Day One Again
·4 mins
65 days. That’s how long Streak #2 lasted. A brutal Monday killed it. I started Streak #3 on Tuesday. The habit isn’t gone. The counter just reset.
The Journey
2026
What Counts as Exercise on a Streak Day?
·6 mins
The streak doesn’t have a rulebook. After 60+ days, here’s what I’ve learned counts as exercise, what doesn’t, and why the bar is lower than you think.
The Early Dinner Trap
I had a solid dinner and thought I had the day handled. Then 8pm showed up and I ate a Reese’s egg, ice cream, and cotton candy. Here’s the trap and the two ways out of it.
I'm a 230-Pound Man Doing Yoga with Adriene
·6 mins
I weigh 230 pounds and my entire exercise streak is built on free YouTube yoga. Here’s why it works and why more men should stop pretending they’re too tough for it.
Schrödinger's Scale
·4 mins
I gained 6 lbs in 4 days. Except I didn’t. Here’s the math that proves it.
It's My Birthday and I'll Eat What I Want
Two days of 4,000+ calories on my birthday weekend. Still showed up. Still tracked everything. Still no shame. That’s the method working, not failing.
Do You Actually Need It?
Diet reversed diabetes in 46% of patients in the gold standard trial. Five years later, 13% held it. The honest answer to who needs GLP-1 drugs lives in that gap, and it’s more nuanced than either side wants to admit.
The Ozempic Fine Print Nobody's Talking About
Semaglutide works. The trials don’t lie. But 45% of weight lost is muscle, two-thirds comes back within a year of stopping, and no long-term safety data past 10 years exists. Here’s what the research actually says.
Keep It Simple or Keep It Short
·4 mins
Complex diet programs work until they don’t. My mother-in-law lost 20 pounds counting water cups. I’m losing weight by keeping it stupidly simple.
What Ozempic Actually Does (I Got Curious)
I got curious about the Ozempic conversation and went down a research rabbit hole. Here’s what the drug actually does, where it came from, and what it’s officially supposed to be used for.