Weight issues

are just energy management issues

Weight issues are just energy management issues. 

I think this because I stress eat when I don't have the energy to deal with something. 

So I turn to food for energy. Especially sugary food for a quick hit of energy.

But I need more than just food to give me energy because even though eating junk food might make the problem go away, it never fixes it.

In fact it just makes me feel worse because I know I shouldn’t avoid the problem and eat.

But I’ve developed that habit and do it without thinking, especially when I’m tired.

I might be oversimplifying this, but aside from rare genetic disorders like Parder-Willie Syndrome, I think I’m mostly right.

Weight issues are just energy management issues, and changes to our environment.

Changes that mean it’s now so easy to eat too much and move too little. 

UberEats. Vending machines. Cars. Office jobs. 

So much food and very little exercise, which is a long way from when starvation was one of the planet’s biggest killers, just a few hundred years ago.

We’ve never had to be mindful of how much we eat, because it was a constant fight to make sure we eat enough. 

But now we produce way too much food, and all these changes make it so much harder to manage our weight. 

Throw in rising loneliness and it’s no wonder so many people are struggling.

Wish more people would realise this and cut themselves some slack.

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Thanks for reading and this post was the result of some thinking out loud yesterday.

For those of you who don’t know, I have a start-up called Alfred and the team is pivoting away from weight loss to energy management.

This is because the users who use it most, do it to make sure they fuel themselves right so they have the right amount of energy for their day, and not to lose weight.

Although that happens too when you get your energy levels right.

But what do you think? How far off the mark am I?