Saturday 7

Published: Sat, 08/02/25

Updated: Wed, 08/06/25

Good morning!

Here's your Saturday 7 roundup!

🥩 What you can't afford:

Red meat may be expensive, but you can’t afford not to eat it.

I agree with many of the comments:

You can actually save money on a meat-based diet.
When you compare the price per nutrient...
Ground beef, roasts, bulk buys, sales—there are strategies to save!

🏃‍➡️ What is NOT the cause:

The obesity epidemic is not caused by a lack of exercise.

New global study:

Over 4,000 adults from 34 populations—ranging from hunter-gatherers to urban dwellers—found that physical activity levels were often higher in industrialized countries, yet they had higher rates of obesity.

I'm all for exercise, especially resistance training and walking out in the sun, but the obesity epidemic is driven by the modern diet—specifically high PUFA + high carb foods, aka "junk food," aka seed oils, sugars, and grains.

🚶‍♂️ Why I walk backward:

There are numerous benefits to walking backward.

The surprising benefits of walking backwards | BBC Global

I don't do it for the exercise. I do it to rehab my patellar tendon tear.

💡 How to delete willpower:

Have you ever caught yourself saying you should go to bed earlier, should work out, should [insert your favorite goal]?

Try this: Delete the goal. Delete the intention. Create a rule.

Old: I try to go to bed by 10.

New: I'm in bed by 10.

Old: I should workout today.

New: I workout on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

🧠 What quote I've been thinking about:

"The goal of life is to be excited to go to work and excited to go home."

—Joshua Kushner, on knowing you're on the right track

📊 How it's spent:

This is how Americans spend their $77k.

The infographic doesn't list savings, but I read that ~1 in 6 US households have a net worth north of $1M.

In this increasingly bifurcated economy, Darius Dale suggests these 3 places to park your savings. (I personally skew heavily towards one of them...)