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Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?

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

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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?

Multi-day. IIRC I've only eaten on six different days since November 10th. Three Thanksgiving parties! One Christmas. Still eating out of social conformity but otherwise, just not. Next time I'll eat will be New Year's Eve.

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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…

Why do you think it's dangerous? If you have fat on your body you don't need any caloric intake.

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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.

Try eating even less. I don't eat anything and I'm never hungry. (This is because I have a lot of fat on my body.)

If you're fat, you shouldn't ever be hungry, but eating food actually makes you go through cycles of hunger.

Stop eating altogether you get a steady hormonal state that is never hungry (until your fat reserves deplete).

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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.

A suggestion from a friend to stop the weight going back on: set a weekly calendar reminder for you to record your weight and to track + view this on a graph over time to jolt you into action (e.g. being more mindful with calorie intake again) when you see the weight creeping back on. The problem can sometimes be improving the feedback loop so you don't slip back into your old eating habits.

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Save enough to cover all expenses of my family for 5 years. Once 1) is complete enroll in PhD in mathematics (category theory and informatics). Beat my internet addiction

What do you think is future scope in category theory?

I have been interested in functional programming, lambda calculus, type theory etc too as a hobby.

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I've been seriously distracted and lack the inner energy to focus on things that truly matter. For a decade now, I've been trying to learn coding without success; always running around in circle, motion without progress. So, my new year resolution is to break this jinx and kickstart a career in tech.

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

#30

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.

biggest recommendation would be dont do this as a short term goal with a diet.. that never helps and you will gain back your pounds. introduce exercise into your routine. eat healthy but dont deprive yourself of stuff. if you like to eat fried chicken eat it but try to make it yourself.
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