The trifecta of sleep, food & exercise
jasonleow • 25 Jan 2021 •
I recently joined a few Facebook groups related to Atomic Habits, goal setting and/or habit formation. Many members post questions to the groups, and after a few weeks, I’m beginning to see emerging themes, mostly centred around sleep, food and exercise:
How do I wake up early?
How do I not hit snooze every morning?
How can I sleep earlier?
How can I stop binge eating?
How to make eating healthy a habit?
How do I lose weight?
How do I make workouts easier and more attractive?
Many variations of the same themes, looping over and over. Forming good habits around sleep, food and exercise sounds like the simplest things, the most uninspiring of things. But yet, so popular and desired.
So fundamental.
It makes me think, for all the goals and achievements I’m aiming for, these three goals are the foundational ones, really. They are the goals from which other goals are paved upon. Without abundant sleep, wholesome fuel and invigorating exercise, it’s hard to imagine achieving any other goals easily.
So far, I got diet dialled down with keto-carnivore. Actively working on sleep and the imperfect situation around it. Flailing on exercise for sure, with much more room to do more.
If I can do these three things well, I’ll be unstoppable.
Comments
Very interesting observation Jason. I think those three are everything. I remember reading Scott Adam’s book that I reviewed on 200WOrdsAday… He says to focus on energy. Energy impacts everything. And the 3 points you mentioned - impacts energy. So that makes a lot of sense.
I agree that mindset that Brandon mentions is also key but if health is good, everything will be easier to control.
Nice writeup Jason. I wish I could save this post somehow.
@therealbrandonwilson I thought you would have written about this somehow. Hmmm wouldn’t mindset be like, even more meta/foundational of the three?
@keni Oooh yes, that’s so true! Energy is the first principle indeed. That’s a great way to look at it, because now I can think of more things I should consider and do that would give me more energy, like media consumption/abstinence.
Noted on the bookmark feature request haha!
These are three major topics I have covered, and I would add a fourth one: Mindset.