from 1.5K - 2K calories with a daily target of 1.7-1.8K, and that sucks a bit because its far below my maintenance baseline & means I cannot just casually have a glass of milk for example unless it's within the plan). However at 11% BF > 4-6 weeks of restabilizing, after this, I can literally go like 600-800 calories over typical maintenance in my eating, and due to a multitude of factors, my body will simply stay at 11% or hover around 11-12%. 1 factor being that this extra leanness automatically creates more NEAT. 

Ready to be flexing shirtless ice cream pics in a couple months (might have to reveal the cock too & see if mr Guru bans me)

Motivation right now : 10/10 

I dream of sub tropical logistics 

I'm not going fucking stop or slow down goodbye

 

Edited 47 minutes ago by Optimized Life