I am lucky to be able to run. No one will get why I am doing what I am doing. The noise levels are so high. It is making time fly by without be being able to be with myself.

You need to give yourself permission to do this. Push everything else away.

So, I am planning 100 days of extreme focus on my health. It will be challenging. I think the right amount of challenging though. The broad themes:

• Fast 24 hours on Monday, to kick start things every week
• Calorie deficit. High protein.
• Run 30 mins every single day.
• One day a week do a 10k (or longer)
• Do minor strength training

• Track it all.

Fasting Schedule

• Monday is fast day. Nothing more than 24 hours

Food planning

no time to waste. Preplan everything for a 100 days.

It is key to be on as close to auto pilot on food as possible. I will create a full calendar every week. Predetermine the meals. For 100 days, here are my food options:

• Salad from the typical place. No fried chicken. Amp up on the protein
• Dig also no fried
• yoghurt with chia and almonds
• Tuna with chilli oil from momofuku and chia seeds
• Low carb wraps with turkey, cheese, etc
• Naya the typical dish I get on some of the days
• Protein shake 2 scoops.
• Protein bars at work and maybe at home.
• Make your own food – protein bars? breads? chicken meals? bag chicken

Hit the protein macro: 200 grams. Thats 4x 50 grams. Thats a combo of shake, yoghurt, chicken, bar every day. It will get boring but it’s fine.

Track things too. At least get a general idea.

Preplan the meals.

Work out planning

2 hours a day?

15000 a day?

This is where it will be fun. Every single day, run a 5k. So that would be 30+ miles a week. It will have to be every day. At least 2 miles a day. Then once in a while you have to take it longer.

And, importantly, you will do some strength training after the runs. Doesn’t matter what the bullshit you have to deal with is. Run, and then go to the gym.

Sleep

Try to sleep as much as you can. But prioritize workouts.

Active chillage

• Meditation, low stress. Read and journal.

In 2022, I got triggered by a blog: https://morbidlyobesetomarathonrunner.com/

I wrote about it here: https://cnsnnts.wordpress.com/2023/06/25/why-do-i-think-i-can-run-a-marathon/

As soon as I read that, I became confident that I could do it. This is so bizare to me, that I had the audacity to think that I could do it. But I had this instant belief. That blog woke me up, and it showed me a path towards doing something insane. I had never really run before in my life. And now I am thinking about running a marathon in less than 2 years? How is that even possible? But it didn’t matter. That blog made me visualize an insane goal, and gave me time to prepare for me. It focussed my mind in a way I have rarely felt.

Well, I came across a similarly triggering video recently.

This video is powerful. You HAVE to go through a mental struggle. A battle against yourself.

This dude did 100 days

He gets to a plateau and fixed it too

“I don’t know why he’s telling me his workout when I have one”

David goggins

The MENTAL TRANSITION, where it’s just you. NO ONE WILL GET IT.

This is a solitary journey. That’s it. It’s just you and yourself.

David Goggins

You will rest when you sleep.

Why do you run? Why do you even get out of bed? I hate my previous self. I want to run away from that – no one will understand this shit. Only YOU get it. And so, only YOU have to do it. You can’t explain it to anyone.

There are two people inside you. And they are fighting.

I am so grateful to be able to run and workout. Who knows how long I have.

I want to run away from the future that my dad shows me. I am not going to end up like that.

I want to run towards a world where my kids look up to me.

Bullet Points 3 weeks Extreme Fat Loss

• 24 Hours FASTING once a week. Recommended start 8 pm Sunday and finish at 8 pm on Monday.
• Aggressive Calorie Deficit and eat the same food for the next 3 weeks. (Calorie Deficit depends on individual and also need to do macro with 1.3 gram per pounds body weight protein intake and 20% fat intake from the whole calorie)
• Cardio :full incline treadmill, 20 mins for 1st week (5 sessions), increase 30 mins the 2nd week and 45 mins the 3rd week
  Resitance Training : 5x a week
• Sleep at least 7 hours every night, lower your stress
• Supplement intake – Black Coffee

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WOW!!!!

I like this video. It could help with a bootstrap.

Calorie deficit is important. Pretty aggressive

His main points are:

• Run slow and regularly
• Build strength
• Build a base
• Once in a while, do speed runs

Tweets by runliftrunlift

Don’t follow a training plan
Follow a training philosophy

I’ve never been one to follow weekly numbers on a spreadsheet. Running is a game of adjustments. I’m confident in my training because I have a philosophy that guides me.

Here it is👇🏻

— David Abbott (@runliftrunlift) July 3, 2023

https://www.runnersworld.com/training/a64220300/amazing-runners-world-show-episode-54-long-run-distances/?taid=67d9ac6476512b000116e67a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

• Build the confidence

https://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-weight-loss/a63872682/fasted-cardio-benefits/

• There can be benefits to running fasted.
• Fat metabolism
• BUT – you will burn less
• Won’t necessarily help you loose weight if you are not controlling the calories
• Protein breakdown possibly too
• NOT THE BEST IF YOU WANT TO BUILD MUSCLE

• Skyr + Chia + Banana + Maple syrup / Honey
• Protein bar at home

I feel fine. I feel good. I didnt meet any goals, because I didnt set any. But the system works.

The biggest benefit of doing this was that it helped me get refocused. It’s a common theme.

Let’s get shredded now.

I think I just had a vision of this and it has freaked me out. I cannot let it happen!!!!!!

I cannot let that happen. Absolutely not. I cannot let this time just go by and have nothing to show for it.
Obesity is a disease

Video: Obesity, loose it fast.

This is a chronic disease. And I need to get rid of it quickly. I need to get on some strict regime to drop the pounds otherwise I am killing myself on a daily bases. The runs are not going to help me. Neither is the working out. I need to control the stress and the food.

Just, stop eating. This is hard as hell but you have to do it. Something has to give, man. Something does.

I meet you again. It is the night before the NYC Half. I am nervous and angry that I haven’t been able to make the progress I wanted. I keep doing stuff but not making significant progress.

I feel like I am battling the increase of entropy with these things; but not keeping the source of the increase in entropy in check. So, I just want to have a bit of a heart to heart.

Five years since COVID have gone by…. I have gotten older. I have improved some aspects of my life, but not others health wise. Many wasted attempts. Tried so many things. Constantly keep trying. But things are hard.

Of course, I am proud that I did the Marathon. But I am not satisfied yet. This is just the beginning. I have bigger goals for myself healthwise. I am thinking about the next 40 years. However, the next 40 years have to start with the next one.

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My why during the “Marathon Era” was clear – election + marathon. It was amazing. I am now in the “Rolex Era” and my why is also driven by performance. I am viewing myself so differently than before. I am viewing myself as an agile guy, a CEO, sharp Finance guy. Someone who will conquer the industry in the future (is conquering now). Extremely charasmatic. I just need the body and lifestyle to go with this. I like to watch Formula 1. I am a runner. I like speed, adventure. I want to be able to walk up flights of stairs easily. I want to be on the move always because this is part of being human. That’s what I never got before. Humans are meant to move every single day. It is the artifact of modern life that causes deviations from that.

Focus on Marathon 2026. Run an uninterrupted 5k. Lift weights. AND SHED WEIGHT. Let’s get to “Healthy” weight.

This is where I want to go. That’s it!

I also just want to do hard things. Physically hard. Races, runs, etc.

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So, here is some specific guidance:

• Live life on the front foot. Be confident that you will make the right choices
• Eat healthy but have fun
• Focus on uninterrupted running
• Gym once a week
• Take a walk for an hour during work hours during the week.

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Passage of time

Writing regularly is my mechanism to remain on track. I should keep doing it regularly. I am obsessed with this but I need to see results.

Look, more than 2 years have gone by since I started this blog. But it seems like it was just yesterday. I remember where I was when I restarted the block. And I remember what had just happened with my dad. So many things have happened since then. But it all feels so compressed.

The days are long, but the years are short the passage of time is crazy to me. Absolutely crazy.

So, I need to increase my mindfulness. I don’t want there to be a snap of my fingers and suddenly I am an obese 50 year old living a shitty life. FUCK NO. I AM NOT LETTING THAT HAPPEN>