“You’re Darren, the fitness guy!” Man, I’ll never get bored of it, and it’ll always mean a lot to get stopped in public. The cool part is that it happened at Taipei airport! ☺️ We got people to inspire! Any food recommendations in Taipei??? PS I’m here to do a solo Hyrox race 💪💪

Today is my partner’s birthday!! 🎉 Earlier this week I asked him if he wanted to go out for dinner. He said “No.” Fast forward to today… stressful, busy workday (we both WFH). He walks over to my desk and says: “Babe… I know I said I didn’t want to eat out. But today has been crazy and I just need to get out of the house. Are you cool if we go to Korean BBQ?” My inner self: YEEESSS 🙌 My tracking brain: Dang it… I already pre-tracked my Thai Bison 🦬 & Turkey 🦃 Kaprow meal plan 😆 (And apparently birthday man does NOT want Kaprow tonight 😂) Of course I couldn’t say no on his birthday 🎉 So I said yes — BUT I told him my execution plan. 🔥 Game Plan: - ❌ Marinated meats - ❌ Beef belly - ✅ Brisket - ✅ Short rib finger - ❌ Ice cream (painful but necessary 😅) Now here’s the part that saves me time ⏱️ Korean BBQ is a rotational social meal for us. I eat it often enough that I already have it structured. I got the blessing from Coach @Aaron Wong 🙌 and to make life easier, I saved it in MFP under “Saved Meals.” So instead of re-tracking everything from scratch: ✔️ I pull up the saved meal ✔️ Edit the quantity of what I actually eat ✔️ Done in minutes Planning ahead + using saved meals = GAME CHANGER. And guess what? I adjusted. I pivoted. I’m STILL within my calorie deficit range. This is a SKILL you build when you track consistently. Real life will throw last-minute social meals at you. The goal isn’t to panic. It’s to execute with structure. No stress. No guilt. Just strategy + celebration. Happy Birthday to my guy 🥂🎉 We can enjoy life AND stay aligned. Balance over extremes. Always.