I live with our CEO, he’s been “getting ready for beach season” and taking a lot of supplements. He tells me about his shits every day and I’m legitimately concerned for his health.

First off, educate yourself: (I’m the poster who made the big post above and the reply under it) No one prepares 4-8 meals a day. Science has debunked the myth that you have to eat many meals spread out throughout the day to absorb different levels of protein, etc. Most people who are cutting (that is, intentionally losing weight but at a controlled rate to limit muscle loss) follow whats called Intermittent Fasting, which is a small 1-3 hour eating window followed by a 21-23 hour fasting window. You can eat every calorie you plan to consume in one sitting, your body doesn’t care. The important thing is to be consistent with your daily calorie intake (compared to your TDEE, or the total energy you spend everyday) and factoring your macro totals in. There are certain minimums for grams of fat and protein each day. (If you’re interested, fat is roughly 0.4g/pound lean body mass, protein is roughly 0.8g/pound lean body mass).

Drinking protein shakes are not necessary, it’s a SUPPLEMENT. If you’re not getting X grams of protein per day from the food you’re consuming, then by all means drink some whey. Protein is protein. Hit your macro totals however you can and you’re fine. Supplements, yes eating a multivitamin, vitamin d, or fish oil pill sure is tough to do!! Ahhh how will I remember to eat some pills that are great for me on a daily basis?? There’s no way you could ever balance creating a company and taking a few pills!

Cutting sucks, mood swings though? Get real. Maybe if you have the constitution of a fish, you seemingly can’t grasp that others are able to balance these things and push themselves to higher levels than you can imagine. If you ever see a ripped dude, just realize he spent years of his life to get there and every bit of it was hard work and pain, but he battled for it. Same way a CEO battles for his company hoping to build something great. Experience in life is broad and you take lessons from where you can, maybe instead of exercising your fingers on the keyboard you need to get into the gym and exercise your body and mind.