The guy who draws Dilbert posted a shirtless selfie of himself today:
How did he do it?
Scott Adams is 57 years old. So what's your excuse?
How did he do it?
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I got this way gradually, over about ten years, by replacing willpower (which always failed) with knowledge. Now I eat everything I want whenever I want. I lost 28 pounds over time by eliminating my cravings in a simple, systematic way. The reason I can eat anything I want is that I no longer crave bad food. And healthy food is self-regulating in the sense that you rarely eat too much broccoli even if you like it.
None of this gain was possible even five years ago because science had so many things wrong about diet. I did what science told me to do twenty years ago and I slowly gained from about 135 pounds to 168 lbs. Once science started to get things right (I assume), I once again followed their lead and my body transformed back to about 140 pounds but with higher muscle content. I never looked remotely like this at a younger age. And it was effortless in the sense that I didn't suffer and I didn't need any real willpower.
I work out, obviously. But I never overdo it, which is an important part of my system as explained in the book. I do thirty minutes of light weights and thirty minutes of light cardio at most. I attempt to exercise daily and succeed about six days a week. Sometimes the exercise is just a long walk. I mix it up. I've never had a personal trainer.
In the old days I had to muster a lot of willpower to exercise. But thanks to my knowledge about the science of habits, I trained myself like Pavlov's dogs to look forward to it. I only exercise enough to feel good. Then I reward myself with a tasty protein shake and some downtime. If you don't look forward to exercise, you might be interested in how to rewire yourself in a similar fashion over time. It isn't much harder than hearing some new things for the first time. The change happens almost on its own.
Scott Adams is 57 years old. So what's your excuse?
"I'm not worried about fucking terrorism, man. I was married for two fucking years. What are they going to do, scare me?"