"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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battle_sheep

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Finally, thanks.

It could be a 2-3 months of healing in the cast, and a few weeks after that for some getting back to normal

Im still on keto basically, but I have no idea about post and preworkout meals, do I eat carbs here?

Also, what about carb ups? Once a week or less frequent?
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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Quagmire911

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The above is a two day upper (obviously) with fairly standard volume, maybe a little lower than average. If you're relatively new to training you should see weekly strength gains on most of the exercises. If it's too much which I doubt it will be, we can lower the daily volume or you can switch to one workout chest/tris/shoulders and the other do back.

If you have never done these exercises spend a few weeks getting your form down and keep the reps higher and the weight lower. After that you should be adding 2.5kg every session to most things except skullcrushers and curls where adding reps some weeks will do instead. This isn't a race, take things a week at a time.


For the diet usually upon starting a keto you go for the first two weeks without anything but trace carbs. EFFORT said a month in this thread I think, but I've not read about that anywhere. He will probably chime in before two weeks is up, so go at least two weeks and see what he has to say about it.

After that it can vary how frequently and how many carbs people intake, it is indvidual. If EFFORT hasn't got back too you after two weeks I'll help you out with it.

So first two weeks, no carbs except from green veggies. This includes pre and post workout.

Good luck,

Quagmire
 

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I can go more than that, 3-4 day routine is possible. Im not a total beginner I was lifting for a year before my leg injury, so feel free to add some intermediate exercises, I can handle a 3-4 day routine also. Also, all the exercises you've recommended ive got my form down, save for the deadlift.

Just want you guys to know you arent working with a complete newbie here
 

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I wouldn't really go more than two days to be honest if you can only do upper body. If you could do everything 3-4 would be fine, but you can't do upperbody 3-4 days a week.

Just get in plenty of cardio!
 
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