@Jill Westfall this, and also the days when you've worked 10-24hrs straight and get home but you're so exhausted it doesn't even cross your mind to find a scale so you just say "eh ... one banana" in myfitnesspal, and go with the estimate and hope for the best. Or (even worse) you're at work for thr 24-48hr shift covering icu and you run out of food no matter how much healthy you pack, so you have to pick between starving or eating what's available. "Just fast!" Isn't an option if you are about to do a very cognitive and labor intensive procedure that you need to fire on all cylinders for. And then (this is my issue) what if you're doing 24-48hr shifts 2-3 times a week with no days off so you never get the down time to prepare food. So you make a huge lasagna and freeze it in individual servings, but you don't get a microwave at work or you don't get a long enough break to use the microwave for the full period of time it takes to unfreeze it. But even if you get all those stars somehow aligned, the stress hormones you have in excess snag up any progress you've been making regardless. 🫠

Sorry- this is my own lament and totally not helpful lol

@Michael Martin Potentially stress (and subsequent related cortisol) management during intense prolonged work stints, and as mentioned above looking into reading and discussing the pursuit of health-related goals, and how not to get discouraged when we physically and temporality-wise have insufficient time to care for ourselves on account of our careers!

Diet (getting 1g/lb as a vegetarian requires a massive amount of planning)