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This is certainly how dieting works for me. I do much better when on an "extreme" diet. I feel like I don't have to exercise any willpower, I just eat what I
by neutronicus 10y ago
This is certainly how dieting works for me.
I do much better when on an "extreme" diet. I feel like I don't have to exercise any willpower, I just eat what I planned to eat and in six months I have a six-pack.
It's so much more draining for me to exercise restraint at restaurants and with snacks than it is to just never darken their doors and banish them from my cupboard.
- wlesieutre 10y agoSame experience here (less the having a six-pack). The best way I've found to keep my eating consistently healthy is to take as much temptation or thought out of it as reasonably possible. My weekday lunches are pre-portioned and basically identical every day because it's one less chance to screw up.
- seanp2k2 10y agoYep, Soylent has helped me get better about this, and having the will / foresight to not bring unhealthy things into my house makes unhealthy late-night snacking more involved than going to the kitchen, so I'm less likely to do it.
- redrummr 10y agoAn opinionated framework allows you to just get on with things! Like with programming. Finally deciding on a JS stack is one of the best feelings you'll have. The terror of even dishing out cursory glances toward the next shiny thing... yikes. "I don't eat sugar this month" is very easy to announce internally. Also, once you have ticked off a few days, continued adherence is much easier.