08Aug 2020 by Anirudh Mohan No Comments
The Pareto Principle – Health & Fitness

The Pareto Principle – Health & Fitness

Fitness
If you haven't read my article explaining the Pareto Principle, go ahead and read that first to understand exactly what it is. For the impatient, summarized, basically 20% of the things we do give us 80% of our results. I'd like to talk to you about how to best apply this principle to our health and fitness. When it comes to health & fitness, people really tend to overcomplicate things. They look to do entirely unnecessary things that really don't matter until you take care of what's actually important. Think of a person putting a fresh coat of varnish on a car that doesn't have an engine. All that accomplishes is that it looks nice. Instead of this approach, I believe we must focus on what's actually important first. From…
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13May 2020 by Anirudh Mohan No Comments
5 Diet Hacks For a Busy Lifestyle

5 Diet Hacks For a Busy Lifestyle

Fitness
I remember back when I was in college and life was so much simpler. Since I didn't really drink or party a lot, keeping up with my diet was relatively easy. The first time I came back home after my freshman year in college, people thought I was on steroids because of the kind of progress I had made. Fast forward to now. Things are slightly more complicated. Apart from a full day's worth of work at my office, I also would like to spend time with my girlfriend, my family, my friends & read among other things. So, I came up with tiny adjustments to my life. Easy "hacks" to support all my passions. Here are my top 5 diet hacks for a busy lifestyle - 1. Meal Prep…
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21Apr 2020 by Anirudh Mohan 1 Comment
5 Easy Hacks to Lose Weight (without the gym)

5 Easy Hacks to Lose Weight (without the gym)

Fitness
As hard as it can seem, there are a myriad of different ways one can lose weight. There are many weight loss tricks or hacks out there Below is an old old picture of my progress with weight loss. If I remember correctly, this was close to 30lbs of sustained weight loss over a period of time . While I always recommend tracking your macros to completely understand how to manage your food consumption, the principles below are great to see some initial progress - Hack #1 - Skip a Meal The underlying condition behind fat loss is a basic caloric deficit. What this means is that to maintain our weight, we have to eat a certain number of calories per day. Those, are our maintenance calories. To lose weight,…
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