Ive been regularly working out for 2 years now I think, so here's my opinions:
No need for any supplements or worrying about what salt you eat. Just have a balanced diet and cook your own meals. That way you won't have too much salt and sugar like in the processed foods.
The pain in your leg could be from wrong shoes, take a break and maybe try different ones once the pain is gone completely.
I run around once a week, currently 8.5-9km in 45-55 minutes. Just slowly increase it, I started with 2.5km too.
For other exercise I do calisthenics, the most effective way I've found (for gaining muscle) is to do every exercise until you literally can't anymore (make sure you're not sacrificing your form though). Once you do an exercise well, switch to the next harder variant, for example after regular pushups you can switch to pushups with elevated legs.
And always make sure you have enough rest time between training each muscle set
I believe in supplements. But everything I take, I take for a reason. Vit C smoking, Vit D not enough sun, Spirulina protein (among other things), etc. I don't take anything just for the sake of taking it.
About salt. Honestly, I like how Himalayan salt looks and tastes. I also believe it's superior, at least to regular salt and even to sea salt. I also have a lot of Himalayan salt from a couple of years ago, so I'll stick with it
I HATE cooking. Hate it. You get burned, you get cut, you waste time, you have to dirty up a ton of stuff, which then you have to wash. Ugh! Hate it! Besides, when I get hungry I want to stuff my face immediately, not cook for 19 hours and then eat. Fuggetaboutit
Sometimes, it just means, forget about it
The pain in my leg is probably from bad shoes. But also many years of inactivity. Both combined I think. It's been 7 days since it started hurting, and it still hurts. So annoying, so limiting. And every article about foot pain says to rest it. Well if I rest it, I can't use it, so I can't exercise. Goddamnit...
Thanks for the comment
You could definitely put 3-4 kilos in 6 days especially if you were undereating and/or not taking enough water. But most of it is probably water/fluids weight
don't expect to keep the same pace with putting in on weight.
So I woke up an hour ago, went to the bathroom did what we do in there, got on the scale and it says 64.2
Okay, from 61.5 to 64.2 in 7 days. That makes more sense.
I guess I hope that I can get to about 70 kilos asap, and then it will slow down. Like the muscle memory thing. I never had 70 kilos in my life, but I had close to it. So I figure my body "knows" how to get us to 70 kilos. Muscle memory, bone memory, body memory, whatever.
But at some point I figure I'll hit the max, and then weight gain will become a super super slow process. We'll see how it goes
Good luck with your journey, my friend. Don't forget to make daily pictures, to keep track of the progress.
Some motivation:
...later laugh...
haha thanks man. I took a few pictures when I started, but that's pretty much it. There's no need for pictures, I got a mirror and a scale
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Okay, for the past 2 months I've been having pain in my right shoulder. Out of nowhere, started out of the blue. I didn't carry anything heavy or did anything to cause this pain. It doesn't make any sense. At first I thought maybe I caught a cold and it will go away, but here we are 2 months later and I still feel it.
Last night I think I figured out why. I went to sleep and I turned on the side, and felt a bit of pain, and then I realized that I'm putting all my weight on that shoulder. So I'm sleeping on the right side, or at least falling asleep on that side.
I thought about it for a second, and, well, in the room where I live, I also work. I have 3 computer monitors and 3 lap tops. And so at night they're turned on, producing light. But if I sleep on my right side then I'm turned to the wall, and there's less light "in my face". So last night I turned off the 3 monitors and covered the 3 lap tops, reduced the light they produce by about 95%.
Another thing, I have like 5 pillows on the bed, and 2 covers. And because one side of the bed faces the floor, I never keep anything on that side so that it doesn't fall to the floor. So everything ends up being on the side where the wall is. But that also means that as I sleep I can't be comfortable. On the one side I have light, on the other side I have stuff. So last night I took away one of the covers and 4 of the pillows. I left 1 pillow only and 1 cover.
I fell asleep on my left side, and I woke up on my left side.
I think this is what's causing it. I guess my shoulder after many months of sleeping this way just started suffering, especially also because I'm just skin and bone, so there's no muscle to keep it strong, also my bone strength is also suspect. What this thread is all about, trying to fix everything now.
So I'll sleep like this from now on. And in about 2 weeks my anatomic pillow arrives, which should improve the situation even more.
