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Do or do not, there is no try. When you frame the issue as a matter of willpower or trying harder then you're already setting yourself up to fail. Everyone tha
by nradov 1y ago
Do or do not, there is no try.
When you frame the issue as a matter of willpower or trying harder then you're already setting yourself up to fail. Everyone that I know who has succeeded in maintaining a healthy body composition has done so through permanent lifestyle changes in which they set up better defaults and positive habits. The daily exercise program then becomes something that they have to do whether they want to or not, rather that something that they can really choose. And some of these people literally used to be obese alcoholics, so it's totally possible. Discipline has to be progressively built up over time through exercising it, just like a muscle.
- rich_sasha 1y agoI think sticking with is is still hard. You can commit to doing hard things and still fail - aka "trying hard".
- nradov 1y agoThe longer you stick with it, the easier it becomes. It's just a matter of habits and discipline, not trying hard.
- rich_sasha 1y agoI think that's a simplistic take, or at least not a universal thing. For many (most?) people it simply doesn't work like that. Plenty of reasonable, disciplined people do all the reasonable things to develop new habits and fail.