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The Sustainable Self-Development Podcast

Life under 10% body-fat - My experience after 2 months

Jun 5, 2021
This podcast explores the speaker's experience of maintaining a 10% body fat percentage and evaluates various aspects of life, including appetite management, sleep, energy levels, libido, mood, training performance, and life flexibility. They discuss the challenges and trade-offs of staying lean and offer a verdict on its sustainability. The podcast also touches on the parallels between driving difficulty and maintaining low body fat percentage. Overall, it provides insights into the speaker's personal journey and offers coaching and mentoring services for those interested in achieving sustainable self-development.
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Quick takeaways

  • Managing appetite at a low body fat percentage requires structuring one's life properly and eating high-volume foods with sufficient fiber and fruits/veggies.
  • Maintaining a low body fat percentage requires more attention to sleep management and can lead to lower resilience for sleep disturbances due to the need for regular meal times, caffeine control, exposure to daylight, and strict blue light avoidance.

Deep dives

Evaluation of Appetite Management

The speaker evaluates the ease of keeping hunger at bay at his current low body fat percentage of approximately 10%. He rates appetite management as a 10 out of 10 when everything is in order, but a 5 out of 10 in terms of ease of managing his appetite. This requires structuring his life properly, eating high-volume foods with sufficient fiber and fruits/veggies, regular meal times, and avoiding missed meals to prevent hunger and lethargy. Overall, he rates the aggregate of appetite management at 7.5 out of 10.

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