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> Were we just cynically capitalising on people's New Year's resolutions, all of which are bound to fail? Or was there something more to it? It can be both
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The thinking that goes into things like new years resolutions is also part of a greater ideology though. That in itself dismisses fundamental changes for unrealistic scenarios. That you don't need good housing, working conditions or health care because with this one business, diet or lifestyle trick you will beat the odds. In many countries the majority now are overweight or obese in their sixties. Despite more knowl…
The stereotypical buy-a-gym-membership-use-it-once resolution doesn't encompass the whole of the thing. Another line of thinking that goes into things like New Years' resolutions is the idea that significant change can only be intentionally and effectively made in a long series of tiny steps. The OP discusses the dual of this idea but misses the main thing: > The reality is that if you are going to do something that'…
I've kinda got a hypothesis on this... see in the cold of winter, going to the gym is a great idea. But as spring comes around, you want to be outside - maybe even hiking, biking, etc, IE: being physically active. Then the kids are home all summer and you get distracted with family activities. Then the kids go back to school but you are out of routine going to the gym and it takes a while to get back into the pattern.
My point is, I think we all jump to this idea that the person who stops going to the gym is being lazy, whereas I think a lot of it has to do with patterns of behavior and "externalities."
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The thinking that goes into things like new years resolutions is also part of a greater ideology though. That in itself dismisses fundamental changes for unrealistic scenarios. That you don't need good housing, working conditions or health care because with this one business, diet or lifestyle trick you will beat the odds. In many countries the majority now are overweight or obese in their sixties. Despite more knowl…
And yet, success is higher when others support and reinforce. So don't use statistics as an excuse to be a dick.
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All that matters is that they keep trying. I tried to establish a workout routine for years and it didn’t ever stick … until it did. I’ve worked out 3-5x per week since 2016 and have benefitted immensely, and have successfully helped others do the same.
What did you differently to make it stick?
There were so many days I didn’t want to but just pressed play and figured I’d get 10 minutes in. But I knew it I just decided to do the whole workout.
Eventually moved off of P90x and mixed in a variety of predefined and made up workout to keep it interesting. But now I don’t feel on my game if I didn’t get a chance to workout in the morning, so it’s become a pretty strong habit.
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All that matters is that they keep trying. I tried to establish a workout routine for years and it didn’t ever stick … until it did. I’ve worked out 3-5x per week since 2016 and have benefitted immensely, and have successfully helped others do the same.
Same here, without the "successfully helped others". Care to elaborate a bit on that?
Most people don’t start, some do but don’t stick with it, a minority make it to that point where they see what I was saying and make it a habit long term habit.
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What did you differently to make it stick?
My guess is, he did not do anything different, he just finally managed to establish a routine. There are thousands of reasons out of your control that can help or block you. Mostly it is other people, though. One stupid person at the gym might be a reason to not go this day ... and that was it for the routine, as the next day, there is something else vs. looking forward to meet nice people again at the gym and having…
Thankfully I don’t have any known disruption events on the horizon. But for little things, like when I have to fly at 6am I get up at 3/3:30 to get a quick (and intense) mile in around the neighborhood. And I workout in hotel rooms, etc.
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"because with this one business, diet, or lifestyle trick you will beat the odds." stares awkwardly at the Bottle of Ozempic in the corner
I don't really know about Ozempic in detail, but from my viewpoint it is two-sided. On the one hand it doesn't solve the fundamental problem. On the other it does, presumably, make it easier. Therefor you don't have to beat the odds. Compared to most other ways of losing weight which makes things harder while not addressing gaining weight in the long run.
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Mega PR hack: bring up and dismiss the question before the reader can make any assumptions
Author here. It's in some ways well and good to be sceptical of the health and wellness industry, including gyms and software companies like Lifesum. Note that they're my ex employer. I have good feelings for the place and own some shares, but I have no special need to do PR for them. I want to agree with something you didn't quite spell out: the incentives are not really properly aligned in this kind of industry. Yo…
Interesting, even more interesting is the linked article about the age distribution of marathon finishers: https://runrepeat.com/12-percent-more-likely-to-run-a-marath... I can confirm this "milestone age", by looking at some relatives who started running and participating in marathons at an older age.
The most interesting part of that for me was the illustration of how much mothers miss out on fully partaking in society. I hope the fathers of my generation and the next can do better to bridge this gap.
They actually claim that they focus more on family, less focus on self, also adopting more spiritual pursuits…whatever that means.
Without reading too much into it, let’s not deemphasize family rearing importance to society in order to emphasize the need to fill some equality gap. The source of which could be complicated [1][2]
[1] https://www.neonarrative.us/p/no-matter-how-much-parenting-d...
[2] https://ifstudies.org/blog/equal-not-identical-in-sharing-fa...
Hey, I just switched from Noom to Lifesum a few months ago, interesting to come across it here!
How was the transition? I just got on Noom for a 2nd stint
All in all, happy with Lifesum though! The database is _excellent_ for The Netherlands, which means that barcode scanning just works (something I barely even tried with Noom anymore), and syncing with Fitbit works well, too (as long as you set your base metabolism to 0 in Lifesum).
I especially love the "compare products" feature, where you scan a couple of barcodes and the app tells you which product is the 'better' option and why it chose that one.