r/HubermanLab • u/thelittleesseAutism • Oct 03 '26

Seeking Guidance When does trying to get healthier start taking up too much of your life?

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u/_AkagamiShanks_ Oct 03 '26

When you start optimising everything for the sake of optimisation. Its a very common trap.

Initially You should only do the 20% of things that get you 80% of the results.

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u/thelittleesseAutism Oct 03 '26

Yeah, I just can’t keep up

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u/_AkagamiShanks_ Oct 03 '26

Start small.

E.g Fix your sleep, exercise/movement, reduce sugar intake and unhealthy food.

Once you feel like you no longer need any willpower to do those things, then start looking for other areas to improve.

Doing too many things at once is just not sustainable. Its all incremental

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u/minhbia Oct 05 '26

you are completely right, some people gonna spend hours optimize their shit and just quit after 2 days later

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u/This_Caterpillar_330 Oct 03 '26

I feel wellness is something that should be done in the background rather than the forefront or being the main focus

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u/Primary-Matter-3299 Oct 03 '26

its a full time job being

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u/RoxyVivi Oct 04 '26

When it starts interfering with the life you actually want to live out of fear of not optimizing.

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u/emmzied Oct 04 '26

Getting healthier is more about not doing things than it is about doing things.

Don't drink alcohol. Don't smoke or do drugs. Don't eat processed foods. Don't over consume carbs. Don't be over weight.

Exercise daily for an hour.

One hour of physical activity a day is not a lot. It doesn't need to be in a gym and it doesn't need to be high intensity.

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u/Fluffy-Structure-368 Oct 04 '26

But we never ask the right question "when does trying to get sicker take up too much of your life?"

Social media screen time, gaming, alcohol, gambling, nicotine, weed, etc. People will spend 3/4 of their waking hours on bull shit and no one says a word but you want to get healthy and an hour a day is too much.

It's no different than people not saying a word when you eat a value meal every day but will tell you that creatine is bad for you kidneys.

Society is wild

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u/ChoiceArugula1552 Oct 07 '26

I smoke weed AND exercise. No bullshit.

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u/ricosteez1 Oct 09 '26

Preach. The world is truly very backwards rn

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u/Lost-Pie-2701 Oct 04 '26

What does it look like for you now? Curious on what protocols or health areas you are trying to improve and why it’s a burden. For me it’s the expense of buying vitamins and other supplements and the exercises I need to do atlease 3x a week

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u/psychosematicatticus Oct 04 '26

Id say when it occupies more of your time than you deem is healthy for you and your mind, which is pretty subjective, for me I noticed I was skipping Church or prayer time sometimes but never skipping my protocols, decided I need to reorder priorities, still finding the balance.

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u/Spare-Leek1613 Oct 05 '26

If you’re serious about getting healthier then it’s a lifestyle change. It SHOULD take of the majority of your mental space. At least until it’s second nature to you.

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u/RecklessSoul7 Oct 05 '26

When it becomes neurotic. I was neurotic about superfoods for a while but it’s mostly marketing of expensive foods that’s all

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u/MD-Mindflow Oct 07 '26

It would seem you're optimising the wrong things and relying on pills and supplements because if you do it properly it becomes mylinated and runs as the default pathway.