Ben J's MAXIMUM CHALLENGE II - 60 Days

Recently, I looked at my old MAX BODY MAX MIND Challenge, and reading through the entire thread was enlightening... I saw my old college room in my frat house, my old pictures, and even my old diet and activities. I look at it now and it's like re-living the entire challenge in your head. You can read about it here: 30-day-challengers-club-f58/mr-guile-s-maximum-body-maximum-mind-challenge-t5669.html

*Incredible Internal Clock
*Extremely Productive at all hours of the day
*Tons of Energy
*Happy and joyful demeanor
*Getting laid during that challenge

All these memories just sprung back to me. I see it now, and after reading up on some resources, I figure it's just about time to do another challenge again, for ME. I have a lot of things on my plate now, and frankly, I just want to experience the challenge again, except this time, I'm going to make it much harder.

After moving out to LA, hanging with Oz, and other fitness geeks, I've learned my niche meals I eat that are healthy. I eat out sometimes, but I typically choose the healthier option (salads w/ protein, water, green tea, etc.) I'm currently on an unwritten 90 day fitness challenge with a friend, and I've already lost a good amount of fat and gained some muscle and overall energy. Now I'm going to add MORE to this challenge, and push myself to the limit.

The inspiration and motivation for this challenge is thanks to a TED talk I just recently watched called "The Great Porn Experiment" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSF82AwSDiU - Go check it out. It's really awesome, and he has an incredible result at the end. After watching this video and reading up on resources like http://www.yourbrainonporn.com - I realized something, and I didn't want to admit it for a while.

I HAVE A PORN ADDICTION, AND I HAVE AN INTERNET ADDICTION

And you probably do too, but don't want to admit it. Well here it is, I'm admitting I have a porn problem. Now, I gotta do something about it, and part of it is this challenge. So here's the challenge rules:

1. NO PORN. DELETE YOUR PORN STASH. It all goes away. Put on porn blockers. No porn, and no fapping. The only way you're allowed to orgasm is with a girl, forcing you to sarge, build a social circle, any of the sort.

2. 6 Meals a Day - Small meals timed to increase metabolism. No carbohydrates 3 hours before bed (usually around 10PM for me, later on weekends)

3. NO SMOKING - for obvious reasons

4. 2 DRINKS MAX/NIGHT - Last times I've gone out and got blasted, bad things happened. Here's a way to defeat this - slow down on drinking. For hardcore mode, stop drinking altogether.

5. 30 MINUTES FREE TIME/DAY - This is video game, Netflix, Internet time. I'm spending way too much time on Reddit... As much as I love it, I gotta stop. It's destroying my time and productivity.

6. FITNESS - Find a fitness plan and stick with it. I recommend this one I'm doing right now: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jamie-e ... ction.html

7. ONE FREE DAY - To prevent ego-depletion, you get one full day of rest and relaxation. You have unlimited fun time this day, but you still need to work out and eat right. Spend this time with your friends screwing around and having fun.

8. DOCUMENT EVERY DAY - I'll document every day and take pics.

9. SELF- DEVELOPMENT - Spend your time reading books, developing yourself, and devoting your time to something more than just screwing around. Going on dates is fine, as you're improving your social skills with girls.

10. NO FAPPING - I can't stress this enough. You're giving up the porn, now you have to actively go out and find a girl to get the job done for you.


This isn't going to be an easy challenge, and for those of you who are taking action on fighting porn and internet addiction by jumping into this challenge, I respect you a ton. Time to take the steps to make it happen guys!

Best,
Ben J

DAY 1

Porn stash deleted, all thoughts of porn and fapping are gone.

Today wasn't really that hard. I just chose not to look at porn, or do anything dumb. Mondays will be Mondays. I didn't work out on day 1 because I had exercised the day before and needed to give the muscles some rest. Tomorrow's cardio and weight training.

I didn't really waste that much time today. It felt nice to kick my ass into gear to get things done at work, and around the house. I felt super productive today.

Still, kinda wanted to look at porn...

Hey Ben
Very interesting thread! Keep updating your progress everyday
I'm having trouble maintaining 6 meals a day. What is your diet like?

@Hoang

I go for 5-6 Meals a day, it need not be hard. It takes about 4-5 days to adjust to it if you're young (24) and about 7-12 days for older gentlemen (30+). You just need to eat about every 3-4 hours and find your niche foods. I find myself eating the same foods over and over again. It does get mundane at times, but if you switch out your spices, it helps a ton.

I make some small meals like homemade protein bars, or turkey meatloaf muffins. It's more about portion control. The meatloaf muffins I make are great because it's made for portion control. Hit me up if you want the recipe.

Here's how my meal+exercise schedule runs:
6AM - Wake up, eat within an hour of waking - 3 Eggs w/ salsa, 1 cup oatmeal, Fresh Strawberries
-GET TO DA GYM-
9-10AM - Whey Protein Shake and Banana, Sometimes Yogurt - Post workout
12-1PM - Meatloaf Muffins at work, or 4 homemade protein bars
3-4PM - Small Salad w/ Shrimp/Chicken from Fresh n' Easy, Green Tea for energy boost
6-7PM - Chicken and Ratatouille (NO white carbs 3 hours before bed)
9-10PM - 2-3 whole eggs before bed OR Casein Protein Shake (slow digesting protein, aids tissue repair)

I try to keep fruit to only 2 servings a day. You'll find your stomach and body gets cranky when it doesn't eat every 3 hours.


DAY 2 - Pretty ordinary. Not feeling too different, had the urge to fap, did not fap. It got pretty bad at night. I put my alarm clock in a place where I am forced to physically stand up and turn it off. While I'm standing, my body gets energy. As long as I stand when I'm getting out of bed, I can make the day happen, unless there's a girl in the bed, then I have to jump in and finish the job (Round 2, FIGHT!)

It's definitely getting harder. The fitness and diet isn't bad, since I've been goon on that for the last month, but it's more the urge to not jerk off or look at porn... Mother fucker...

DAY 3

I'm starting to realize that this is a lot harder than I imagined.
Right now, I'm horny as fuck. I already booty called 4 of my girls. Most are busy with work or working late, or whatever. I don't care, I want to bang really bad and porn is looking ever so enticing right now.

Instead of jerking off, I'm putting my time into work, cooking, reading, and working out. I'm getting some really slick results, as my stomach is slimming down, I have higher energy, and overall, I'm happier...

BUT I AM HORNY AS FUCK.

There's these super cute girls at the office, and all I wanted to do make plans with them to go on a date with them.

Although horny as fuck, I am finding myself more social. I just talked to this guy at the gym today and he invited me to this party on Sunday. Maybe this challenge of giving up porn and jerkin' myself is making me more social.

Can't jerk off... Can't do it... Can't look at porn... It's only day 3 and I'm DYING HERE....

DAY 4

Thank god for game... Finally got a hold of a girl to come over. I got so horny and restless yesterday... Couldn't handle it almost... It killed my productivity and all. Slipped up on the diet a little bit, but right now, I'm at 1 bad meal ever 11 good meals, so it's working out pretty well. Going to try and up the meal ration to 1 bad meal for every 15 now.

The sex was... FANTASTIC. It was like I was waiting to just EXPLODE all over this girl for the last several days. My sex drive had gone up from all the pent up lack of jerking off and porn, no sexual outlets whatsoever. I still have a hell of an urge to look at porn, which totally sucks, but I'm pushing through it.

Best part, my girl looked more beautiful than ever tonight... Porn does something that fucks up with your sense of beauty I'm guessing... More on that later.

Ben

DAY 5

Starting to relapse a bit. The symptoms of pornography withdraw are pretty crazy, if not unbelievable. It's been documented online:

Mood swings
Irrational thinking
Craving for a dopamine rush - whether it be porn or something else...

Whenever I get a craving for sex, I put it into socializing, but I am sometimes feeling socially withdrawn and self-conscious. I'm usually NEVER EVER like this, but something ridiculously simple as giving up pornography and masturbation does weird things to you.

As far as fitness, my abs are beginning to form visibility. It is the coolest feeling EVER. My fitness is my motivation for pushing through the entire thing. It's only day 5 (today is day 6...). I've been eating pretty well, and I'm still pretty productive. 2 days from now is my first rest day, which I am very excited for. I get to relax and chill out for a whole day rather than push and push... It will be nice to have this day to myself

I have to start over. I'm relapsing...

I'm realizing how absolutely nasty a pornography habit is... It's horrendous...

The challenge started off pretty well, but then the symptoms came up... And if you don't believe me, there are symptoms of pornography withdrawal.

After 3 days, I was fine. Day 5 was rough... I was so horny I was calling just about every single girl I had slept with in Los Angeles. My normal girls that I rotate with were busy, and I was lucky to get one of them to come over so I could release my tension

But there was a problem... I was STILL THINKING ABOUT PORN while FUCKING THIS GIRL! Yeah, it was good to have the sexual tension release, but I STILL couldn't cum! Big problem... This is when I realized that porn addiction is a serious problem, and the only way of solving it was to stop porn and stop masturbation altogether...

It's NOT easy... I only lasted 6 days, and I just couldn't help myself... The hormones raging around with no outlet... It sucked... I tried to play video games, or get work done, even write some music. Nothing helped... All I could think about was jerking off to Kayden Kross getting her white little coochie slammed by some dude's gargantuan cock.

If you're curious about the symptoms, the worst one was mood swings. One moment I'd be really angry, the next I would get depressed, and then I couldn't focus on my work... It SUCKED.

From what I am looking at on Reddit's NoFap threads, the first week is the hardest, and after that, it gets much easier. Fitness is going alright, and I'm noticing that my stomach is going down quite a bit, and my metabolism is going off the charts... I've been taking it easy on the alcohol, and while last weekend I had a rough fallout and relapse... So starting tomorrow, I have to jump back on the saddle and keep going.

I'm sure that if I make it through the first week or so, it's going to get much easier. Tomorrow's Day 1 all over again...

Day 1: Again...

Lasted fine. The trick to get out of porn-hunting mode is to occupy your mind with something else. As a precautionary measure, I installed IP filters and porn-blockers on my computer last night. I'm also keeping my iPad far far away from me at my office, because it's super easy to go from LifeHacker to PornHub and Chrome has Incognito mode on it... No thanks.

As far as fitness goes, it's pretty awesome. My body is in great shape, and I feel like this is the best shape I've been in for the longest time. When that Vegas bootcamp comes up, I'm going to be testosterone'd up and super fit . Super stoked!

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I want to fix up my fitness (and body image) as well. Any fitness references?