Weight Watchers

I’m not claiming I’m the world’s best judge of every business fundamental. But I do understand fundamentals of the body: BMI ranges, body-fat %, what “healthy” vs “optimal” actually looks like, and what it takes to get there.

Fasinating take on the performativ aspect of Buffett's weight ritual. The BMI observation is sharp: he's essentially advertising discipline while staying just barely within 'acceptable' bounds, which says more about narrative control than fitness. This kind of public accountability theater can be effective for behavior change, but you're right that it prioritizes the visible marker over genuine health optimization.

So when someone makes a public constraint that’s framed as elite discipline, but is really just “stay inside acceptable,” it tells you something deeper:

• the constraint is optimized for narrative (simple, enforceable, repeatable),

• not necessarily for maximal performance.

And sure — your body is your choice. No moralizing.

But it raises a fair question: if that is the standard he chooses for the domain where stakes are most personal (health), what does that imply about the way he sets standards, constraints, and stories everywhere else?

That’s what I was pointing at.

Again, this was shoved in my face.

I never thought about his weight like that before nor do I care.

But it opens the opportunity for thought experimentation.