Did I drop the ball – aka this is fucking HARD

Summary:

• Tracking weight is more important than tracking food
• Maintaining routine in the summer
• Lower the activation energy for activity, workout, run, etc.
• Don’t let work get in the way — sleep well
• Keep the NEAT up

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Why is loosing weight so difficult?

I know it can be done. I have done it a bit. I have seen other people do it. I generally have some idea about how they did it. So then, why is it so hard for me to achieve my goals here?

To be honest, it’s hard for everyone. That’s why you see those studies and those youtube videos that talk about how hard it is.

Some mistakes I made:

• Stopped tracking weight. BAD IDEA. Btw, I kept tracking my food. So this shows the incremental benefit of tracking food vs. weight.
• I let loose a bit with alcohol.
• I experienced a lot of routine disrupting situations, which fucked with food and workouts:
  • Summer heat: Holy shit, this has been insane. I used to ENJOY going for a run, but it has been hard to do that in the summer.
  • Parents came, travel: This I don’t think was too bad of an issue.
  • Activation energy went up too much. Combination of persistent situations and also the heat, etc.
  • Work stress got insane too.

Also, I think some things may have happened in my body too:

• Adaptation, lower BMR.
• Muscle over fat

So, I know what happened. Thats the annoying thing. I know all this shit. I also called this out. So, let me simplify things somehow.