Willpower is a limited resource, environmental modifications and behaviourism are king here. Find ways that work for you to keep less food around. Count calories, and reinforce meeting your calorie goals each day. If that doesn't work, it doesn't mean you are weak or bad, you just haven't found something sufficiently reinforcing yet. You can experiment with reinforcement intervals. Don't be afraid to start off with over-the-top reinforcement, you can always fade it down the road. But there's no substitution for calories in/out, there's no way you can get around eating less food if you want to lose weight (unless you exercise a ton, but that's typically not sustainable for someone chronically overweight).
Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
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Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#312Earlier quoted context omitted.
The real takeaway about mass loss via carbon dioxide is that you're changing how the engine works, and you're unlikely to notice it. Get a digital scale, weigh every morning after toilet. I find there is a very quick and variable response to the previous days food, which can be quite motivating. Seeing it up or down half a kilo each day is very noticeable, and informative about what works and what doesn't. Eat less d…
I've had the exact opposite experience. Days I felt like I did well on and had, if counted, a lot less calories were upticks, and days where I indulged were downticks. Sometimes very large ones too. Particularly very fatty meals would see me drop weight. Ultimately the treatment for what probably got me to gain so much weight helped me twice over: ADHD medication. Not only does not lessen your constant need for dopam…
I had some of that too though, that's kinda the idea. I found carby foods were most consistently weight adding, while meaty and fatty not so much.
I recall all you can eat bbqs actually resulting in weight loss the following day. But if I had a bowl of rice with them, I'd have the weight gain I feared. Moderate portions of Indian takeaway curries with Naan could keep my weight up for a few days.
That's not something I'd expect from pure calorie counting, nor do I understand what's actually going on or if it's good or bad etc. But it seemed useful to be aware of
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#313Get a complete blood analysis in order to rule out conditions that might be getting in your way.
For example, hypothyroidism is a relatively common condition that will make you gain weight indirectly, by making you less active in general. A blood analysis can routinely identify it, and the treatment is simple - one small pill every morning.
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#314Anyone saying just eat less is full of shit. Sorry man. I went from 18st to 12st (and back up to 15st). I found a few key things. 1. Decide you want to loose weight. 2. Up your plain flat water intake... Like a ton. Your body will get used to it after a day or two and you'll start feeling naturally thirsty. You notice all these skinny fit people are always drinking? That's plain water they are drinking. Seriously if…
>Seriously if your diet is crap at the moment if you start just drinking loads of water you will loose like half a stone cause you will stop retaining water.
I doubt that causality. If you lose weight by drinking more water it's probably because you stop drinking sugary drinks.
I would be careful with drinking "loads" of anything. Depending on what "loads" really means, it can be very unhealthy (your kidneys have to process all that water) or even fatal in extreme cases.
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#315Skip breakfast and walk everyday. Not weird tips but they sure work.
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#316Use nicotine gum and black coffee to suppress your appetite
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#317Stop eating potatoes, pasta, pizza and bread. Me and my wife did this and within a couple of months noticed we had just got way slimmer with no extra effort.
Lol, in the last few years I've gotten into homemade pasta, pizza and sourdough bread making. That's actually helped reduce my overall carb consumption, I think, because my standards have all gone up. We rarely order a greasy takeout pizza because we can make better pizza at home, and it takes some premeditation.
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#318Please be careful with oxygen, you cannot handle breathing 100% oxygen for long, it starts to cause all kinds of acute health issues all throughout your body. The biggest hacks are all mental though, and to know what you're actually up against. As hyped up as the fitness industry makes it all seem, there's nothing particularly special about fitness, you just gotta do it. The majority of weight loss is dietary, but wi…
Agreed. If one wants to read about it: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/why-does-breathi...
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#319Anyone saying just eat less is full of shit. Sorry man. I went from 18st to 12st (and back up to 15st). I found a few key things. 1. Decide you want to loose weight. 2. Up your plain flat water intake... Like a ton. Your body will get used to it after a day or two and you'll start feeling naturally thirsty. You notice all these skinny fit people are always drinking? That's plain water they are drinking. Seriously if…
> Anyone saying just eat less is full of shit.
Exactly. A pattern that doesn't last will get you back into the previous state fast.
I'm not a doctor but all you need is some exercise. Then you only need to let go of 1 item from your daily meal and also remove much sugar from your drinking by going tea or water and most people should do fine.
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#320Stop. Consuming. Sugar.
Get a scale which logs your weight automatically.
Remember that whole grain bread, whole grain cereals without sugar, are all replacements for sugar (carbs). They store it in a different format, which your body knows what to do with.
Learn about the relationship between sugar and fat, how your body can and when it will transform between the two and under which conditions.
Sugar is highly addictive, so quitting it is the first best step you can do, without harming yourself in the sense that you're nor depriving your body of energy. Your body knows how to extract the energy from real food.
Alcohol is the same as sugar but in a different, just as harmful sort.