Have residual and passive income that pays all the bills.
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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Why do you think it's dangerous? If you have fat on your body you don't need any caloric intake.
My dad survived stage 4 cancer... a bowel obstruction is what took him out... you don't want your bowels completely stopped, otherwise very, very bad things happen. That's why it's dangerous.
They don't completely stop though. You poop out liquid that (I've read) comes mostly from your body's dead blood cells.
Re: Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?
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Why do you think it's dangerous? If you have fat on your body you don't need any caloric intake.
Things I've faced so far: Constipation and Hyponatremia. Catabolysis and heart damage is also possible. The body will consume fat first, so this is an avoidable outcome. I added the multivitamin and calcium/magnesium/zinc supplement to help avoid damage as well. Damaging my heart is my largest concern with this diet.
Losing fat inherently raises blood lipids (the fat has to be circulated), which is bad for the heart long-term, but not an acute danger. The body is evolved to live on body fat, it's fine and normal.
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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.
Also, the desire to want to "feel full" is something that's hard to overcome. I'm not sure I'm there yet.
Feeling "full" means overeating.
I read a comment on reddit once: "hunger" is telling you when to eat, not how much to eat.
Re: Ask HN: What are your new years resolutions?
#45Grow funding of the nonprofit I lead by at least $400k.
Delegate or die trying.
Dial back the reflexive urge to self-host or home-grow every aspect of my personal and professional tech stacks.
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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.
I highly agree with this approach. Specifically about fried chicken, I love it myself, but it turns out making "fried" chicken in the oven is super easy. And it's not really fried, so super healthy. I learned it from this Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jACqgyPAtD4&t=671s But just to outline how easy it is, the whole process is basically to cover the chicken with some cornstarch and salt, let it sit in…
that looks bomb! Thanks for sharing. Havent really tried this but 100% will.
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#47475lbs Deadlift and 185lbs Press Convert what I'm learning into content so that others may benefit.
Nice goals! Similar to mine (higher weight but similar ambitions). What routine are you doing?
Thanks friend!
For both lifts, I work up to a top single around RPE 8 (difficult, but with no grinding or form breakdown), and then use that number to determine my 1 rep max for that particular day. Then I do volume based on the Prilepin chart. I find this works very well because it adapts to the stress of life.
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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…
6 weeks, 24 pounds.