It's a crime this channel isn't bigger, Lamont. It's always great to hear from you anyway, but how you include things that aren't ONLY language learning is excellent. For my own selfish wants, I hope your channel gets big enough that you ONLY have time for family, language learning, and KZbin because I want more of your insights on things more often. And congratulations on the weight loss. Anyone who thinks it isn't significant either doesn't have a weight problem or hasn't lost that much themselves! Well done. 🤘
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Thanks Jeffrey! You're right that the channel isn't huge but remember, subs are a poor measure of a channel's size. There are lots of channels with half a million subs that don't get 15,000 views per video (whereas I generally do). So the channel is kinda bigger than it looks... a bit like my tummy in clothes before my weight loss. 😆
@jeffreybarker3579 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords In that case, I’ll help myself to re-watching your video about how Duolingo doesn’t work and I won’t skip the add! 😬 And thanks for responding to comments. Kinda makes some of us feel like we’re second-hand famous because we get acknowledged! 😆 Looking forward to your next video where you look like you’re sculpted out of marble. 💪
@annaromanova12339 ай бұрын
I have a similar story to tell. As a kid I was often ill and skipped a lot of PE classes. Compared to other children, I was complete trash, and my skills got even worse. Everyone hated to be in the same team with me, so my hatred to PE classes grew larger. I attended every class I could, but I was convinced, that I am unable to become better at it. As a university student, I started learning Chinese. I was lucky enough to get a semester of studying abroad. My Chinese university had some optional courses, and I ended up taking wushu class (despite being really scared, but I would never forgive myself missing this chance). This experience turned out to be great. I got the worst grades in my group, but it was absolutely fun. A year and a half ago I realized, that my energy level was really low, because I lacked exercise and movement. I started looking for a sports club. I wanted it to be something martial arts related. I have always been a martial arts admirer, but I had a strong disbelief in myself. However, this positive experience in China changed my perspective. Now I am a fencer in historic european martial arts. It's been a year and a half since my first training session. Since september, I go to gym regularly. Everything is possible if you believe in it
@aleidius1929 ай бұрын
Alternate title: "I learned Swedish and now I am literally Dolph Lundgren"
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
😆 "I learned Swedish and now I am going to literally invade Finland".
@SvengelskaBlondie9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords Daysandwords: Du är redan Död! Finland: Perkele ?
@sparklytea2229 ай бұрын
I'm an American learning Spanish and that's almost exactly how I lost weight
@Skiis449 ай бұрын
Oh how I wish this would work for me I love Mexican food. Sugar addiction is real. Peanut butter cup relapse, but holding @-31 lbs.
@sparklytea2229 ай бұрын
@Skiis44 I understand, I also have a problem with Sugar and processed carbs in general. What helped me was replacing a tortilla with an omlette that was loaded with veggies
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
@sparklytea222 - despite the abundance of AMAZING and stupidly cheap food in Mexico, I managed to lose a small amount of weight while I was there, from the sheer amount of walking that I did. If I lived there, I would just have to keep walking everywhere because you can eat like a king in that place. 😅
@sparklytea2229 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords 😂
@k.54259 ай бұрын
@@daysandwordswhat's the name of the Spanish book @ 9:59?
@finn37699 ай бұрын
Du kan göra en uppföljare där du äter svensk mat, exempelvis Frukost- kaffe Fika- kaffe Lunch- kaffe Kvällsmat- kaffe Dessert- snus
@janecheer9 ай бұрын
Fantastic concept! I gotta say, this doesn't have to be a particular "healthier" nation, like, if I have no affinity with Sweden, thinking of myself as Swedish probably wouldn't do anything. I bet this is tied to our linguistic sub-personalities. I've not experimented with exercising, but i do know that my native language personality (Russian) is full of insecurities and childhood trauma and all the bad shit that's ever happened to me. My English sub-personality is confident, funny, outgoing, etc, because she's never been through all that horrible stuff that my Russian self has been through. My French sub-personality for some weird reason is super into history and politics, which I don't even know where it came from, lol. If you convince yourself you're your own alter ego, there's no stopping!
@lucielou7745Ай бұрын
I joined the gym a year ago now and my playlist is entirely made of Swedish songs. It’s a motivator for me so I can both immerse myself in more Swedish but to imagine myself as much more fit and healthy for the day I finally travel to Sweden.
@jjofblue9 ай бұрын
I know this is not your "typical" language learning type of video, but I think this is a great idea to help shift mindset ! I'm a German language learner, and I keep thinking to myself lately, in regards to my own fitness/well-being journey, that I would like to adopt Spaizergang. (I mean hey, if I get to stay in Germany again, even just for short holiday, I don't want to be the American who can't walk for more than a mile before getting winded 😅) But I'd like to imagine that while I'm walking around here in my small, car-reliant city and neighborhood (which you get weird looks for walking to the nearby supermarket which isn't even more than a 20 minute walk away), that I am simply a Deutscher and it's a perfectly normal thing to do. Great video man :^)
@FrenchinPlainSight9 ай бұрын
How long does it take you the write a script? The wording is always spot on. A few rewrites or are you pretty good at nailing it first time? What i retained: - think of exercise as a byproduct/simultaneous activity to language time. - use how you want to feel in the near future i.e. a few hours from now as a way to push you to eat healthy now and resist that treat. - you and i are the same age - we have different lives and metabolisms but also a habit of eating what we shouldn't ;) Do you have a tip for finding comprehensible input as a beginner that fits in with this combining of sport and language learning? Since i cant read listen and workout to increase comprehensibility. I'm doing Danish every day with LingQ mini stories in the morning, then passively listening to the radio while i work. Passive may be a good supplement but its active immersion thats where most progress is at, right??
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Hey Alex! Wow, a lot to address here. OK I'll go from the top: - My scripts are all over the place. Sometimes they change so much that I literally record the A-roll of the video and end up scrapping all of it because I don't even know what the video is about anymore. The recent Duolingo one was one example... that A-roll that you saw was a complete do-over because the first thing I recorded just didn't end up being any kind of video. Basically the video that never saw the light of day was like... not even the first draft, it was just, something that doesn't need to be published. - THIS video was reeeeeasonably straight forward except that you might notice (I hope) that at no point did it look like I had memorised what to say, because I actually hadn't. I had the points that I wanted to address, and then just recorded until I felt I'd addressed them all, and then cut it all together in a way that makes sense. That's why the cuts are very frequent. It definitely takes longer this way but I'd argue that that feel that it has of me just talking to someone who is in the room is kind of irreplaceable. It's not necessarily the BEST use of resources for a video but it always results in the most engaging delivery of the script. Now to your question... so, there's a theory out there that I'd essentially agree with that says, maybe you need 200 hours minimum of active study of Danish to actually learn what you need to know, but then on top of that you might need "2000" hours of equivalent study time. But those 2000 hours are not measured in time, they are measured in quality where say, actively immersing and reminding yourself of words and concepts or whatever means that 1 hour counts as 2, whereas reading a book while listening to the audio might mean that 1 hour counts as 90 minutes... and listening to an audiobook while you're running might mean that 1 hour only counts at 40 minutes. So if you ONLY did the running thing you might need 3000 REAL hours to account for the 2000 hours... Do you get me? But an interesting twist on this is that the more you do beyond the first 200 hours of deep study, the more effective the passive study will be. Essentially, if you can spare 30 to 1 hour minutes a day for active study at the moment, eventually, just listening to Danish as much as possible will be very beneficial... but if you just do that now it mightn't help so much. But also, at least SOME (if not a lot) of passive study is definitely useful. Think of how much French you've probably picked up without realising it. Language is afterall, a subconscious process.
@hillmanntoby9 ай бұрын
Oh man, drinking 5 cups of coffee every morning did that?! Great job! As a person that has struggled for a decade with diet and exercise and keeping it up, I really just had to accept future me is a person and I need to care about. It was -10 here yesterday and I ran 8km, it's -7 right now and I'm going to run 15 after finishing this video. Last year I ran a 5K where a 66 year old ran it in 24 minutes and I want to be that guy. The net energy increase you get from staying active is so counterintuitive that I think it only makes sense when people see it. We had Thanksgiving here on Thursday and I ran my daily 8K and then cooked for 8 hours and I think it was eye opening for some in my family. Again, great job!
@hillmanntoby9 ай бұрын
I lied, ran a 16k 🙂.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
You're an absolute weapon. I may sometimes run further than you, but it's literally never been less than about 7 degrees when I've been running haha.
@hillmanntoby9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords negative 7 (celsius) 😉, though I have ran at -7 Fahrenheit. In January I plan to run a half, and it's conceivable it'll be -7 Fahrenheit!
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
To be clear - I know you said negative 7, and I figured that you did mean Celsius because I know you would specify otherwise, even as an American... I just chose 7 above for me because I think that's about the coldest it's ever been. In fact it may never have been less than 8 or 9 while I was running. It can windy SOM FAN here though.
@hillmanntoby9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords lol I wasn't sure, but figured something like that. Though to be honest, 7 is actually a perfect running weather. Negative 7 feels fine after the first ten minutes, but then you're done and your chest is red from where your shirt started to where your shirt started to freeze to your chest. The biggest challenge is getting out the door, but having a winter dog helps. Either you go out or she makes you regret your life decisions.
@giovanniscagliusi90068 ай бұрын
Hi Lamont. I'm Italian and I'm trying to get my English to the next level, while also improving my French.The reasons are infinite, mastering English is basically a must in today's world and of course I also enjoy doing that immensely; French is very useful in general, but especially to a student of "Humanities", or Literature, or whatever you wanna call it, which I am, and the prospect of going to France for a while also seems feasible to me. However, I recently unexpectedly grew an interest in Swedish. I don't know how to explain it briefly, it just kind of sounds too beautiful, it makes me daydream and I feel like it would give me the opportunity to get to know a culture I have zero experience with. But I don't know if I will actually ever go to Sweden, where by the way it is said that almost everyone can speak fluent English, and I am certain that a language like German would prove valuable no matter what I end up doing in my life. I'm also a bit scared by the fact that Swedish dub almost doesn't exist, so I can't even watch things I've already watched in my target language. So I want to ask you, who are probably the person I most respect on the internet, what advice would you give to me in my situation? As a 23 years old student, scared of missing out too many things in exchange of a language I could never end up using, who does not have the slightest "need" of learning it aside from a genuine interest with fragile foundations (it really is a sort of fantasy and nothing more), and who would profit a lot by really mastering English, French and then jumping to German, with 100% possibility regardless of what I'll do in my life (which I absolutely don't know). Thank you very much, love from Italy.
@Livakivi9 ай бұрын
Great video and the transformation is a night and day difference! I quite liked the method acting style approach of adopting a different mindset - certain niche natural bodybuilders also use (on purpose) fictional characters as a source of inspiration and of something to aim towards, but I haven't really thought of it in the style of already becoming that character and adopting their habits and habits from day 0. It does make a lot of sense though considering how our beliefs about ourselves aka the stories we believe are essentially self fulfilling prophesies and I see no reason why not to adopt a story that already has the desired ideals integrated and adopting the behaviors from that mindset. I think its an especially interesting practice as it can almost be a type of window from which you can peek to a potential different lifestyle immediately without having to first build a level of self belief that would allow one to improve. Ironically though, seeing it actualized in reality through said window can be exactly what it might take for many people to start building that confidence in the first place. After all, they don't need confidence to peek through that window at first, as its "not them", but instead someone else who's shoes you get to try on for a day.
@monkey72186 ай бұрын
Phenomenal video! I've been watching your videos for a while but didn't realise until this one how similar our lives and lifestyles are - and I could not have found this video at a better time, as I'm just starting my own wait loss / junk food addiction journey. Keep up the excellent work my dude, and congratulations on the transformation! I hope you're still going strong and feeling good.
@daysandwords6 ай бұрын
Thanks for the comment. To be honest it's not going well at the moment. A lot of stress eating with some stuff happening recently, on top of some rough uploads (videos that floored me for weeks haha). But yeah I'm keen to get back into it along with you!
@monkey72186 ай бұрын
Ah sorry to hear that my dude, but to restate the point you made in the video - just think of it as the Viking taking a while off and now he's back to set things right haha. I've tried a few times over the years and keep falling off the wagon, but I would probably be 40lbs heavier if I hadn't tried at all; it's videos like yours that help put me back on track again. At least the video uploads have been top notch, if stressful! Excellent content! @@daysandwords
@michaelkobylko29699 ай бұрын
I've consistently failed to make the kind of permanent changes to my diet and lifestyle that I need to make. I'm starting to think I need to give it another try. I am painfully aware that I tend to eat my emotions. I'm a very anxious person and it seems like I attempt to eat it away with bad food and lots of it. Despite the cliché that admitting it is the first step to change, admitting it has never made much difference to me. I always end up falling back into old habits when I'm tired or stressed or just craving something that tastes good.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Yeah I am pretty similar. I admitted it when I was 16. It doesn't take much to throw me off either. Like I said, I'm not a dietician, and nor am I a psychologist, but one step might be to examine: - When you say "Today I'm going to eat healthily" - what is it (really) that will make you give up on that? I find that that's been a key to helping me keep going for at least one day. Examining why it is that I am so willing to SAY the thing but not willing to do it. For me I think it might be a failure to recognise that the future is real. That's also why procrastination exists. You don't actually feel that you're going to be in the situation of needing to hand your assignment in, or get up in the morning. You KNOW that you are, but you don't FEEL that you are, so you just do what you feel like doing now. That's why I'm not good at eating for more than 1 day away. I know for a fact that I'm going for a run so I know what food I need for that. But I don't FEEL that I'll be fatter in one week if I eat three doughnuts now, so why not? So at present, I'm trying to strengthen my feeling for the future as a real thing that's happening now.
@swerv77289 ай бұрын
Swedish viking gigachad
@mathildes85839 ай бұрын
I learnt Spanish and gained weight because of manchego 🙏
@lauragrace56229 ай бұрын
This is really good insight. I started running about 6 weeks ago after quitting my job (to start a business). I needed a way to get out more, so I bought a gym membership, and have really enjoyed running and doing some lifting. I’m on the thinner side, and have a fast metabolism so I’ve never had any weight issues. People seem to think being skinny solves your problems, but it doesn’t. After realizing I was anemic, I also started taking an iron supplement, and with working out about 3x a week I already have more energy to complete basic tasks (I.e., DISHES and LAUNDRY, which were such a burden before!). I need to start thinking about food and language learning in the ways you’ve mentioned. Although I don’t over eat, the foods I eat are not going to help me! I need to cook more whole foods. I’m learning Hindi, and I think saying, “I’m going to listen to Hindi stories and run,” vs, “I’m going to run, and maybe listen to some Hindi,” will help improve my learning. It can be hard because since getting familiar with a new language, it feels like my head is exploding with ideas of what I could say, but my vocabulary simply isn’t there. Great video, I will be thinking about this more.
@SzczeryPoliglota9 ай бұрын
I've been following you for years now, the same for KZbin in general. Nonetheless, I sincerely don't understand how come you're still under 100k subscribers. This is amazing. Your videos are well-cut, innovative, interesting, hell, really, I don't get it. Keep up the good work, mate.
@veroniqueblais58589 ай бұрын
This is so interesting. I am learning norwegian and want to get outside the house more. I think of norwegian people as really outsidy, this video will definately help on both levels. I am also working on « recalling » my german language. Do you have a video about recalling or on how you manage to learn/pratice different languages at the same time? Thank you.
@Stephanie-gv8rh9 ай бұрын
This is brilliant, almost like creating an alter ego/persona to accomplish your tasks. I think I’m going to try this!
@seanmaher30189 ай бұрын
Absolute insane transformation bro!!! So proud of one of my favourite creators, great job man honestly 💪
@DNA350ppm9 ай бұрын
You are one of the most cerative and imaginative and interesting persons I learned to know thanks to KZbin and thanks to the language learning interest! This video is so fresh in its approach! Your three-year old is such a typical Swedish kid, so you actually must have Swedish genes! Probably your wife has, too! I'm glad you dared to show us your charming kids! Your genes might be Swedish for a fact, via Scotland, but who cares, you are now a Swede by choice and merit, no doubt about it! Well done if you colonize Australia a bit! 🙂Remember "lördags-godis" which should be a small amount of treats for the kids only on Saturdays. I usually made a mixture of chocolate, gummy-bears (?), raisins, peanuts, and home-made popcorn. These are the things I eat (in southern Sweden, mainly vegetarian, preferably organic and fair-trade, "foraged" at the local store. I don't eat too much often, but never want to be too hungry, either): Breakfast: two pieces of home baked bread (a scones recipe with whole grain - dinkel and oats - and with added this and that for health) and non-dairy cheese; a huge cup of dairy-free cocoa, stevia sweetened. Lunch: a bowl of blueberries, banana, lots of fiber (husk, oats), a spoonfull of pumpkin protein, a cup of Greek youghurt (dairy, fatty), apple-sauce (organic/local, homemade, unpeeled, cooked, mixed, light sweetened). Dinner: a veggie soup or salad - with sandwich if I'm extra hungry. I make my meals out of 3-4 veggies (varying them), and I prefer the recipes to be quick to prepare. What is Swedish about this? That we preferably use organic/local apples, potatoes, carrots, kales, flour, eggs, virgin oils of rape-seed, and almost always we can find that. Many are often more expensive than the imported and unhealthier variants, but then we just take simpler ingredients. Apples are cheaper than kiwi, local organic potatoes+carrots are cheaper than imported sweet potatoes, conserved organic tomatoes (for soups) are cheaper than organic when out of season, Swedish leek is always cheap and endures a few (centi)grades of frost really well and the green parts are good to eat, too, etc. I think it is very Swedish to consider health all the time, reading the list of ingredients, keeping up with official recommendations, and being generally fuzzy about health and environmental issues. For example we have the traditional Nordic pattern of healthy eating (Nordisk kost) which is scientifically claimed to be as healthy as the Mediterranean. It is high-lighted everywhere, also at the doctor's (and we have almost free health services compared to the USA). Additionally we have "Nordic walking" with poles (my hubby's poles have a bungy function, that enhances the training for upperbody muscles). Generally we get all kinds of health information. So keep it up, you are doing great, Swedish Lamont! Your exercise is visible on the photos. Congrats to your healthy, imaginative approach, it fits your personality perfectly! And thank you very much for sharing!
@garlandofbooks44943 ай бұрын
Congrats, man! You look great! (No need to look like a bodybuilder, they have to fake tan and oil themselves to trick the camera, it’s a bit strange and once you see it you can’t unsee it) I think those fresh cut strawberries are so much more beautiful than the cookies. I’m now realizing you basically made an ad for strawberries. That cannot be called subliminal, haha. Delicious tip: chop strawberries in a bowl, and get a spoonful of raw honey. Mix it in, and let it sit for 10 mins. The strawberry juice softens the sticky honey until they meld into a beautiful strawberry sauce that’s too good to be true. I especially love clover honey.
@Skiis449 ай бұрын
Working on my Spanish persona. At heart I’m a good German. As a child, I was Tri lingual with a strong programming that French was la plus belle langue du monde. After 3 years of Spanish reeducation it’s time to learn German.
@anna72769 ай бұрын
It’s so hot here in Perth that I’ve been living off Cornettos and ice cold beer. I need to change that. Lol. Inspirational stuff Lamont, you’ve given me kick up the ass to try and be better!
@ellis77969 ай бұрын
Doubling energy levels is legit the best selling point for exercise that I've ever heard! You may have convinced me to go back to the gym consistently
@paulwalther52379 ай бұрын
If you’re doing it for energy rather than physical gains keep the workouts a little shorter what you could do. I’ve found that 45 minutes is really good just to reset my brain although I could totally do an hour or more. But doing longer runs cuts into the energy gains for doing other stuff.
@sharonoddlyenough9 ай бұрын
I recently moved into a city, and this has reminded me that I can use this to my advantage. When I was out in the boonies, winter means all my walking trails are covered with deep enough snow that the slog is unappealing, amd the snowbanks narrow the roads dangerously. Now, the closest library is almost an hour walk away (less for others because I amble), and there's parks relatively nearby, too. Winter is my time for doing things because I have time and energy because summer is high season for my trade. Nu kör vi!
@sharonoddlyenough9 ай бұрын
Also, as a Canadian, kilos don't make as much intuitive sense as pounds to me, so it took a second watch to catch that 9 kilos is massive! That's nearly 20 pounds, and in such a short time, I hope you are feeling so much healthier. Starting today, I am also trying to fika and have lördags godis. Have a trest every day, but intentionally and make it a nice experience, plus one day a week of sugar indulgence, instead of a constant grazing of carbs and sweets.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Yeah 9kg is quite a lot. I actually mentioned in the "I quit Spanish" video that 9kg is basically exactly 20 pounds, but I didn't mention it here because I find that a lot of North Americans are getting better at converting it themselves. This isn't directed at you - but I think a lot of us (especially who watch sports/fitness youtubers) are getting better at thinking in both metric and imperial, because it's just so common now. A lot of the running channels I watch are American and they talk in miles but they also know KMs because like... you can't be a runner and not know what a K is.
@Charlotte-ti2yk9 ай бұрын
Another great video Lamont. If you’ve ever read Atomic Habits by James Clear, much of what you’ve said aligns with his advice. Instead of being someone who wishes they could learn languages, identify as a person who is a language learner. As soon as you identify as that person, you can easier do the kind of things a language learner does, because now you are one. Similarly, instead of being someone who wants to lose weight or get fitter, identify as a person who actively looks after themselves, and start to do the things that kind of person does. I’ve never been able to language learn whilst running though. How do you do it? I always walk and listen simultaneously, and walk to listen and listen to walk, just as you describe doing for running. I can also do this for weight lifting. But I’ve always needed music to run… and it needs to be epic music, the kind of music where I can imagine myself running in order to do some heroic event, or running from something extremely dangerous. 😂 I suppose I need to identify as the sort of person who language learns whilst running and see what that does… Something you touched on slightly, but I wonder if you have plans to expand on… did you find your ‘active’ language study (or any other kind of mental activity) improved when done immediately after running? Anecdotally, I believe my study sessions are better and I’m able to retain more information if I do that session after some strenuous exercise like a run. Anyway. Great video, as ever.
@Charlotte-ti2yk9 ай бұрын
Ah! Why am I so wordy when I respond to your videos?! 🙈 Sorry! Although… good for the algorithm? Maybe you’re just a kindred spirit on the other side of the world… and I have no one to talk to about this stuff on this side of the world. 😭
@Skiis449 ай бұрын
Loved Atomic Habits. Changed my life. Even at 75 there are changes to be made.
@Number777129 ай бұрын
I'm not always pairing my activities and I am often distracted by shiny things in English, but when I can kill two birds with one stone is when I make most progress, even when I am killing one or both of the birds less efficiently than I otherwise would. I really think that for my almost certainly ADHD brain it is one of the only ways not to wander off and do something else entirely. Like if I'm listening to a podcast while painting, I will inevitably zone out of one at some point as I get more focused on the other, but that's always better than not doing it at all. And languages really do give you different personalities/idealised selves that you can tap into as a resource.
@Gabe-no5zy9 ай бұрын
I was really prepared to think this video would be contrived and unhelpful. I’ve been wrong before and glad you made me wrong again.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Haha, thanks. It's funny how people are, just from this video, asking my advice on nutrition... and I'm like "You're seriously asking a junk food addict?"
@MisterGames9 ай бұрын
I am not going for a walk or a run, i am heading out the door for my language session.
@BruhtheIII5 ай бұрын
Everytime I start losing weight I start learning a new language
@HeffeFrank9 ай бұрын
If placebos can cure and kill, then what if you could be your own placebo without the tricks? I love the journey of "this is about languages" to "This is what I do to be the best version of me"
@jeremysalmon70569 ай бұрын
The timing of this video is crazy. I don’t exercise much but I recently got into roller blading and I was wondering if the exercise would help me comprehend learning spanish, or just make my head function better. I can just listen to a spanish book while bladin’ around. Great video brother. PS: I recently started learning another language and your videos helped me immensely with how to learn. Keep it up dude!
@ErickLanguages-dh6dt9 ай бұрын
Nice video. Now as a native Spanish speaker I'm always a bit confused about your farewell because "lo quiero" means "I want it" whereas "los quiero" means "I love you (all)". I haven't realized before how this tiny phonetic difference has a big difference in meaning. However it would be understandable if you have a Cuban friend or something similar, because Caribbean Spanish speakers sometimes omit some "s" sounds in their speech. But as I know you were in Mexico recently it strikes me as an odd pronunciation to choose.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
No no, it's deliberate. I'm saying Lo quiero because I mean to.
@nattell93579 ай бұрын
You’re absolutely right. As a language learner (Swedish also) it is so important to have mental energy which can only come through being physically well. Managing family life, full time work and language learning is hard. So this video is wonderful and very inspiring.
@shawnle80979 ай бұрын
I’m a very big fan of this KZbin channel.
@trentasaurus9 ай бұрын
Inspiring stuff. I've been getting lazy lately and these mindset tips are helpful. Would be interested to hear more about your food choices and muscle-building routine, maybe on your members channel.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Well, very much not a dietician and definitely not an experienced lifter. The one tip I would give is, if they're available and not too expensive, STRAWBERRIES. Seriously, you cannot eat your maintenance calories in strawberries. It's basically not possible (for me it would be almost 6kg a day)... but they fill you up and don't have dangerous levels of anything (at least not in 1 or 2 kg amounts, which is still HEAPS).
@chiefpanda70409 ай бұрын
great job i can really see a difference great job telling yourself you were swedish you look slightly happier now
@jackiew65989 ай бұрын
"You can't satisfy your past hungry self." This is why I've gained weight quickly after recovering from every serious illness I've had. It then takes a long time to get my weight back to normal. It makes sense now.
@samturner68489 ай бұрын
Great video cheers Lamont. I would love to combine exercise with language learning. I haven't yet managed to listen while I exercise though, as I feel like I need music motivation to get through the jog. My compromise was to listen to music in my target language though haha. but you're not really paying attention to the words anyway. I think some people also struggle with attention, me personally I am really bad at passively listening to something whilst I do something esle. eg. jogging, cleaning, driving, and listening to something, I kind of need to be sitting down and 100% focussed on the content. one thing that has helped me though to stay somewhat focussed on audio content whilst doing somthing else is the shadowing technique, ie. just repeating what you hear immediately after you hear it. this at least forces me to stay with the content a bit
@dedhart9 ай бұрын
From now on I am Dylan: Brazilian jigalo
@GuildmasterWigglytuff9 ай бұрын
really big fan of these tips! the narrative shift is really useful, there's often this feedback loop of "i'm not the sort of person who does X, small steps to do X more often or more easily are for the sort of people who do X -> i won't take those small steps -> i end up not doing X -> i'm not the sort of person who does X", rinse and repeat so finding a way to short-circuit that and reverse it, even if it's with a silly little story you tell yourself, can help a lot! it sounds like another benefit of tying exercise and language learning like you did was that even if your motivation and focus on one started to fade and shift to the other, it still wouldn't fall by the wayside
@loctrice9 ай бұрын
Hey Lamont, not sure if you've ever read it but there is a great book called Atomic Habits. The reverse book of that, which I also enjoyed, was The Biology of Desire which is sorta like how bad habits get built, but if you've read Atomic Habits first it makes a lot of sense on the smaller levels.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Yeah, I've actually mentioned that book in a few videos.
@loctrice8 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords oh cool now I get to be star struck because you answered me. Definitely telling my friends (the ones that are nerds) 🤩 Atomic habits and Fluent Forever were huge impacts on success in learning my first language - after several pretty failed attempts. I've watched a lot of your videos, but not all, so I either missed or forgot the book mention.
@nilmergomino30979 ай бұрын
13:00 love your facial expressions of a criminal on those "before and after" photos.
@aaronjiang89649 ай бұрын
You look absolutely shredded now.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Haha, thanks. I disagree. In fact to take the thumbnail, I tried to not drink any water that day because my pecs were looking pretty flabby, and I know this to be from hydration... But it didn't really work (if I'd gone for a much longer run maybe). It's funny, some people see my forearms and think that I must be at near starvation levels, but I'm so far off that it's wild. I have very good reason to believe that I'd be quite comfortable at 62kg... and I'm still 76-77 (a bit before I made the video I'd actually dipped into the 75s)... so if I REALLY needed to I could drop SO much body fat.
@nicoles_handle9 ай бұрын
love the low-progress progress pics (even though i see a ton of progress!) slow and sustainable change is the way forward. keep going, lamont!
@joedwyer32979 ай бұрын
What an interesting idea! Its really made me think, its like an extension of how some people seem to have different personalities in different languages, why shouldn't it extend to a persons habits
@joerocket19779 ай бұрын
You’re right about your stories analogy. We tell ourselves all kinds of stories about ourselves, most of them untrue. You might as well make up a good one and run with it.
@boxwhale58779 ай бұрын
Your transformation is pretty significant, anyone who is knowledgeable about fitness would say so.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@alexandriatempest9 ай бұрын
So, I've started finally making health gains when I started taking an anti-depressant cocktail. It's not stimulant and has helped my un-diagnosed ADHD-I. I felt like I was addicted to food, and in a real sense I was. I would get the happy chemical hit that others get just through living. I'm not offering medical advice, but stating that this is a thing to look into/
@nikolesatelmajer15289 ай бұрын
I've been waiting for this video! Thanks for sharing. I struggle with junk food, but your reset /different identity idea is awesome. Years ago i started a new job and my officemate thought i said i didnt eat chocolate. At the work potluck i was offered cake and he said, she doesn't eat chocolate. I embraced the new identity for 6 months, but then felk back into my old ways. Definitely going to give this a try again.
@MTimWeaver9 ай бұрын
Another good video. Having sub-personas is definitely a thing. I become much more extraverted when I switch into Spanish, and even sometimes use my hands to talk. LOL. What watch is that where you can put MP3 files or whatever on them to listen to as you do stuff? It's been decades since I've worn a watch, but that could be useful.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
The one shown in the B-roll is actually my older one but a lot of the newer smart watches or fitness watches can do it. Garmin pretty much rules the fitness game... I think the 255 Music is the cheapest one that can do it. Mine is the Forerunner 945 but that's unnecessarily expensive because it's really good for RUNNING. Basically the Garmin website will tell you when it comes to a specific model, if it has mp3 storage.
@Aceliious9 ай бұрын
Great video as always, and on the physical fitness part you might find that doing Resistance Training (weights) can be very helpful alongside your Running training. Not only does it improve body composition but help avoid injuries and muscle atrophy as you age (assuming you don’t do any type of resistance training)
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Thanks but I do do resistance training. I didn't manufacturer lean muscle out of "fat air". 😆
@Aceliious9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords Keep up the good work, the videos are always amazing 👍👍💪
@rinkuhero9 ай бұрын
seems like great work. but the funny thing is, it's weird that you consider 85kg to be fat. like in the US, that's thin. i'm about 82kg and people regularly call me too skinny and tell me i need to gain weight.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Australia is about the same as the US in that regard - in the right kind of clothes, I do like skinny-ish - but like I said to someone else, it's about knowing what you would naturally be if you didn't eat like humans have never eaten (i.e. lots of processed sugar). At my lightest as a 5'11" adult, I was 66kg. That was about the weight that I think I should be. I was skinny for sure but I didn't look like I was starving or about to collapse. I feel like 70kg is well within reach for me now, and 85kg only comes from lack of discipline eating.
@RikkiestAndTikkiest9 ай бұрын
Me, who is learning Latin: _sharpens sword with intent._
@cairnwest2879 ай бұрын
Lamont, the worlds most relatable life coach.
@iknowyouwanttofly9 ай бұрын
Have you heard the old podcast piskan och moroten? Its an unfit swedish comedian and her extreamly fit and healthy friend. Its not about diet at all just fitness and how to change your identity to a fit person. that are going to try to get Ina in shape but she is struggleing alot. I make it sound a bit boring but its a very very fun podcast. Its what made me start jogging. I highly recomend it its one of my favorite podcasts. 😊
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Wow, no I hadn't heard of it! Thanks!
@iknowyouwanttofly9 ай бұрын
Just start with oldest episodes first it one of the podcast that is better in that order.
@momo-ch4md9 ай бұрын
i just discovered your channel, and honestly your videos are super well put together !! this is a very interesting way of applying a sort of general life discipline to combine sports and language learning (which are coincidentally my two main hobbies lol) the two have way more in common than it may seem initially keep up the good work and good luck with this fitness journey 💪¡tú puedes!
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@BrunUgle9 ай бұрын
You should see the candy stores in Sweden. Some of them are the size of a fairly good-sized grocery store, but it’s all candy! I think even Willy Wonka would be impressed. Of course, I’m only familiar with the parts of Sweden that are near the Norwegian border, and those stores probably cater mostly to Norwegians. So maybe the rest of Sweden is all vegetables and health food stores.
@SvengelskaBlondie9 ай бұрын
While doing some research for a planned vanlife trip through Sweden, found a few such stores. It's quite insane that they even exist to begin with. Said stores usually belong to a candy producer. Googled the largest candy store for sh!1 and giggles, apparently it's in Haparanda in Sweden. Apparently it has a floor space of 750 square meters, that's quite large (like 3 large villa's), place is name the inspiring name "Candy world".
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
@BrunUgle - I'm under no impressions that Swedes actually do eat healthily a lot... In fact I've pointed out before that they are the first group of people I've met and thought "Holy crap calm down with the sugar..." I don't much like a lot of Swedish sweet stuff though. I like kanelbullar and våfflor and some of that stuff, but not the candy cars and all that stuff (and I hate liquorice).
@SvengelskaBlondie9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords At least when it comes to fast food, things gotten so expensive that I bet allot of people are eating healthier just due to cost. Showed my brother how expensive a national fast food chain has gotten (Max hamburgers). A double Frisko meal costs 135 SEK, almost all of that (around 110 SEK) is just for the hamburger. it's cheaper to go to a grocery store and buy all the stuff to make your own hamburgers, one thing that's still not that expensive (more expensive than before) are frozen meals/microwave food. One thing my brother does is go to Lidl and get the cheapo 3 pack pizza's for around 50 SEK. Then he slaps some extra cheese n stuff on it, works quite well (I love adding a pack of diced bacon to frozen pizzas).
@krening9 ай бұрын
The classic principle of "fake it till you make it"
@paulwalther52379 ай бұрын
Everything is mental and I think you’re right about the fast food. I picture myself as an American and most of us eat too much junk food. I want to get back to my weight when I was in Japan so I guess it’s time to think of what mental image of myself can get me there. I could go Japanese but I don’t know how to cook any Japanese food 😂.
@paulwalther52379 ай бұрын
What watch is that? My sister has the Apple Watch and loves it but omg it’s $400
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
LOL I've got bad news for you... the one shown is actually the same price (almost...) Garmin watches that have music storage on them start from around $200 US I think. Maybe the 255 Music the Forerunner 645 or something. The one shown is the Fenix 3 which is long out of production, but many of the Fenix 6 variants have music. They are unnecessarily fancy if that's all you want though.
@nendoakuma74519 ай бұрын
I guess English must be bad for my health. I have to use it in moderation.
@sweatybabypowderhands8439 ай бұрын
I feel like the progress picture is cheating if you breath in your belly, flex your muscles and have hard lighting in the better one, but you do look skinnier so that’s definitely something to be proud of. No need to fake your progress. Will only lead to unnecessary insecurity and lower self-respect.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
It's obviously cheating. It says so in the text in the video. It's a thumbnail photo. I actually hate posing and taking photos of myself. But there are also non-staged comparisons in the video.
@matt_brooks-green9 ай бұрын
Great video mate. Incredible achievement too. Keep us updated!
@TheStickCollector9 ай бұрын
Well this is impressive Well when you experience a country not made of fast food and other things, then this is more likely to live healthier
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
I doubt the real Sweden will actually help. I'd go to Africa to train for running if I wouldn't get outrun by the 6 year old kids there. 😅
@Deibi0789 ай бұрын
now he's going to America
@thesunrising49829 ай бұрын
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@xuhongxue9 ай бұрын
Thank you. I needed to hear this.
@SpeC9279 ай бұрын
Great video! Really inspiring, since as a junk food/food addict that just started a 3 month program, it really resonated with me, well done!
@sparklytea2229 ай бұрын
I'm interested
@MisterGames9 ай бұрын
I am Kratos!
@katyb38699 ай бұрын
Congratulations!!! That's fantastic!! I love what you said about exercise giving you more time than it takes. That's so true! I'm gonna try that mindset shift, fingers crossed! So many good take-aways from this video, thank you so much!
@charliee71129 ай бұрын
Looking good my guy, love your vids
@j56799 ай бұрын
You mentioning memetics caught me off guard!
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
I had to look that up. Oh how English loves to spell very very different things almost exactly the same way (or the same way).
@j56799 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords I relistened to the passage in question (3:54) and I think you said "mimetic", not "memetic". My bad, not a native speaker! Forget my comment above please haha
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Yeah I said "mimetic" - not a problem! When I read your comment, I thought you were joking because the words sounded so similar! Even a native speaker could easily have heard "memetic", but it becomes more clear when I say "I was mimicking my own behaviour".
@NessunDormaIA9 ай бұрын
Oh look atomic habits
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Hmm, I disagree. I actually think that book is slightly overrated, and also don't think I really took much from it for this particular change.
@pattermoon19 ай бұрын
I’m so glad I found your channel, I love the way you think.
@sparklytea2229 ай бұрын
I'm so happy for you!
@user-nu4be8qx1p9 ай бұрын
9:31 Lol Dude calm down
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@Nikita-ze8ii9 ай бұрын
You calling yourself overweight at as little as 86 kilos should be a wakeup call for me ngl lol
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Yeah there were lots of bits cut out of the video and one of them was how 86kg is not actually that big etc. But the thing is, I know what I would weigh if I didn't eat crap all the time, and it's VERY little. I forget what they call it in fitness circles but I'm that naturally skin and bones kind. I could actually be 60kg and still be a healthy weight... I would just look hilariously skinny but it wouldn't be dangerous or anything. So I know that 75+ is overweight for me, but wouldn't be for a lot of other people my height (181).
@Nikita-ze8ii9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords I get that, back when I was actually capable of going to a gym I managed to get from 110 kilos to like 82 (at 185-186cm) and I still felt chubby, maybe my expectations were just too high, I don't know
@vakancy9 ай бұрын
ate
@alexanderhomoky11409 ай бұрын
Low tier KZbinr? Nah. Grassroots KZbinr.
@seriekekomo9 ай бұрын
Multilingual magical thinking? lol Can't you just do what's good without so much nonsense?
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
Yeah, and junkies should just stop taking drugs, and homeless people should just go and drive Uber for money.
@ashley_smith9 ай бұрын
There have been studies where animals are offered cocaine or sugar water. After a while, most want the sugar. The problem is, it creates health problems. It is an addictive substance, it alters your mood and motivation, your sleep quality, and inflammation levels etc.
@SvengelskaBlondie9 ай бұрын
@@daysandwords Homeless people should just go and buy a house, then they wouldn't be homeless 🤣.
@Gabe-no5zy9 ай бұрын
You may be the exception, but some of us are at a frustrating point in our exercise/eat cycle where listening to some fresh ideas (multilingual magical thinking) would actually get us past the disappointment (past angry self) and on to a renewed commitment to a better future self. There are only so many times you can return to Weight Watchers and expect to be motivated by the same strategies that didn’t lead to consistent improvement previously. I am a little skeptical about the language learning connection but that’s because I haven’t embraced listening to material that is mostly gibberish to me.
@daysandwords9 ай бұрын
@seriekekomo - this video was a timely upload for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqaYqZqVnMd0Ztk
@sparklytea2229 ай бұрын
I'm an American learning Spanish and that's almost exactly how I lost weight