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Hey Noah, I’ve had ADHD my whole life and got professionally diagnosed 3 years ago. However, I didn’t and don’t want to go on medication as I just hate the thought of depending on something like that. I know you have ADHD and manage it without it, so I know it can be done.

I’ve noticed I go through the same cycle over and over.

I get really excited about a new hobby/interest/side hustle

I go ALL IN. Read everything I can, watch videos, and spend money on courses/equipment. Think about this shit 24/7

After a week or so (sometimes less, sometimes longer), I start to lose interest, or dopamine, and I get bored and depressed.

I have a day or two of being down, and then I find something else.

Examples of things I get really obsessed with are:

fitness & health

building a business

learning more about SEO (my work)

If I’m feeling in a rut, I start playing video games

No matter which cycle I’m in, I go all in. The issue is I’m 28 now, and I feel like a failure. I always imagined myself having my own business by now and not relying on a 9-5. I don’t want or need to be rich, but I do want to work for myself. If I had just stuck to the things I was working on 1,2,5 years ago - I’d probably have reached those goals by now.

How do I stop myself from getting into the same cycle over and over? Every time I start something again (right now I’m trying to get out of my 9-5) I say to myself that ‘this time is different, i’m going to stick with it’ etc - but then I just stop.

Sorry, this is a bit of a rant, but I’d love to know what advice you have for me coming from someone who also had ADHD.

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Hi Noah, I’m living in North Europe, and I’m aiming to go from 15% bodyfat to around 10%. Ideally, I would want to bulk just after.

Now that the winter is coming, how would you reach this target ? Should I still follow the shredmaxxing protocol with some changes ?

I was thinking of just eating fruits til noon 2x/week, with a more classic breakfast the other days. And maybe increasing my amount of fats through dairies every days.

If I can just ask a quick 2nd question : do you have a target for the quantity of fats you consume overall ? (Ex : 1g/kg of body weight ?)

Anyway, maybe another part of the shredmaxxing protocol / or another protocol focusing on winter diet could interest other people too ? Just giving an idea, I like a lot your work by the way, thanks for that !

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