In the IT world, they have a concept called Data Decay . It refers to information that was accurate when it was entered but becomes slowly incorrect over time. If you don't scrub the database, you end up making decisions based on ghosts. In my current "Sprints," I have successfully dropped 35 lbs in the past three months . The Return on Investment (ROI) is excellent. But recently, the rate of return has slowed. This isn't a failure of willpower; it is a failure of mathematics. The macros that worked for a 350 pound man are, by definition, an "overeating" surplus for a 315 pound man. My body would be running on legacy information. Here is why (and when) you need to force a "system update". The Physics: Heating the Mansion vs. The Condo Your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is the amount of energy your body burns just to keep the lights on (breathing, heart rate, cell repair). Think of your body like a house. At 350 lbs: I was heating a mansion. It requi...
Nearly twenty years ago, I started a blog called The Path is Too Deep, a geeky reference to a rare computer error message. A great deal of life has happened since then, a life I would like to share. So, here again, are some random bits of unfiltered Chris.