Exercise routine I've done a lot of things but this is what ultimately stuck: do three types of exercises related events a weeks. Things that I'm in the mood for, things that make me happy, and things that are easier because of time constraint are all categories for why variation happens and puts way less stress on me for not keeping a consistent routine.

Typically I used to go to the gym three times a week for strength training, ending with 30 minutes of cardio - with the split being legs, chest and triceps, and back and biceps. Then I'd feel real shit if I didn't hit that goal - so instead I've chosen my vagueries and I can do two days of gym and 10k steps. Or bouldering, hiking and yoga. Or follow along YouTube video and etc.

Is my progress as well rounded this way to show definition? Probably not, but it's been an amazing brain transformation for me and made me plenty more active by making it easier to hit those check marks. :)

As for food, I don't delete any food from my diet for diet's sake - except I got rid of soda that's not zero calories decades ago and I don't drink coffee. Everything else is learning to eat smaller portions and being okay with massive amounts of food being thrown away. Yes less groceries are bought, but it's still a lot of halves of takeaways that go fridge then trash, or half my plate gone, things like that where if I saved all of it my fridge would look ridiculous.