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Vanity Fair. I dig it. I am a creature of habit, and I love routine. This above all has helped me with my diet. I have had the same breakfast 95 percent of the time for the last decade. I’ve eaten the same lunch, more or less, for the last 5 years. Dinner is a bit more varied, but it’s generally meat with a lot of vegetables. When I go to restaurants, I usually order the exact same thing every time. Boring, I know. But it makes me happy. This consistency is really helpful because I don’t have to worry about accounting for new foods and experiments in my diet. Maybe I’ll never experience the ecstasy of beef bourguignon poutine or some other trendy dish, but I’m OK with that. I have established a baseline, and over the last decade it’s helped me maintain my weight almost perfectly. If things ever get weird, I simply make a minor adjustment to a known quantity of food. That actually happened a little while ago when I changed to a lower-calorie protein powder in my morning shake and I accidentally lost 10 lb. in about six weeks. This was not a good thing. I switched back to the other product and I got back to my optimal weight quickly. Performance was better, and I won’t be making any more changes to the recipe. Variety might be the spice of life, but it also adds a lot of variables to the mix. And I really don’t like spicy food anyway. I’m not suggesting you can’t be a culinary Marco Polo a chart an intrepid course through the menu, but if you’re not into macro tracking and want results, it’s a good idea to go with what you know as often as possible. Crystal spends a lot of time tracking every single thing she eats, and she gets great results because she’s committed. I’d recommend you track everything. It will bring great results. But I just don’t have the patience for constant tracking, so my hack is to stick to a baseline plan that works and make note of alterations to that plan. I want to be healthy, and I love a good routine. I know that if I eat the same things just about every day and get the results I want, I don’t have to track a thing. I just have to stay the course. If you’re ever frustrated with tracking, just remember that the early period is an investment, and it will pay off. You need to establish your baseline. Once you know what you need, you can streamline things considerably. If you eat the same things two days in a row, copy and paste, and you’ll find you have more time to organize all your blue suits by hue, from lightest to darkest. For more info on nutrition, check out 204 Lifestyle.