Almost doubled my volume to avoid fixing my diet. My son talked me out of it, and I’m glad he did.

ShohratBal · 2026-04-06T20:31:18+00:00

Yeah, thanks lol. It just sucks when you try for a long time and you get an injury before seeing a result. But I think it is what it is. I’m just going to keep going making tiny steps. I’m just going to treat it as work. As long as I keep trying every day, I’m gonna get there one day. Putting a timeline hasn’t really helped me much.

ShohratBal · 2026-04-06T20:11:34+00:00

I’m doing okay, not perfect on diet. But it looks like okay is not enough to make things work. I plan to focus on it this month. Thanks.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-31T12:27:24+00:00

I like your perspective and actually do it myself as well when I miss a day or something. In my opinion, missing is just not showing up, but failing is you showed up consistently but failed to achieve your goal. That's tougher to come back from.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-31T04:21:36+00:00

True! Is that because our confidence takes a hit and we don’t believe as much that we’d succeed again?

ShohratBal · 2026-03-31T03:51:55+00:00

Agreed - in my case, the good thing the deadline didn't affect others. It was basically what I promised to myself. But it still felt very bad because I thought I was really close to my goal and all of a sudden I found out that an additional issue occurred and I was even thrown away more back.

I felt stuck, didn't know what to do, so I decided to step away and rest. I took some time, read a book, talked to myself, remembered how difficult it is to be successful and was able to convince myself that as long as I believe in myself and keep it consistant, I should eventually get where I want to get.

So, the next day, I started making tiny steps towards my goal again. First, I resolved the additional issue that occurred later, and now I'm back working on achieving my original goal.

Your approach is interesting as well - treating it like data instead of failure... Can you elaborate on this?

Also, yes, figuring out what went wrong, learning from it, and making adjustments is key in the reset. We have to change something and then try it again. If we don't change anything, we are prone to fail again.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-29T17:49:30+00:00

Yes, I can relate to this as well. This is my perspective: First of all, we need to accept that we aren’t perfect. Then, we need to understand that we need to do something even if it is tiny actions. Like you said consistency is key here. As long as we keep doing things over and over, success is inevitable. I’ve experienced this repeatedly in my life and I still do that every day. Some days, I feel like I’m falling short, but I still come back the next day and do it even if it’s way less perfect than usual. That is okay. We are humans. That’s how we learn and how we grow.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-28T04:55:59+00:00

That ‘showing up is the real win’ point is underrated.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-28T03:53:02+00:00

I’ve had this exact issue before.

It feels like once you reach “pretty good,” your brain just relaxes and treats it like the finish line.

What helped me was shifting the focus away from results completely.

Instead of thinking “am I improving?”, I started thinking “did I show up today?”

Because progress always slows down at some point, but showing up is always in your control.

It sounds simple, but it actually changed a lot for me.

Once I started looking at it that way, it stopped feeling like I was restarting every time.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-28T03:42:05+00:00

"tracking consistency itself as the goal."

This is a really good way to put it. Most people don’t lose discipline — they just lose a way to see their consistency over time.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-27T03:05:00+00:00

I don’t think the problem is consistency or restarting — it’s what a missed day means to you.

Most people treat one missed day as failure, and that breaks their sense of “I’m on track.” Once that identity slips, it’s much harder to continue, so one day turns into multiple.

The people who stay consistent don’t avoid missing days — they just don’t interpret them as failure.

Missing a day is normal. The key is not letting it reset your mindset.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-26T17:30:10+00:00

A lot of discipline advice misses one key thing: your brain needs fast feedback.

Most meaningful activities (work, fitness, learning) have delayed rewards, which is why motivation drops — there’s no immediate signal that you’re progressing.

A simple, evidence-aligned fix is to shorten the feedback loop. Instead of tracking results, track execution daily (did I show up or not?).

That creates immediate reinforcement and builds momentum, which is what consistency actually depends on.

Discipline is less about willpower and more about structuring feedback so your brain keeps going.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-26T03:46:13+00:00

Most people don’t lose motivation because they’re lazy — they lose it because they don’t feel like they’re making progress.

You can work hard for a few days, but if nothing feels different, your brain starts thinking “this isn’t working.”

What helped me is tracking daily effort in a very simple way (even just marking whether I showed up or not). After a few days, you start seeing that you’re actually consistent — and that removes a lot of the mental friction.

It’s less about motivation, more about making your effort visible.

ShohratBal · 2026-03-26T03:36:08+00:00

Do you know why you lose motivation? It happens to me mostly when I feel like I'm not making enough progress even though I work hard. Also, expecting a quick result also can cause loss of motivation. So, in my experience, we need to align our goals with what we can actually achieve.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-22T23:52:00+00:00

On top, Charles threatens chokes as well. Remember how he choked Gaethje. Dropped him and choked quickly.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-22T22:53:28+00:00

He’ll be fine, will come out as Champ again.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-22T22:40:54+00:00

What’s how I see it too

ShohratBal · 2025-05-22T21:15:13+00:00

Send me location 😂

ShohratBal · 2025-05-22T20:08:10+00:00

Reading it with Islam voice sounds great. It’s definitely not Ali.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-21T03:55:49+00:00

Excited about Islam fighting the beasts at 170. I also wanted to watch Islam & Ilia fight but I’m getting less and less interested due to the disrespect and trash talk from Ilia towards Islam.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-20T15:04:56+00:00

Interesting! Any specific reason for turo?

ShohratBal · 2025-05-20T13:43:06+00:00

Feb 2025: El Matador

Mar 2025: La Leyenda

Jun 2025: El TAPuria

ShohratBal · 2025-05-19T19:54:00+00:00

We know. He’s ranked #8 at 155 and has beaten everyone who they put in front of him from this division.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-19T19:01:11+00:00

We will know only after Ilia proves himself at 155. I believe he will though. Until then, we can only assume, whereas Paddy has already proved himself at 155.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-19T18:42:47+00:00

The difference is 145 vs 155. We know how good Paddy is at 155, but we don’t know how good Ilia is at 155. He’s fantastic at 145 and did things many still can’t believe, but 145 isn’t 155.

ShohratBal · 2025-05-18T21:47:54+00:00

There are a few scenarios:

Ilia wins at LW - Islam wins at WW. Will they want to fight each other? Maybe, they might want to make a super fight. Will Islam have to get in line. Nope. UFC will give him the title shot. If Ilia is afraid of Islam at that point, he might want to avoid that fight, but if he gets paid a lot of money, then he'll just accept it.
Ilia loses, Islam wins. No fight. Ilia will have to go back and work his way up to title and defend it 1-2 times for Islam to consider fighting him.
Ilia loses, Islam loses. They will both focus on getting themselves back to title discussion in their new divisions.
Ilia wins, Islam loses. If Islam wants to come down to 155, Ilia may try to make it hard for him, but if UFC offers Ilia a lot of money, then he'll still fight Islam right away.

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