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Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?

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1,Learn maching learning and deep learning to do something such as AI chess. 2, read English easily like a native speaker. 3, complete a paper to get master degree. 4,learn anything new and interesting, like painting and music.

If you're interested in chess programming, this is a great resource: https://www.chessprogramming.org/Main_Page

Re: Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?

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lose weight, been 40-50 pounds over weight for almost a decade, i keep dropping 20-25 pounds and regaining it again. I enjoy eating and drinking a little too much.

Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.

do you do 24 hour fasting or multi day fasting?

Re: Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?

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lose weight, been 40-50 pounds over weight for almost a decade, i keep dropping 20-25 pounds and regaining it again. I enjoy eating and drinking a little too much.

Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.

My goal is to become a lean, fit, machine. First I have to drop a lot of weight. I started 4 weeks ago and I'm down 17 pounds so far. Basically I'm just limiting myself to about 500-700 calories of protein-rich foods a day, plus a multivitamin, a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and more recently, a fiber supplement.

It's very dangerous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't put their body through extreme circumstances in the past and knows their actual (not percieved) limits. I haven't pooped in a week, and my last bowel movement was gnarly.

A safer rate of weight-loss should not be more than 2 pounds a week, or approximately a 1,000 calorie defecit per day. An online search for a basal metabolic rate calculator should be a starting point.

Advice to others, no matter what process you take: I recommend not weighing yourself more than once a week - it's a mental thing.

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To learn less new things and just get better at the stuff I already (somewhat) know through application. Too much time in recent years has been spent doing any Udemy or Coursera course that looked moderately appealing. The breadth of knowledge has become too much; with far too little depth.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.

My goal is to become a lean, fit, machine. First I have to drop a lot of weight. I started 4 weeks ago and I'm down 17 pounds so far. Basically I'm just limiting myself to about 500-700 calories of protein-rich foods a day, plus a multivitamin, a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and more recently, a fiber supplement. It's very dangerous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't put their body through extrem…

how do u get anything done at ur job on such an extreme diet? I've tried 1000 cal deficit for 2 months and i barely slept most days due to the hunger.

Re: Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try total (not intermittent) fasting. I just discovered it and lost 50lbs very quickly but, more importantly, without difficulty. Easier than one meal per day. YMMV.

My goal is to become a lean, fit, machine. First I have to drop a lot of weight. I started 4 weeks ago and I'm down 17 pounds so far. Basically I'm just limiting myself to about 500-700 calories of protein-rich foods a day, plus a multivitamin, a calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement, and more recently, a fiber supplement. It's very dangerous, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't put their body through extrem…

With such drastic diet - gastric system goes for a toss. You don't want to wait that long between pooping. One option is to try buffered vitamin c. It was definitely give you a poop whenever you want without side effect and dependency.

I recommend the following vitamin c powder. If you are up for it you can do also a vitamin c cleanse: https://www.perque.com/product/perque-potent-c-guard-powder/

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