05/29/2026
Shooting from the hip and letting your emotions do the aiming is a horrible strategy for anything, let alone fat loss.
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There are fundamental things you have to be doing every single day for this to work, and relying on “how much do I feel like doing ‘xyz’ today” is going to get you nowhere in a hurry.
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Create your plan on a regular, average kind of mental day. Make reasonable, level-headed decisions about what you think you’re capable of executing, even on a bad day. Resolve to yourself that you’ll follow that plan regardless of your emotional state.
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You don’t need the best plan, but you do need SOME plan, and once you have it, stick to it.