This is one of the hardest lessons I learned. I used to think I could escape my consumption habits with enough exercise. It was fun to believe I could go on a m

This is one of the hardest lessons I learned. I used to think I could escape my consumption habits with enough exercise. It was fun to believe I could go on a multi-day bender and then work it all off with a heroic CrossFit session. But, this is actually like bailing water out of a sinking cruise liner with a teaspoon. It is 1000x more effective to simply not consume the calories in the first place. The energy density of modern food is incomprehensible to our ancestry. I focus about 80% of my willpower on the diet & meal prep aspects. The remainder is toward exercise. I find that when my diet slips, it is far more destructive than when I miss a few days on the rowing machine.