Full disclosure I write this from a place of trying to fully motivate myself to eat better.
Exercise is easy, I have phases I’m more and less consistent with it. Lately I’ve been pretty regular doing the minimum amount possible and I know I need to step it up. But what I really need to focus on is eating better.
I can consume an unholy amount of food when I want to. That Alto Pizza slice looks like nothing to me. That Burger Factory burger stack did make me go nope, cannot be done.
Humanity has limits.
But for a long while I was cycling all over and being relatively healthy.
Then I got a car and the sedentary life kicked in.
The thing about exercizing is your appetite may not go away when you stop
When I was out there cycling 7-8 hours a day delivering food I would get pretty hungry.
During phases when my exercise is high, I eat like crazy, which is bad, but usually my fat drops and muscle grows so I feel good. Then life will stop me from living an active life. The second you stop exercizing, you discover you are just as hungry as when you were 3 days ago.
I could try harder to exercize these days but life’s been all over as I am out there making money while sitting on my ass.
I do stay active enough to be mobile and enjoy life but I also still eat like I did last year.
It’s a problem.
To hit my future life goals I need the energy that comes from better health.
When there is literally less of you, it takes less energy to keep your body running
Maybe I don’t know the full science here but when I’m 30 lbs lighter I find sleep takes me farther.
What really made it kick in that I was living sluggish was my newfound addiction to naps to get through the day. While this may be a symptom of age, it felt like I needed to sleep more to maintain a certain energy level in the day. Then I got on the scale and went ohhhh I let myself go.
It will take time to develop new habits when it comes to eating, but I will do it.
I want to get back to a place where 6-7 hours of sleep was enough to push me a whole day. At least if I’m going to nap, let it be because I had 4 hours of sleep. I don’t want it to become a crutch for energy that should my occupation change I cannot get from daytime naps.
I notice there’s a correlation on what I eat for supper and how I feel the next day.
Salads and veggies take you farther than fries with cheese melted on them.
Exercize alone will never be enough, you need to eat smarter
Enough people have done enough science to prove that weight loss is more a function of diet than anyone else.
Ozempic works because it makes you not crave the food in the first place. You are reducing your bad calorie intake to a level that is below baseline caloric burning. You also actually lose muscle at a faster rate than the natural atrophy of laziness due to the caloric loss.
I listen to podcasts like the rest of y’all knowledge seekers. We learn weird things like Ozempic facts. Shoutout Scott Galloway for the knowledge.
I’ve put this off most of my adult life. The one time I really controlled my diet healthily, with exercise, I felt amazing. It was like a new lease on life.
I need to lose approximately 30 lbs to get back to a higher energy range and second 30 lbs if I want to be in a relatively healthy range. While weight and health are all relative, believe me I’ve been accused of fat shaming via a song I wrote, this is what I need.
I’m not trying to get to some proper weight based on the internet, I just can see where I need to be based on where I’ve been.
Wish me luck, junk food is like heroin to a junkie for me.
Live Long and Prosper Everyone
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