Lost Sock Evolution - Automated

It's like a lost cause...right?

If these motherfuckers can't keep it off...
Much like
If all of these motherfuckers at FF can't make gains...

Why bother?

I hear ya...

But...if you start to understand either your market or you body...you can make gains and actually keep the gains and progress...

Look at the Trade Explorer attached to the thread...

HINT - Top of your current screen...

Gains are growing - in a very distinct pattern...but if you look at the Draw Down...you think...wow, that's a lot!

Understandable!

AND...it can actually equate to the same as being in better shape...

WHAT??

How do fewer gains equal greater equity?

Before we go into this answer...let me tell you about my last couple weeks...

On January 2nd, I went on a 5 day water fast - Lasted 4 days - Not due to hunger, more to circumstance...

In those days, I lost 12 pounds...

1 pound = 3500 calories per day...

Meaning, in 4 days, I theoretically lost 42,000 calories - 10,500 calories per day?

How the fuck is that possible?

If BMR is around 2000 calories per day...4x 2000 equals 8000 calories - equals just over 2 pounds...how can you lose 12 pounds?

Well...your body stores a lot of water weight...so, one of the first things that happens is that you lose this...after that, you can drop mass, but the only TRUE GAINS are on the losses minus the water weight...don't spend a lot of time focusing on this...

Now...

The big question!!

It's Saturday Night...my time...what the fuck are you people still doing hanging out at FF, reading my weight loss bullshit?

lol...

Shifted Focus...

After my Water Fast ended, I went to an Intermittent Fasting Protocol.

1 meal per day - eat as much as I wanted to.

There really are only issues with this idea, if you want to Gain Weight...problem being, you cannot consume one of your regular or previous days of eating, in a single setting.

Test me?

Fuck yeah!

You wanna see a guy cut through 10 McDoubles inside of 5 minutes...I'm your guy!
You wanna see a dozen hot dogs in buns gone in a single meal...pshhhhhhhhh
You wanna see somebody eat a large pizza to themselves? EASY!

Swap that shit up too, this is the only meal you get to eat...and all of this becomes a lot harder.

Your stomach shrinks and you can't eat as much...makes sense...but this is really only a small part of the deal...

Throughout February, I have tried to focus on Eating 5000 calories per day!

WHAT?

Why go through a water fast or an entire month of only eating a single meal per day to lose weight...

And Then!!

Eat like a total fucking pig?

Yup...

Did it...still doing...and...still hammering back the beer...

More fucking calories??

This is insane...right?

Kinda...

So here's the divergence from Trading to Losing Weight...

You can actually consume more Calories and continue on with improving your overall body, whereas you cannot continue to lose money and think that your trading is getting better.

Anabolic vs Catabolic...

When you are Anabolic you cannot be Catabolic - And Vice Versa...

This is a general rule to live by!

There are exceptions, but FUCK...that's like pissing up a rope!

Anabolic - You are building muscle
Catabolic - You are breaking down muscle

Pretty simple...you cannot be building and tearing down at the same time...

When you consume less calories, you are catabolic...when you overconsume...supposedly, you are anabolic...but this actually really only equates to Muscle.

So...if you are eating fucking garbage food...you gain weight...but aren't building muscle.
If consequently, you are eating fucking garbage food, but are in a calorie deficit...your loss is muscle loss...

Your gains can literally be losses as what you consume can be to build muscle - improve your physique, or to lose weight and increase the size of your belly.

HOLY SHEEPSHIT!!

IF it's this complicated...no wonder why there is a Global Obesity Issue!!
(yeah, I know there are exceptions to this)

Eat more...get fat...
Eat more...get a better physique...
Eat Less...lose weight...
Eat Less...gain more body fat!

How fucking confusing can things get?

Seriously...Forex is a lot easier to understand!!

Okay...

So...when I realized I was fat...seeing sparkles when I tied my shoes...

I was tipping the scales at about 240lbs.

Dear Christ - That's on the verge of morbidly obese!

I drank copious amounts of beer and ate what I wanted to!

Now...

Lowest weight...171.6!
Maintain 175.5...

AND!

I drink copious amounts of beer and eat whatever I want!

I know what you're thinking...

Dude only eats Vegetables!

lol

Pick the combination of vegetables that you'd eat or have to eat to get to 5000 calories per fucking day!

Invite me to one of your meals, I'd love to see anybody even try this!

IM Fucking POSSIBLE!

Or...really, improbable...I've been shocked before...

Yeah...I don't try to consume 5000 calories per day on vegetables and in fact, I don't even try to count my vegetable calories in my daily consumption...

Oh...

Shift your thoughts to Atkins or Ketogenic!

Well...

Kinda!

But...I'm not gulping down gallons of butter and coconut oil...not eating Bacon every meal...

I am very conscious of what I am eating and do try to consume, what my body needs...

In this...there is another balance...

Nope...not with breads, fruits and sugars...simply being, I don't eat any of that shit!

Oh...I know...there are purists amongst us and refuse to believe that these are the enemies...and to some of you, I agree - 100%!

You see...I do believe the same things can be accomplished under a Vegan or Vegetarian diet - This, just isn't the diet for me!

And - Yes - I have tried!

Once I eliminated my primary gastrinal issues, I watched a documentary called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead".

Joe suffered from a lot of issues and managed to cure this and an obesity issue by drinking Juiced fruits and Vegetables.

After watching this...next day, I went out and bought the SAME juicer and a couple hunny worth of veg n fruit!

Tried this idea...even managed 10 days of a juice diet and I tell ya what...

You will NEVER be as Afraid to Fart for any length of time, like you will on a Juice Fast!

Dear Fucking Christ!!

IF you want to torture yourself, I highly recommend this, even above Niacin...

But...you'd best be getting used to wearing saran wrapped shorts or carrying multiple pairs to get through this!

AND...

In the end...it totally fucks you!

Your body drops its BMR, so when you go back to a regular diet...you gain all the weight back...

Even worse...if you go through a 30 day fast like Joe...just try eating solid food again!

Fuck THAT!!

BUT...

My takeaway from it...My body can live off of fluids for a set length of time...which eventually lead me to a Water Fast and all of it's benefits!

Goes like this...

I drank the worst tasting shit on the planet in self-juiced vegetables for 10 days!

Felt like SHIT throughout the whole thing, to the point I would have eaten a gun as fast as I would have eaten a cheeseburger, and I fucking LOVE cheeseburgers!

I had my first meal - After the 10 day fast - and felt like I was donkey kicked in the stomach, was laid out for 2 days after!

Okay...so then what?

So...I'm a pattern guy...I study markets...I write EAs...the body is nothing more than a pattern, right?

KINDA!!!

Anyways...along the Atkins/Keto idea...I decided to do the same thing, but using protein!


Welp...Decided to give this a whirl and through a regular working schedule, only consuming protein shakes managed to make it 4 full days.

Given the induction back into whole foods and some family issues (dying parent), didn't want to push the envelope!

So...after 4 days...back to whole foods...Fuck...was this easy!

Figured I would give this a try and then, leap fully into Keto/Velocity/Low Calorie - and see how it went!

5 days down - Consuming ONLY my maintenance calories on protein - 600 calories per day - lept into a single meal per day, subsidized by protein shakes and went on for 2 months!

Welp...it's like this...

Protein shakes suck Donkey Dick!

If you can handle them for a day...you are a king!
If they are your only meal per day, and you last a few days...you are a GOD!

Using them to try and keep maintenance protein per day and trying to keep calories to 600/day, for a couple months...GOD HELP YOU!

But...I did it!

And...lost 50 pounds...

With this time in...lost the craving for sweets, carbohydrates and shit food in general.

Enjoyed every morsel of food I consumed and managed well into Beer Drinking Season!

I still have no fucking idea, why you people pay more attention to my diet advice than do to my trading...

It almost makes me believe that FF is full of FAT successful traders...

ALMOST!

But you are here...let's move on!

Being in better shape and the number on your home scale, are 2 very different things!

Building your ideal body based on a number is BULLSHIT!

Fuck...let's push this envelope...

Building your ideal body based on ANYBODY BUT YOU - IS TOTAL BULLSHIT!

Give some respect to people that do this shit for a living, in the same way, you SHOULD to a successful trader who trades for a living.

DON'T GAUGE YOUR SUCCESS BY SOMEBODY ELSE'S STANDARDS!

You Fat...out of shape...wanna lose a few pounds and feel better?

Focus on that!

Not what anybody else says...

THROW AWAY YOUR SCALE and let your pant size be your guide!!

Dafuq's that even mean??

It means...you are FREE to be a better version of YOU!

Body mass scales are BULLSHIT...
Scales are BULLSHIT!

IF/When you can look in the mirror and think that you look better, you've succeeded!

No...it's not easy, but a few guidelines and I bet money, marbles or chalk, it's a fuck pile easier than you thought!

How you going to start?

Pshhhhhhhhh...

The same reco I made for your Valentine's night (read back in this thread) will be your beginning!

No...not just based on better sex, that's actually and only a by-product...

Wait, whut?

Start with better sex and move into a better body?

Sounds crazy, but...Yep...that's the deal.

More to follow...

Oh...and I know what you're thinking...

COMMERCIAL...

Nope!

Got a few things you can do, without spending a buttload of money, without giving me any of your hard earned cash, that will help get you progressively closer to your goals.

I am going to test 10 pairs with default fixed lot at TF 1 min.
Here is my trade explorer
energetic's Profile @ Forex Factory

Hey dude,

Looks like you got lost in the shuffle...given your new status, I cannot send you a PM...

Give the current version a whirl to get acclimated..get some posts under your belt and we will get you in on one of the next rounds.

If all works out with the Testers that will be running revolution...we're only a couple weeks away from full public release.

Thanks for the interest and Welcome to FF!