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Day 43 - Starting To Engage The Auto-Pilot The past few days have been really great in regards to my personal development. I have stuck with my eating plan, my Spanish learning and expanding my knowledge in other areas. I make it my aim to make sure I'm growing each day in at least one thing. If I end the day knowing something new then I've had a good day. Yesterday I didn't do any work, which is not good, nor is it bad though. I spent all my day literally learning new things and exercising, so today I need to crack out some work. I'm going to be writing a blog today on the benefits of learning a new language and perhaps do some market research. If anyone is a Pro on back-linking and Kindle Marketing, let me know! Anyways I digress...as the title says, i'm now reaching the point where I'm starting to do things on auto-pilot and not really trying hard to do the things in which i struggled with. It's like with the gaming detox, I'm not even trying hard to avoid gaming triggers and such...if I see a game trailer or game play I'm like, OK that's cool and keep scrolling lol. What I'm Grateful For: HugsCold DrinkThe sunshineBird FeedersToday's Agenda: I have wrote in my journal/sI have wrote and published a new blog.I have learnt my 15 minutes of Spanish. Estoy Feliz!I have exercised for 20 minutes and feel good!Fat Loss Section - Day 3 The eating plan is going very well. I weighed myself today to see if I was on track. I'm not going to make this a habit and weigh myself everyday, because I know the scales can and will fluctuate. I just wanted to see whether or not what I'm doing is working, I was expecting to see around half a pound or maybe even a pound come off...but I've lost 2lbs so far! To say I'm happy is an understatement I'm going to remain consistent with what I'm doing and the next time I weigh myself will be next Monday. It's really hard to overeat when intermittent fasting too because you only have an 8 hour window of eating. It's unbelievable that I've tried everything else and all that was needed is to change the way I ate not what I ate. (obviously I'm eating healthier now too) Soooo, it's all good news on the Falky-front Catch you awesome people tomorrow!

Day 42 - Bigger Things On My Mind It's come to the time of the detox where I really don't care to game anymore and will probably be at the point (for me personally) where I can just pick up a game...play it for like 1 hour and toss it aside until the next day. I think this is just due to me having so much going on with life, that I don't feel the need to waste time on gaming. So it will be interesting when my 90 days are over and I test the waters to see what my reaction is in regards to games. I said to a gamer friend of mine that I will game with her for a little bit after my detox, so that will be a nice little goal. I will write down my feelings and mood down before and then again after the gaming session, then I will log them down here. I will be like a mini-experiment . Anyways enough about what I'm going to do after the detox, it's time to focus on the present. Yesterday my day went pretty well in regards to work, diet and learning. I did everything I planned to do apart from the exercise. Which i'm planning to do in a couple of days instead because this intermittent fasting is a bit weird for the first few days. What I'm Grateful For: A Really Good Friend Of MineBoost Energy DrinkMusicMemriseToday's Agenda: Relax A LittleLearn SpanishWork A LittleLearn A Little(lol my goals are very vague today as I have no idea what I want to do, or what I'm going to do!) Fat Loss Section - Day 2 Yesterday went very well and I managed to stay under my calories. I'v decided I'm going to start cardio again on Thursday. This is just so I'm making small steps and I don't shock my body too much.

My game quitting journey is going well! The first 3 or so weeks was hard but now It's really smooth and I'm getting loads done. Hows yours going? Oh and here is my blog with the video I made today, if anyone is interested. http://falkysolutions.com/blog-13-birds-nature-special/

Welcome friend and you're definitely in the right place! Take note of what Cam and WorkInProgress said as that's some fantastic advice! My personal advice is to start straight away on improving yourself and it seems you have great ideas on to do that! I'm learning Spanish at the moment and this site is fantastic, check it out for your Russian http://www.memrise.com/courses/english/russian/ All the best

Day 41 - The Start Of Something Great! Hello you awesome people! Today I'm starting the next Chapter of this detox...my fat loss that is going to work and stick with me forever! I've stuck with not gaming longer than I ever have. I've stuck with learning Spanish longer than I ever have. Now it time to stick with LOSING FAT (said in a echoing boom voice). That'll be three things that I would have stuck with int he space of 3 months then. I'm also thinking that with my fat loss journey I'm going to do that for 3 months too. Seems like creating a short but tough enough goal is the key for this sort of stuff. My journal now will consist of the first half for my gaming detox and daily life. The other half for my fat loss progress. This is going to be the only place I post about my fat loss, I'm not putting it on Facebook or Twitter. I want the results to show for themselves. So if anyone else is losing fat, hit me up and we can keep each other motivated! But yeah, gaming detox and Spanish is going well, after this I plan to crack out some work and stuff. What I'm Grateful For: YouTube LearningMy PhoneMy HeadphonesMy WillpowerToday's Agenda: Edit and upload a video (1)I've learnt 45 minutes of Spanish. (2)I've been on the bike for 30 minutes and feel great! (3)I have learnt some new things about the business I'm in. (4)Learn more about losing fat. (5)Fat Loss Section - Day 1 Weight: 19.8 Stone (277lbs) Motivation: High Today is the first day of my fat loss journey (for real this time) and I plan to stick to it! Every Monday I will post numbers and how I'm feeling the rest of the days will be just quick updates like a normal journal. I'm doing the intermittent fasting method to see how it goes. I tend to always eat late anyways so I may as well just do the little bit more for the extra effect. I'm not going to post picture yet, but I may do down the line. I'll keep the videos and picture private for a transformation video on my Channel . If you've managed to read this far, I just want to say thanks!

Phew ? I thought I went colour blind or something haha! The black is definitely a little easier on the eyes. The only trouble I've had in the past is always clicking on the 'Home' Tab next to forums, expecting me to go to the home of forum (at the start) and it always takes me to the other page lol. I've gotten use to it now, but may be confusing for new-comers?

Thanks guys, going to do a little bit of work and then check those options out. PS Cam could be a good video for you to do? How to spend your money, now you aren't buying games! ?

Keep up the good man, I can relate to the girlfriend situation.

The struggle is real bro haha, as soon as I see numbers in my bank I get an uncontrollable urge to make it disappear haha.

Day 40 - 40 Is a Big Number Wow I've reached the 40 day milestone which is awesome! I've never stuck with anything this long before and I'm feeling pretty good about myself :). Now I know I can stick with something long term, I'm contemplating turning this journal into a gaming & fat loss Journal. The only obstacle in the way of my health and overall personal goals is to lose this weight. Don't get me wrong I'm doing enough on the bike to keep fresh and alert, but not enough to lose weight. The longest I've stuck with a fat loss exercise and eating plan is around 1 week (7 days). If I make my self accountable here like with my gaming detox, It may actually work for once. So I declare here...that I. Nick 'Falky' Taylor is going to not be a fat fuck anymore and lose this fat! As well as my grateful list and agenda list there will be another section for fat loss details and goals. I'm a big believer in writing stuff down so these journals may become quite big lol! Anyways, yesterday went well again. I learnt the 45 minutes of Spanish, tidied the garden up and did a bit of research on language learning and work. Even though halfway through the tidying up goals I pulled by bicep so could move it without hurting. I may try again today and see how it is. Everything I'm doing int he garden will be in a video soon (probably tomorrow) Today I plan to map out a fat loss plan and a goal plan (that's a lot of plans ) relax with my parents and do the normal, bike, spanish and journal. Once I have some down time I'm going to get to work on creating the VLog for tomorrow...give myself a head start so-to speak. What I'm Grateful For: The SunSpringComfy ChairMy ChromebookToday's Agenda: Learnt Spanish for 45 minutesI've exercised for 10 minutesI have made a start on my Monday VLog.I've made a fat loss plan for immediate start tomorrow morning.

Day 39 - Still Going Strong Yesterday went well again, I smashed my daily goals and increased my Spanish learning time to 45 mins, I think this could be the sweet spot in regards to time. Today i'm thinking about whether I should do any solid work or not. I may just chill instead and continue with work tomorrow. For the moment I'm just going to chill to music and get cracking with the garden again later. Nothing beats moving around the garden with the birds singing and the fresh air coursing through your lungs! Anyways just a short entry today, catch you guys soon. What I'm Grateful For: My FamilyMemrise.comMy friendsHaving a gardenToday's Agenda: Write in journalI've spend 45 minutes learning SpanishI've done some work researchI have tidied up my garden

Welcome to the forums and good job on starting your journal! Don't worry about if your journal is boring or not, you have to remember its your and no one else's. So write how ever little or much as you like. Yeah creating a plan is beneficial to completing your detox, fill up your day with learning new stuff and doing things to keep your mind and body busy. All the best.

Good plan Batman...I'm going to see how long I can learn for before I start to see diminishing returns. I'm going to up it to 45 minutes and see how it goes.

Day 38 - This Detox Is Starting To Work I had an estimate that around the 40 day mark the detox will start to kick-in and I would start to see benefits of not gaming. Well I was close, it's starting to take effect 2 days earlier Now I normally feel like this for one day when I start a healthy eating diet or I start another new adventure. This feeling normally fizzles out after a day or two though. The past week or so I've exercised every day. Even like yesterday I missed a morning workout due to waking up late, instead I just completed around an hour of work and hopped on the bike. So I'm definitely seeing a improvement in willpower and productivity. Now whether this is a psychological affect from the gaming detox or my actual willpower is increasing, I'm definitely seeing an improvement! I managed to smash my goals from yesterday and I plan to do the same today! I will be uploading a tech video today and creating a blog to go with it. Then I will doing a bit more tidying up in the garden after work is finished. I'm thinking about increasing my language learning up to an hour. If anyone is reading this and has learnt/learning a new language, what sort of learning time do you find best? What I'm Grateful For: My LifeThe sunNatureBin MenRelentless Apple & KiwiToday's Agenda: Finished Video & UploadedI have wrote in my blogI've spent 15 minutes Learning SpanishI have tided the garden up more.I've wrote in my journal.

Always my friend, always.

Day 37 - Managed To Focus...Yay! Yesterday went very, very well in regards to everything! I managed to write an article for ezinearticles.com, do a lot of research and learn a fair bit of Spanish. Not once did I even contemplate gaming, which is awesome sauce. Today I woke up pretty late, I must of needed the sleep. The only downside is that I didn't get some voice-over work done for some videos I planned to do. It's not a problem I just need to do them when the house is quiet. Over the past couple of days I've been doing the garden and have some nice footage to add into a VLog, if you are interested in wildlife and gardening then it's for you! I'll be hopefully uploading a the VLog on Monday. My agenda for today is to carry on with marketing research, edit and get a tech video ready to upload for tomorrow. Make head-way on either a blog or my book and finish off by learning more Spanish. What I'm Grateful For: Bird FeedersKinder EggsLil' BirdiesToday's Agenda: I have completed my Market Research (3)I have Edited my Tech Video (1)I've completed writing 1000 words on my new book. (2)I have wrote in my Journal.I need to fit in my exercise soon too, considering i woke up late.Right I'm off to go plan what I need to do and such, thanks for reading!

I love this idea Cam! It's good that the site and community is growing. I'll do my best to promote Game Quitters through my different avenues. I want this site to sky-rocket PS: That emailing list has some good numbers! Good job!

So so true Cam. I'm overthinking things at the moment, way too much and i just need to do it. It's the same approach I took with my anxiety, so after I write the journal for today, have breakfast, I'm going to get straight to work. Day 36 - Yesterday I Was a Lumberjack...kind of! Yesterday I planned to complete some work. I was just about to start and I noticed the weather was awesome and there were no clouds in sight. So I sprung into action and went to work on the garden of our new home. To say it was overgrown and shabby is an understatement! I spent around 3-4 hours just cutting back a tree, cutting the grass and tidying up. I'm now sitting here with my legs and arms aching from yesterday haha, so it was a good workout! Today seems like another nice day, so I may go out and finish off what I started and tidy up the branches and wood I chopped up. For today though work is priority and I need to do some this week! The only reason I didn't get work done yesterday is because I wanted to take advantage of the good weather and when I get going I'm like a snowball down hill lol. I still managed to learn my Spanish, write in my journal (obviously) and exercise, so everything is good on the personal development front...just not on the financial front xD. Slow and steady wins the race I guess... anyhoo time to crack on with my day. What I'm Grateful For: My AxeMy CuttersHaving a fresh hair cutRecliner SeatsMy BedToday's Agenda: I have worked for 4 hours minimum! (Going to start writing these properly now)I have wrote In my journal.I have spent 20-30 minutes learning Spanish and estoy me gusta!

Welcome Kad, you're definitely in the right place to quit gaming! My advice to you with your gamer friends is to either totally pull away from them or to tell them what your doing and ask them to support you. I found my non-gaming days easier by occupying my brain with another activity. For me at the moment it's learning Spanish, gardening and learning new stuff. I unsubbed from all the gaming channels on YouTube and clicked Not Interested for YouTube recommendations. I do the same for Facebook Ads as well. (click on the X in the top right hand corner) All the best.

All my childhood pets have died but my parents got this awesome cat recently. Her name is Jess PS: I love this post idea, this forum needs moar catz ^^

Nice vid Cam. I commented on YouTube with my consistency goals.

Was that meant to be a joke haha? Sorry if it is but im rather dense headed today Day 35 - Need To Figure Out Stuff Yesterday went alright in hindsight. I managed to do a bit of gardening and learn a fair bit of Spanish, but I'm neglecting my work at the moment. So today I need to put on my headphones and get some solid hours of work done. After I have completed some work, I need to research a lot on marketing and money saving. This is another problem I struggle with. I'm really good at money management but I fail to 'not' spend money haha. So I may buy a couple of books. One on eBook/Book marketing and the other on money. If anyone has any good suggestions on books let me know! What I'm Grateful For: My Gaming Detox Is Going Well.My Spanish Lessons Are Going Well.Monster Energy DrinkToday's Agenda: Get some solid hours of work done. (Priority!)Research Into Money & MarketingLearn More SpanishWrite In JournalFinish Off Yesterday's Gardening, depending on the weather. (Optional)

Day 34 - Lack Motivation I'm on day 34 and it's one of those weird days where I lack motivation, but somehow I'm getting things done. This is OK I guess, just gotta get through today and see what the rest of the week brings. Yesterday went pretty well, I don't think I will game throughout the 90 day detox, I'm just battling with my emotions now. Today will just be a straight forward day, I was going to do the garden if it didn't rain...but it rained lol. Just need to do some work and little bit of D.I,Y...actually today is going to be boring Oh well...Cya tomorrow. What I'm Grateful For: CherryadeMusicFriendsToday's Agenda: Work for 4 hours.Write In Journal.Do a minimum of 15 minutes Spanish learning.(optional) Do Gardening If it brightens up.

I have a Karate background and Muay Thai has always interested me. Let us know how it goes!

It doesn't matter how you start... only how you finish. So true!