What this is: my own experience. Not medical advice and not a diet recommendation — I am a developer, not a doctor. What was true for me may mean nothing for you. And RecTake is not a medical device.
There is one task I used to put off every single year: my tax return. Not because it is hard. Because it is there, a little bit every day, and every day I found a reason why not today.
At some point I sat down and did it. Just like that, in one go. And afterwards I didn’t stop.
What suddenly worked
- Things I had left lying. Things I had meant to get back to “soon” for weeks, I got back to.
- The housework. I did a lot more and helped out a lot more, without anyone having to ask me.
- Putting things off. It dropped sharply. Not to zero, but far enough that I noticed it afterwards.
The odd part: at the time I noticed none of it. It didn’t feel like a change. It felt like perfectly normal days on which more simply got done. Good days don’t stand out. You never ask why things are going well — only why they aren’t.
What had changed at the same time
Only looking back did I see that I had been eating differently during that time. Healthier, with more protein and fewer carbs. And I had been drinking more water — the least exciting change of all. How that came about is in my first post.
The two overlapped in time: eating differently and suddenly getting things done. Once I saw them side by side, it was hard to miss.
Whether it really was the food, I don’t know. I changed several things at once, and maybe it was something else entirely: the season, less stress, chance. My sample size is one — me.
Why I didn’t see it myself
Because I had no idea what I had eaten on any given day. Ask me on Thursday what I had for lunch on Tuesday and I will guess.
Then there is the delay. What you eat at lunch shows — if at all — in the afternoon or the next morning. No head connects the two on its own. You wake up clearer and think “slept well”, not “ah, last night’s dinner”.
That became the question behind RecTake
Not “what should I eat”, but:
- What is it really, when a day goes well?
- How had I eaten and drunk when I felt clear and awake?
- And what should I rather leave out, because the same heavy days always follow it?
No app can give me those answers. But without notes I can’t give them to myself either. So I built something that takes notes for me: you say what you eat or drink, the app later asks on its own how you are, and after a few weeks both sit side by side — as in the example report.
I draw the conclusion myself. The app draws none.
What I don’t conclude from it
- No recipe. That it went this way for me doesn’t mean it will for you. Why bodies react so differently is in this post.
- No treatment. Procrastination has many causes. If it weighs on you seriously, that belongs with someone trained for it — not on your plate.