> Having a bussiness lunch meeting with clients or bosses? Thats a no for a year.
> Skipping a week or more of lifing because of unexpected life reasons? Thats a no for a year
> Being on a caloric deficit and maintaining a high protein intake every day for a whole year? That is really hard and requires you to have no unplanned events for a whole year.
All of those points are incredibly wrong. People are able to stay fit, lean, and healthy without becoming some robotic fool who survives on water and protein powder.
Tracking your TDEE and macros is very simple, and not restrictive at all. One can drink beer, eat pizza and candy, and retain a great physique with ease. It requires only that you don't go overboard when indulging. One doesn't have to be in a caloric deficit every single day. As long as one is in cal-def a majority of the time, it's fine. As long as they don't shovel enough food into their mouth on their 'bad' days, to undo all the hard work from the 'good' days, it works out fine.
One can also easily take weeks off. In fact, every athlete should take weeks off. Deloading is not what I'm referring to. I'm talking about taking an entire week, or even two, off and doing nothing. It's healthy, and even necessary for long-term consistency and success.
Why are you convinced that being fit and lean is some incredibly hard task? It's not. All you're doing is convincing people that they can't accomplish what they can; relatively easily, I might add.