How do you manage to stay fit ? I am moderately fit, but more often than not, I lose motivation to go run everyday or workout / eat healthy food, and so it turns into a two step forward, one backward story.
This post [How to Push Past the Pain, as the Champions Do / http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1806944] a couple of weeks ago, re-inspired me to pick up and add some more discipline to my daily habits by changing my thought process a little, and on a similar note, I would love to hear about how do you manage to stay fit, and what thought process, and routine(if any) helps you get there ?
Thanks.
1. http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/Competition/Hoffman/hoffmanindex... (the last one is most comprehensive, but also hilariously bloated with statements about the importance of fitness to improve the nation and fight Communism. )
2. Lots of protein, and a bit of supplementation(multivitamin, additional vitamin D, Omega-3). The rest is mostly a matter of "what harms me the least." A difficult subject which my opinion has changed on multiple times, but the one truism that seems to hold is that if you can slow and smooth out digestion and energy levels(mainly via more fat and fiber), you save yourself tons of post-meal discomfort, evening cravings, binges, etc.
3. There is no particular motivation. It's just what I do, hence it's my lifestyle. Occasionally I experiment and shift the boundaries. I'm not particularly disciplined and things like weather will shift my cravings around. I've searched specifically for methods that are incredibly lazy and tried to ignore prestige. Most of the diet/fitness material out there is prestige-based, does not use science properly, and will simply crush your ego without helping you.