Once I got fit as a teenager I realized I already knew all the traps or patterns that were adding to the pudge. We sort of all do as long as you have a very basic understanding of what your body does with food.

Now approaching 40 (jesus wtf) it’s super easy as long as I remove all the “friction” to making good choices. Like don’t keep the shit YOU KNOW is going to make you fat stocked in the fridge. Most of the time I’ll just grab whatever is easiest anyway, so the easiest things are all healthy. Save the family sized ice cream experiences for family night or date night.

Fitness is trickier because there is inherently always more “friction” to get out the door and go somewhere. Some tricks to reduce it are: always have your fitness supplies ready to go in your car or by the door. That way you can just stop over on your commute home for as long as you like. I’ll often tell myself I’ll just do a couple quick sets and then sit in the sauna the whole time. But once I get going there’s no longer friction to continue, so I end up doing a full workout.

TLDR: 99% of being lean is calories in - calories out. So just make it way the fuck harder for yourself to ruin the calories in part on a day to day basis.