The Redeemed Second Half

The Redeemed Second Half

What You’re Not Tracking is Keeping You Soft

What 34,000 food log entries over fifteen years taught me about staying lean after 60.

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Vic Holtreman
Mar 22, 2026
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Guy after guy, the answer is usually the same when nutrition comes up: “I think I eat pretty well.”

I used to say it too. Then I started writing down everything I ate, and realized I was off by 300 calories a day in snacks I wasn’t counting, drinking more often than I thought, and hitting my protein target about a third of the time.

“Pretty well” is a gue…

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