In 2016 I started doing body weight exercises, intermittent fasting, and picked up strength training. I was fully immersed in it for a couple of years the way any Type A person would have. I did my research, set the direction, set up a process, and showed up consistently — perhaps a bit obsessively. I…
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A couple of days ago I found myself procrastinating. I kept on going back to my phone, compulsively scrolling through the stream of tweets and news about COVID-19. It was particularly frustrating because my mind was super clear that day. But instead of spending it productively. I squandered it just like that. I was able…
Resistance is one of the most useful mental models I ever picked up. Steven Pressfield first coined this term in his book, The War of Art. https://medium.com/the-mission/steven-pressfield-how-to-go-from-amateur-to-turning-pro-be44c794a73b “Every time you want to go from a lower level to a higher level — becoming an entrepreneur, get in better shape, meditate, be an artist — the…
I have been holding one question: what makes a good life? One of the conclusion I had was: “seek pain, amplify pleasure”. The idea behind it is life is better when you optimise for range. Aim to get the high highs and low lows. You feel more alive by having as many days as possible…
Let me start by sharing two thoughts Many people do need to lose fat. But not everyone need to go on a diet. We can lose fat without dieting. Diets don’t work if we don’t address the underlying issue that caused the unhealthy relationship with food and exercise. This is the root issues that cause…
I didn’t expect snapping out of an eating disorder to be this easy. It has been 14 days since I started giving myself permission to eat more and intentionally increase my level of body fat. I am doing it to recover from amenorrhea. What I have lost so far: guilt, stress, self judgement appetite /…
Why do we hate fat? Why do we run around trying to lose fat? How much fat is OK? I realised I never challenged the idea of vilifying body fat. I see the obsession we have with losing weight and losing fat but I never consciously processed it. It’s just one of those “facts”. A…
(welcome to a public session of overthinking where I talk to myself, trying to unblock and quiz my Resistance) That frustrating feeling of knowing you have a ton of potential inside, but you’re not able to fully actualize it out into the world. Consume less, produce more. Ingest less, create more. Quantity over quality. No…
If I can summarise the one skill I need to focus on training now, it boils down to this: go back to listening to my body. I am aware that my body signal is currently weak, out of whack, and could be misleading. It will take a while for it to get back into groove.…
The second mindset shift happened the last week of February 2020. Thanks to my attempt to cut down the time I spend on Twitter and Instagram, during that time I started developing attachment to Youtube. Excellent isn’t it? I was facing a decision that relies on whether or not I want to get married and…