ONG's reluctant personal improvement

Here I am, 46 years old with a good size dick, great job, wonderful family and nice house - but slowly killing myself with all the things that make me ‘not unhappy.’ How the hell am I not happy you ask? I have no earthly idea. Some of it is sex, some is mid-life crisis (not really but I’ll go with it), some of it is lack of spending money, some of it is taking care of so much while I have so few personal rewards that really make me happy.

So I supplement by drinking (wife and I love to enjoy various boozes), smoking (cigars), jerking off nightly and working-working-working. It’s all slowly killing me and I’d not be surprised if I kick it before I’m 50. I’m in good shape physically except that I need to increase cardio-vascular stamina. My body has a high constitution and is very resilient. So it’s easy to not take care of myself since there are few negative outward signs of poor health.

My goals at first are:
* quit drinking completely for at least one month, preferably two and then to keep it in control
* quit smoking cigars entirely except for special occasions
* PE!! I really want to make it to 8 BP x 5.5” and plan to really get back to the program
* Exercise daily - treadmill and stretching
* Eat healthy and lose 5-10 pounds

Easy, right? The booze will be the hardest I think. I hope to post daily but the job may prevent that. Hopefully I will have more energy soon and will be able to partake in this awesome forum more again in the future!

Here’s some inspiration. I’m a few years younger than you and a old schoolmate just died of a massive stroke. I don’t think he was very healthy. At least he didn’t strike me as such at the last reunion.

Good luck. I’m also trying to get healthier.

So it was a decent first week, but not perfect. I had a cigar last night but have put off drinking since Monday. It’s a good start.

Next week - adding treadmill, stretching (body) and some situps to the mix.

On the PE side, I’m feeling good! 100 jelqs + 5 minutes stretching in the evening and 50 jelqs + 5 minutes stretching in the morning. Then a suction extender or wrap for much of the day. I”ll stretch and do some light pumping in there too throughout the day. My penis already feels like it is ready to end the extended decon break.

Yesterday, I did not stay consistent with timing and I think that is something that will help. I need to build a routine that encourages me to do certain things at certain times so I fit it all in.

Not a good weekend at all. Nothing kills motivation like losing motivation.

Gotta get back on that horse man.

OK, for the PE portion of this, I’m doing well. Let me state for anyone reading this that I have been doing manual PE exercises since 2009. While I have not been actively pursuing gains, I still stretch and jelq as a matter of habit. I am very familiar with my penis and how it reacts to PE workouts. If you are just starting out, use the newbie routine(s) and give that at least three months before doing anything else.

Routine so far:
Stretching - 5 minutes twice per day. 30 second stretches in different directions - down/right, down/left, right, left, up, straight out. I also do a more advanced BTC (between the cheeks) stretch and hold that for a minute each time. It’s a very powerful stretch for a conditioned penis.
Jelqs - 50 in the AM during hot shower using soap as a lubricant and 100 in the evening before bed with Albolene.
Ace bandage wrap - daily for about 4 hours to keep penis elongated (ADS alternative)