Eating the same meals every day
A fixed set of meals repeated for weeks so food needs no decisions
Pick a handful of meals that hit your targets, then eat them on repeat, sometimes for months. Shopping and prep become trivial and the daily question of what to eat disappears. The cost is boredom. People who do it tend to call that the whole point.
People on record
Sorted by strength of stance
Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Dwayne JohnsonDoes it
Actor and former WWE champion · The Rock
Calls himself a creature of habit who eats the same thing for days, weeks and months, and describes the result as consistent, boring and extremely disciplined. He traces it to his father, who taught him at five to eat to nourish the body rather than please the tongue.
Source: Men's Health: Dwayne Johnson December 2022 cover interview“I am a real creature of habit. I usually eat the same thing every day for days and weeks and months. It’s very consistent. It’s very boring. It’s also extremely disciplined.”
Men's Health: Dwayne Johnson December 2022 cover interview (opens in a new tab) · 16 Nov 2022 - Zac EfronDiscusses
Actor · the Baywatch body and what it cost him
The same three meals every day was part of the Baywatch method he now warns people off, along with the overtraining and the 4 a.m. starts. He says he is speaking up so anyone chasing that look knows how devastating the process was for him.
Source: Men's Health: Zac Efron Interview on His Career, His Health, and His Next Movie
Aimed at the same thing
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Daily minimum workout
A floor you never drop below: 20 minutes of movement and recovery on your worst day
On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 4 recommend it - Habit$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Batch cooking protein
Cook a week of chicken, lean meat or fish in one session so protein is always to hand
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it - HabitFREE, no cost
Training first thing
The workout goes before the workday; a session planned for later tends not to happen
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it - Habit$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
High-protein frozen meals
Ready meals chosen for protein and fiber when there is no time to cook
On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it - Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.
Home gym
A private training space at home, from a garage rack to a fully equipped room
On record from 7 of 62 tracked people: 5 do it, 2 recommend it - ProtocolFREE, no cost
Temptation bundling
Only allow yourself something you want while doing something you avoid
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it, 1 recommends it
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