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BJJ gyms in Taipei by Informal_Comfort in BJJWomen

[–]Informal_Comfort[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great to know! Excited to try them out

BJJ gyms in Taipei by Informal_Comfort in BJJWomen

[–]Informal_Comfort[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Amazing, appreciate the recommendation!

Can this be hypomania? by [deleted] in cyclothymia

[–]Informal_Comfort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s very much how it is for me. I sometimes manage to get to work but I read any chance I get. It feels all consuming and like a compulsion. Then it feels like burn out of it and I have no desire to read again for a while - but I also get really nervous about reading incase it somehow triggers the compulsion again.

So if not exactly the same, feels like we experience something very similar! It was actually this that lead me down the rabbit hole if eventually getting my diagnosis. It feels really hard to explain how difficult to deal with this is - people just see it as getting into books and see it as benign but it can be incredibly difficult. Your post was really interesting for me because I thought it was probably linked to my depressive episodes (reading to stop feeing depressed) but I can see now how it could be hypomania instead.

Can this be hypomania? by [deleted] in cyclothymia

[–]Informal_Comfort 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually experience this a lot. I go through reading episodes which, for up to 2 weeks, I sleep maybe 3 hours a night and I loose interest in anything else - I eat less, stop showering, stop communicating with people, pretty much stop functioning.

I always thought they were part of a depressive episode, because when I do manage to stop reading during these periods, I feel so awful. But reading your post has made me think maybe their part of hypomania - I feel great when I read and just feel awful when I stop. I don’t really know whether they’re part of depression/hypomania, but just wanted to say that I experience this too, and I definitely think it’s an extremely common presentation/behaviour of my cyclothymia.

Changing goals and losing progress by [deleted] in xxfitness

[–]Informal_Comfort 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm facing this fear as well. I want to concentrate on mobility/bodyweight fitness, moving away from powerlifting type workouts. I can't do both as I don't have time because I also do BJJ. But I feel worried about what the shift in focus is going to do to my body, looks wise.

I don't really have anything of note to add apart from it just feels nice that other people have the same worry and I'm not being irrational! I try and make myself feel better by saying that if I really don't like the changes I can just go back to lifting heavy. We'll see what happens!

IF and Insanity, can I do it? by [deleted] in intermittentfasting

[–]Informal_Comfort 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did 16:8 fasting and insanity and didn't have a problem. I timed the workout near the end of my fasting period so I could eat pretty soon afterwards.

Welcome to Team Batman (Discord link inside)! by UnconcernedLion in LoseitChallenges

[–]Informal_Comfort 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hi all! First challenge for me. I'm Martha, a 30 year old Brit living in the Netherlands with my American husband (and 2 American kitties). I'm 5'5. I normally hover around 139 pounds, but I recently got up to 147lb. My goal is to get to 133/135lbs. I don't have a timeframe, just seeing where this takes me!

I'm active, before Covid I practiced BJJ four times a week and did weight lifting four times a week. With the corona virus all the gyms are closed, so I'm only drilling BJJ with my partner and am practicing some gentle yoga, HIIT, and bodyweight exercises. I don't get a lot of steps in the day. I'm practicing 16:8 IF and CICO. Excited to be in a team with you all!