The holiday season often brings a mix of joy and stress, especially when it comes to food. Thanksgiving meals, Christmas dinners, and all the candies that accompany them can be derailing for many people. In fact, it is estimated that Americans entire yearly weight gain occurs in the months of November and December, and then is maintained throughout the other ten months. So how should we handle this time if we have strength and fitness goals?

Ordering your groceries online is a small habit with surprisingly big returns: it can shave dollars off your weekly bill and quietly build the kind of discipline that actually makes a diet stick. Instead of wandering aisles, grabbing whatever looks good, or surrendering to “just one more” impulse buy, the online experience eliminates choices and makes it easier to compare, pause, and correct.

There was a time in my life where squatting 315 pounds felt like an impossibility. I think back to the days in my high school weight room,