I think you should maybe give a heads up in the title or at the beginning of the video that you’re going to talk about calorie counting and binge eating stuff. I really like your videos and get excited to see new ones but was not prepared for this and feel a bit unsettled by it. Obviously it’s up to you but just some feedback. Take care.
Related a lot to what you said. I lost 20 pounds at the beginning of this year, mostly making a pact with myself to eat better, workout everyday, quit smoking, etc etc. I also had more time to workout and focus on it than I do now, I was only working 3 days a week, which of course wasnt financially stable, so I switched jobs. I started seeing my girlfriend around that time too, so now my schedule is pretty rigid and consistent. I work from 6-2 everyday (I wake up at 5), and my weekends I'm with my girlfriend. Ideally I should be working out and focusing on my diet once I'm off work, but I'm so physically and mentally tired all the time now. Waking up and going to bed early is more difficult than I thought it'd be, and my tiredness only seems to get worse because I've been eating less healthy and working out significantly less. I know the solution is to power through and get to that stamina level I once had, but its been so, so tough. I'm hoping I can get out of my own way and get back to it, it sucks that the times I'm not at work or with my partner, I beat myself up for not doing enough. I know achieving consistent fitness and working towards that goal will make me happy as it did in the past, I just cant seem to get back up and do it again
the youtube channel renaissance periodization condemns body recomposition and I'm really worried you're leaving gains on the table noah. have you looked into this.
I think from all "influencers" you and hasan piker gives me this feeling of inspiration, of sort of empowerment. amazing content Noah, here and also on the main channel. thanks🔥
I think becoming aware of how much food my body actually needs to feel energized has been a life changer. I grew up in a family that eats A LOT, and so I just kinda assumed that was the amount of food I needed to constitute a real meal. But really, I just didn't need all that. There are a lot of days where I can get by on one big meal and then just a bunch of (mostly healthy) snacks throughout the day, and this is ideal for me. I don't actually like the feeling of being full-full while I'm going about my day, but going to bed on a full stomach makes me sleep like a baby.
Also to prevent nutrient deficiencies I highly recommend herbal infusions! Like nettle and oatsraw, steeped in boiling water for 24 hours. 1 oz per quart of water. They have very little calories and SO much nutrition! The nettle even has protein
That Sam guy, Sulik whatever or however you spell it. Every time I see him I think he’s gone too far. Genuinely, he’s so young and I’m just really concerned for his health because I can’t imagine what’s going on inside his body. That’s when working out, I think, becomes a problem because it’s obsessive and ebbing into mental illness. Granted I don’t know him. I’m not a doctor. But it doesn’t seem healthy. On any front.
yeah his steroid use is very troubling especially with how popular he is, it's influencing a lot of young people to take them. I just think he has generally good workout knowledge, and his videos are weirdly relaxing to me. most bodybuilders have that obsessiveness and while I don't personally identify with it, I get where it comes from from a competitive standpoint. but yea the roids are badddd
I’ve never counted calories but I’ve decided to start for losing weight after childbirth. I’ve been wondering why breastfeeding hasn’t been helping me lose the weight I gained during pregnancy, and now I can make sure I eat enough to sustain milk supply to feed my baby, while also staying within the slight deficit range! Super excited- and I feel happy that I can control this element of my life- also with Diastasis recti after carrying a giant baby- I felt very strange in my body. Also please watch out for diastasis when you lift weights! It can happen to anyone not just postpartum people-it often affects people who lift heavy weights. Bye Noah thanks bye
i really wish i had the gene or the personality or the childhood to not feel shame and self-loathing when seeing attractive people being attractive and like, working out and being healthy and stuff. the resentment is very real. i'm selfaware at least, and i try my best not to cross that line into hate but ya know :/ I just... i want and wish so badly to do something aboout myself, my health, my looks, my diet, the state of my body and stuff but I just can't... nothing inspires me, there's no drive, there's just nothing. i have no relationship with my body if that makes sense? it feel awkward to just exist somehow. And seeing hot people being hot just makes me want to - to borrow a phrase from a certain corner of the interwebs - LDAR. yes, i know, get help, been there done that, didn't and doesn't work. no, i don't have friends or fam to do stuff with. i have no money. and i live in the middle of nowhere, and no internet people are not real friends or support. so its just like... well what now? :/
@@noahtime_ well, being basically sans will to live aside, and being without external or internal reasons to even bother, nope not really, because i found it physically kinda... absurd? like, the repitition, the movements, the getting sweaty, the boredom, the futility of it. it was suffocating existentially somehow. i was like watching myself from outside myself thinking "what on earth are you doing?!" you're in your tiny stupid room, alone, and still somehow, making a fool of yourself. it just felt so wrong. I know where you might be going with this, that when you start to see improvement, it gives you a little boost and a feedback loop can begin, but i just... i don't have it in me, ya know? i don't like sports, working out is as discussed, absurd to me, no money, no resoources, no friends/fam and frankly, i can't seem to get over being a body at all, if that makes sense. like, i feel like a brain in a body, not a body with a brain ya know? and sometimes, i just disgust myself, and like, even if i fixed all this, what would it even be for? nobody gonna love me, got no prospects either. I am by no means an uh "inn cell" or anything, i'm a massive lefty and i know all about the things i need to know better but, that knowledge changes nothing. and again, i'm just like, well, whats the point then?
@@satyasyasatyasya5746 yeah that's a really tough situation, i feel for you. i think there's a lot of people in the same boat. sorry if I came off as patronizing when asking about the results thing, that's just the only thing I've been able to cling to to keep this stuff going, but we're all different. i hope u are able to find some form of support soon. maybe others can join the convo here since I know there's a few viewers who feel similarly
@@noahtime_ i'm gonna borrow a format or something from inn cells again because it kinda sums up how i feel reading your reply rn: "yeh i feel for ya" said the Chad, "anyway i'm gonna go now, peace!" and I'm like "welp, that was... a pointless interlude, time to [insert somethin bad] myself again because some of us are just born to never make it, i guess..." Obviously, i don't really blame you, and i can't be mad, it'd be stupid, but i am... reminded of how lucky and hot and 'together' people are and how its just never gonna be me. its too late for that. A younger version of myself would be mad and envious and kinda lash out at you because this does feel rather patronising but what wounds me most is that its... fruitless. I would have almost prefered if yoou'd not rpelied. because there was never anything you could have ever done or said to have truly helped. so its like, you just parasocially come closer just to leave again, ya know? its... awkward, almost, emotionally blueballing or something. i don't know how to phrase it? The hot smart dude, trying to help by writing a comment, who when he relises he can't gives a "feel for ya, good luck" - which is all he can or should do, i get that - but he leaves, and thus leaves me with the silence and state of my life afterwards, ya know? You get to go back to being you, I'm stuck being me, again, always, and I'm not sure i can endure it much longer. I don't even know why i'm saying all this, its not even about you. i just wish i wasn't who and what i am. i wish i was something anything else just to have a mote of luck or purpose or love or energy. i might have to unsub, i've embarassed myself enough and i'm geting that thing where just seeing hot people makes me sad so, i don't even watch TV or movies anymore, and I may have to add YTers to that. anyways, thanks i guess? i think? i don't know. manners and all that.
There have been times that I have felt similarly. Of course a more personal flavor of what I’ll call a general sense of existential dread. The feeling of “why bother?” It’s fucking tough. And it sucks to watch other people have drive and determination and wonder “where can I get even an ounce of that energy?” In my opinion, that’s the journey. Some people aren’t as hungry or competitive as others. On a base level, I’m definitely not competitive against myself or anyone else. Over time I felt the weight of my lack of results in life. I had no savings, no confidence, no social skills, no career prospects, and had lifelong anxiety. The hardest part for me to accept was this: I was upset there was nothing to show for my life. For all the shitty days I’d lived through I had nothing to reap. I came to a point where I had to accept that I had nothing to reap because I never sowed anything for myself. Some people put too many of their eggs in one basket… I found I had managed to put pretty much no eggs in any baskets. So of course I was left with nothing down the line. Once I found that deeply personal reason for seeking progress, consistency, and healthy discipline in my life I’ve been able to pull more of that tenacity out of myself. And guess what? It doesn’t feel silly or stupid to me anymore because my priorities and motivations bubbled up from within me. Slowly. I know you can do this but please start by being kinder to yourself, daily. I’m truly sorry you don’t have a safe support system, but that can totally change. Best of luck with your journey ❤
I feel shame about remaining friends with the girl who slept with the guy I liked. And continuing to see the guy after that. I feel shame for thinking that if I said how uncomfortable it made me I'd be kicked out of the friend group, so I decided to play into it instead. I feel shame about the amazing people friendships and interactions I missed out on because I was too scared to step out of my comfort zone. I feel shame about when I did step out of my comfort zone and had a bad experience, so I shut down again. I feel shame about not being there for my mom, and feeling like she doesn't know she can lean on me. I feel shame because I'm working so hard to make my family proud, when I know they'll love me regardless, because I don't want them to love me for nothing. I feel ashamed that the stresses get to me and I might take it out on them without realizing. I feel ashamed that my family thinks my poor social skill in general just mean I don't want to be around them, and I'm scared they'll abandon me for it. I feel ashamed that I even think they'd do this.
I ghost people because I'm always too (socially) exhausted to respond or call. It takes me months, sometimes I never manage to at all. These are often people who have been in my life for years. I feel ashamed for hurting them with this behaviour every single day. Put it on every to do list. And secretly think they are better of not having me in their lives anyway because my depression is a burden to others, even if I hide it well.
Maybe I'm missing something. I am an older millennial, but it breaks my heart. I never in 1 million years would've thought Noah would be one of those people that record at the gym. My brain is broken. My mind is melting.
I think it's a fun competitive video game, just like a fighting game. Sometimes I rage or whatever, but I've only ever heard fellow players say they hate the game and "this patch is broken" for 13 years lol. Feel like the only one who just likes the game.
I feel shame for many things I did as a kid. Mind you, I truly was a good kid. A damaged one, yes, but a good one. Now, with more wisdom and experience, I feel ashamed of myself. I wonder, when is the time to let these things go? Do they ever go away? I'm 22 so maybe that's perfectly natural, but still...
I can see you starting to flex your creative muscles and so far its been working out well. These videos seem much more like YOUR art than what you produce on your main channel. Looking forward to where you go next.
Seeing your artwork and style evolve over time has been one of the most enjoyable parts for me. I dread untangling my shame and I just so happen to have thought about shame more often than I ever have for the last 6 months. This video came at such an interesting and special time! I appreciate the illustration of looking at the association between negative feelings and a certain task or choice. Sometimes the hardest part of shame is even naming it and let alone trying to get your arms around it. I have a lot of shame around my mental illness and feeling like an incapable person. Untangling feels like an endless cycle and it is so valuable to connect with my loved ones about it. It feels like more hands on deck to help alleviate the emotional weight. I help categorize my shame by the general questions of “do I feel like I am I doing too much or not enough?” Which helps me get to the root! Your vulnerability has always translated to being genuine despite never meeting you. This video in particular felt nice to be seen in some of the thoughts and feelings you’re having, and to witness you growing and changing. The video was beautiful AND I would still enjoy your art even if you recorded it on a Razor cellphone. Tldr; your vulnerability is deeply appreciated and I support you great job 👍🏻
i feel debilitating shame almost every. single. day. Growing up online and seeing every horrible thing the human brain can think of because of your own childhood curiosity is rough on the brain. Who would have thought?
This video made it feel like you were the kid in class who would always get the people around you in trouble by distracting them so much lmao. Also you definitely shouldn't jerk your head around so much, I actually pulled something in my neck doing that recently while working out and it did not feel good
About to quit my nursing career cause shame is too strong and makes my brain go black. And now I don't have my job anymore, who the hellam I ?...fuck 😢
i appreciate all these people sharing their stories and what they've gone through. To me, shame is like a virus that rots the whole of an entire activity. For example, i can't practice my instrument anymore because i remember how bad i am at it, or i cant play sports since when i was a kid i was shunned for not being good at them. eventually it spreads to everything and you can't even get up in the morning.
It means more than you can imagine to feel so seen and understood by people experiencing the same things I’m going through. Please never stop sharing all your deepest darkest thoughts and feelings. ❤
I've been dealing with huge self-esteem issues for about as long as I can remember, and I've always felt a lot of shame. Shame about opening up about my feelings, shame about asking for help, shame about not finishing stuff, shame about having said the wrong thing at the wrong time, shame about simply existing and being a burden to everyone who know me; at this point I even feel embarrassed when I walk outside and I'm aware people can perceive me and form thoughts and opinions about me. I hate that it's preventing me from doing so many things. I have finally started seeing a therapist recently and I really hope I find the strength to work on myself, because I'm kinda exhausted by all that shame and self-hate
If you wanna do some journaling but can't get into the habit of it, I found that doing audio journals where you just word vomit stuff for a couple minutes gets the vibes out without the commitment of a journal on paper. You can tag it with some things if you wanna go back to it, or fuck it and trash it immediately. Depends on your own journey.
This video made me think of something of which I am very ashamed, and I literally groaned out loud on this bus. So now I have a new thing to feel shame for.
I feel deep shame and guilt for having been kicked around for most my life. All the abuse and frankly the trauma I've experienced at the hand of other people makes me feel like I'm not even a real person. I'm starting to feel alive again though, like I can just pause and take a deep breath, it's a long and winding road to freedom of mind for sure. This is probably an incoherent little ramble, but I really relate to this video. Thank you.
