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Stop Measuring In Days...

Name: Stop Measuring In Days...
Uploaded: 2024-09-30T15:00:03+00:00
Duration: 47 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, the speaker critiques the common practice of tracking calories on a daily basis and proposes measuring calorie intake over a weekly…

30 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker critiques the common practice of tracking calories on a daily basis and proposes measuring calorie intake over a weekly horizon instead. By allocating a total weekly calorie budget (e.g., 13,000 calories for seven days), individuals gain flexibility to accommodate occasional indulgences—such as a pizza night or a wedding weekend—while still staying within their overall target. The speaker argues that extending the time horizon allows people to focus on the few high‑impact actions that truly move the needle, rather than becoming overly obsessive about narrow daily windows that are less relevant to long‑term goals.

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measure the amount of calories that they need to eat per day, but very few people measure the amount of calories they need to eat per week. And so people will blow the day and say, well, screw it, I messed up today. I might as well have a pizza on top of it because I had chocolate and I went off my diet or whatever. But if you have a weekly outlook, then all of a sudden you're like, oh, well, I can have a pizza tonight. I'll just like skip most of my food tomorrow besides protein, or I'll have a wedding weekend and know that this whole week I'm going to be light. And so I have 13,000 calories for the next 7 days that I can work my way through, which gives me a tremendous amount of flexibility. The The further you extend the time horizon, the more flexible you can be with your achievement of it. As long as you only get the few things that matter most, it allows you to focus and prioritize on those few things that move the needle rather than be overly obsessive on such a small, narrow window of time that is irrelevant anyways.