I never really get to slip away from the gym or a decent diet for too long because we always talk about it in casual convo.

Everyone knows what it takes to have 6 pack abs but not many people are disciplined enough in diet and exercise to have them.

Build routines (no different than dieting, working out, etc.)5.

Were they dieting, weighing out food portions?

But start to get out of the SAD (sad american investment diet).Real Estate Investments: Cash flow and appreciation aside for you as a high income earner over 400K AGI its going to be more about saving taxes.

My diet went from dining out to consistent beans and lentils.

This quitting W2 to survive on REI reminds me of the FIRE movement or Paleo diet.

We stopped in last 2021 to allow for a pause / stabilization and are now doing some build-to-rent.I feel this is, now, a harder market to get great cashflow, but we have seen good appreciation and good rent growth, so eventually more cashflow will come.Happy to meet up for a Diet Coke and chat. 

Yes you should easily shed a good portion of it but to shed all of it will be a lot harder and needs diet and exercise (not just one)This is evident also by the latest treasury bond sales - other countries are slowing down buying our debt which means rates (especially mortgage rates (will stay higher longer).

I cleaned up my diet.