As I told Kyle,
You can’t swipe a credit card to buy weight improvement. Both calorie restriction and workout are daily battles to be fought day in, day out, both very very hard, requiring unrelenting discipline for a long long time.
In 2017 I asked myself, hypothetically, how much I was willing to spend if there were a way to buy “63 kg”. 63 kg was my lowest weight since 1991 when I came to Singapore and grew heavy. I decided at least USD 10k. As of Dec 2018, I achieved that goal with an expensive shift of focus. My MS work actually suffered from de-focus.
In Jan 2019, a few days before my birthday, I asked myself “How much are you willing to spend if there were a way to buy 60 kg and maintain it for 3 months?” I would say at least another USD 10k, because I now realize how hard it is to maintain 63kg.
Now I think two commercial offerings can help ease the struggle
- fancy foods such as whey and fruits
- personal trainer to manage the motivation and provice professional guidance