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Re: Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised

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Post by jlelonm »

_xhok wrote: post #18

I used to be the same way. Wake up at 5am, meditate, exercise, and shower before starting your day. Stop eating processed carbs and sugar. Get off the computer at 9pm and sleep at 10pm. Clean your room. Schedule sprints of work for yourself, drag yourself over to your chair, and force yourself to start typing anything. Talk to your friends more often. Set 1-3 large goals at the beginning of the day and explain to you…

What's the definition of a processed carb? I'm scarily ignorant about this.

I feel like anything in the frozen foods / microwave it 2 mins and eat it isle probably falls into this category, but I'm not sure exactly why. Is it the enriched wheat flour? Do you know a good unbiased resource for learning about this?

Re: Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised

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Post by sotojuan »

kyle_0110 wrote: post #75
Gideonnn wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This goal is too hard to achieve! It is like the 10x programmer, it is just too much to be a realistic goal. I mean, good for you if you can wake up every day at 5 am and meditate. But aside from the 0.0001% of people on the world that can do this, most people can't. This is a way of life which seems like living in a monastery to me. Totally unrealistic.

I don't understand what's so unrealistic about gp post, it can easily be done as a 40 min morning routine. Meditation can be as short as a couple minutes, budget 5 min. A good workout can be done in 20 min, and 15 min for a shower. There is nothing magical about that. I dont wake up at 5am, I wake up at 6:45, but the routine is just as effective at 6:45am :) I also agree mood is highly affected by diet, so save some…

When people say waking up at 5am/sleeping at 10 or earlier is hard, they don't mean the physical act of waking up or sleeping early is hard - that just takes some time/body adjustment.

In my experience people fail to do it because of social reasons - if you are young it is likely that your current social activities or groups might lead you to get home past 10pm.

Re: Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised

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Post by helen842000 »

jlelonm wrote: post #141
_xhok wrote: post #18

I used to be the same way. Wake up at 5am, meditate, exercise, and shower before starting your day. Stop eating processed carbs and sugar. Get off the computer at 9pm and sleep at 10pm. Clean your room. Schedule sprints of work for yourself, drag yourself over to your chair, and force yourself to start typing anything. Talk to your friends more often. Set 1-3 large goals at the beginning of the day and explain to you…

What's the definition of a processed carb? I'm scarily ignorant about this. I feel like anything in the frozen foods / microwave it 2 mins and eat it isle probably falls into this category, but I'm not sure exactly why. Is it the enriched wheat flour? Do you know a good unbiased resource for learning about this?

Carbohydrates is a term that groups sugars, starches & fibre together. There are simple carbohydrates (breads, cereals, desserts and other man-made carbs) and complex carbs (fruit, veg, whole grain foods)

Simple carbs are broken down and consumed very easily, complex carbs take longer to be absorbed and energy is released over a longer period.

A good rule is to eat things as close to their natural form as possible.

Most products have been processed in some way before eating - cleaning & packaging being the simplest.

However baking, frying, adding excess sugar/salt, preservatives, additives, etc happens in a large amount of products that we don't realise. It is astonishingly easy to consume these products to excess (muffins, donuts, bread, potato products).

Frozen food / microwave in 2 mins is not actually bad for you. You can get bags of microwave rice or veg that are perfectly healthy (check the ingredients).

A good place to start is getting familiar with where certain foods are in the Glycemic Index.

In terms of improving your own diet and improving energy, just make simple substitutions. Swap fries > sweet potato, or white bread > whole grain wraps, or chips > nuts & seeds.

Re: Ask HN: I'm a solopreneur and I feel demoralised

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Post by brianwawok »

owebmaster wrote: post #139
brianwawok wrote: post #106

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I think cardio edges our carbs by a little bit. If I am excising well, think marathon buildup.. extra carbs do not make me feel any different. Greasy and fried food gets me, but not carbs. If I am not exercising, almost any reasonable of carbs makes me feel terrible. Hard to just pick 1, but I do think exercise wins for me by a small margin over clean eating..

Sure, I don't mean it as radically avoid carbs, but by following this rule I'm much more conscious about the carbs I eat. Including mcdonalds fries.

I find it easier to just blanket ban foods. Works better for my personality type.

French fries are on my never ever touch list, along with soda and a few more items.

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