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2026-07-28 · 4 min read
You eat a lot and stay skinny. Here is the part nobody tells you.
Every skinny person has been told the same thing: just eat more. It is not wrong. It is just not an instruction — because nobody ever says how much more, and 'more' is not a number.
Appetite is a terrible measuring instrument, and it is the only one most people use.
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2026-07-28 · 4 min read
TDEE, explained once so you never have to look it up again
It is the single most useful number in this whole subject, and it takes about four minutes to understand. Most people skip it and spend years guessing instead.
The first number is a starting guess, not a verdict.
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2026-07-28 · 3 min read
Training hard, sleeping enough, going nowhere
This is the most frustrating place to be, because you are doing the visible work. You show up. You are tired afterwards. And the mirror has looked the same since February.
Sweat is not the stimulus; more than last time is the stimulus.
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