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Harry Phan

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Harry Phan

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I Lost Weight at 43 Without Counting Calories. Then I Built the App I Wished I’d Had.

What a December fat-loss experiment taught me about the only fitness data worth tracking.

I Lost Weight at 43 Without Counting Calories. Then I Built the App I Wished I’d Had.

Harry Phan

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Oct 11

The Scale Jumped Twice in March. Only One of Them Stayed.

How I tell a bad morning from a new normal.

The Scale Jumped Twice in March. Only One of Them Stayed.

Harry Phan

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Jul 6

I Got Lean at 44 While Drinking Beer and Eating Fried Cheese. Here’s the Rule That Made It Work.

It wasn’t a discipline problem. It was an architecture problem.

I Got Lean at 44 While Drinking Beer and Eating Fried Cheese. Here’s the Rule That Made It Work.

Harry Phan

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Apr 29

The Levers I Never Had to Pull

What 15 weeks of running an experiment on my own body taught me about the difference between effort and precision

The Levers I Never Had to Pull

Harry Phan

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Mar 15

I Got Into the Best Shape of My Adult Life, Just in Time to Turn 44

14 weeks. 13 lbs of fat gone. Zero muscle lost.

I Got Into the Best Shape of My Adult Life, Just in Time to Turn 44

Harry Phan

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Feb 26

I Lost 12 Pounds in 12 Weeks by Stopping the Perfect Diet

How designing around my flaws worked better than chasing optimal

I Lost 12 Pounds in 12 Weeks by Stopping the Perfect Diet

Harry Phan

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Jan 8

The Cost Curves of Fat Loss for Men 40+: An Engineering Trade-Off Analysis

Fat loss after 40 isn’t about effort, it’s about choosing the right optimization target

The Cost Curves of Fat Loss for Men 40+: An Engineering Trade-Off Analysis

Harry Phan

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Jan 1

The Final Boss: December Fat Loss Experiment

What I learned about losing fat during the worst month of the year… without panicking

The Final Boss: December Fat Loss Experiment

Harry Phan

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Apr 14, 2025

From Donuts to Data: My Data-Driven Weight Loss Journey

How recalculating calories and embracing a few food (and life) hacks turned my fitness transformation around

From Donuts to Data: My Data-Driven Weight Loss Journey

Harry Phan

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Apr 13, 2025

From Buying New Shorts to Buying a Stainless Steel Pan: My Absurdly Effective Weight Loss Upgrades

If you read my first article, “When Your Shorts Betray You: My 178-lb Wake-Up Call — A Personal Weight Loss Journey”, you know that…

From Buying New Shorts to Buying a Stainless Steel Pan: My Absurdly Effective Weight Loss Upgrades

Harry Phan

Harry Phanhe/him

I lost 13 lbs in 15 weeks at 43 with lean mass intact. Then I built an app around the protocol. Founder of FortivApp. https://fortiv.app

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