There is literally no working around to eating less for weight loss. Everything around weight loss like intermittent fasting, drinking coffee etc is to trick the brain to not feel hungry.
Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
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Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#572count your calories.
don't even try to restrict them (at first). just count them. get an app/spreadsheet. get a scale. and record the calories of everything and anything before you eat it. post it up on a whiteboard or sheet of paper every day.
you can keep eating whatever you want and as much as you want (at first). but you have to count _everything_.
every diet out there is going to try to restrict your calories in one way (e.g. eating more protein and less carbs "should" make you feel fuller sooner, leading to fewer calories). Every exercise program is going to try to increase the number of calories you burn (which is a lot harder to measure accurately than how many calories you eat). Either option is folly if you aren't recording your baseline. Your body is very good at convincing you to eat a bit more.
Counting your calories will tell you the actual value of the most important variable in weight loss. And what you measure you tend to improve; counting your calories alone will lead to new habits and eating less even without you trying to restrict it.
p.s. weight lifting or strength training is good advice generally. but I've been a competitive powerlifter and weightlifter for >10 years. lifting makes me hungry and makes me eat more. YMMV.
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#573From somebody who got down from approx. 15% body fat to about 6% body fat just to get the shredded male model look: there is only one tip that actually works for nutrition (because it's all about nutrition): experiment and journal.
We are extremely different and what works for me might be a disaster for you. Just some examples:
- friend of mine is almost a complete carnivore and it works great for him. When I tried going in that direction I was always bloated and my poop was so hard it tear up my intestines and had quite a bit of blood in my stools.
- I tried low carb diets which again, work great for some: zero energy, zero libido, bad mental states.
- my family has a thing with high triglycerides and cholesterol levels. We where always advised to limit fat intake. Well, it turned out that for me a high fat diet (about 50% of calories) gave me the first normal blood tests and it happened at 40 years old. I felt best too on this diet. Will it work for you? Probably not.
- there are foods out there that will make you feel great but you just can't eat long term. I could not touch chicken breast at all for about 4 years after eating lots of it. It made me gag just thinking about it. So what good does a food do you if you just can't eat it?
I could go on and on, but you get the point. Stop looking for shortcuts, stop copying what other people do (you can't even copy what you did last year, might not work anymore).
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#574Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, specifically, highly concentrated oxygen can burn out the lungs and the retinas. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
does this apply to hyperbaric chamber therapy?
No, it can happen with high concentration at normal pressure.
"Pulmonary and ocular toxicity result from longer exposure to increased oxygen levels at normal pressure."
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#575Okay, weird one as asked: Ingest 500ml of hydrogen dioxide before every meal or snack. That's it. Disclaimer: I have not tried or heard whether this actually is effective.
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#576Anyone 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…
I've changed my diet a good deal since buying a half gallon thermos and filling it up every morning, good thing is I don't have to remember to pour myself a glass, I always have water at hand. I think I eat less because when I'm dehydrated I'm in a bad mood, and when I'm in a bad mood I want to eat sugary and fatty things to feel better. For some reason my body never put together that I didn't need fat and sugar, I needed water. Go figure.
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#577Lift weights two or three times per week, and walk just barely enough to avoid being completely sedentary. Nothing crazy, I'm talking about using the weight machines at a gym, and walking just ~8k steps per day with a pedometer watch to gamify it. I'm a naturally obese person, and I've read a thousand of these threads over the years. Nearly every comment is either: * Telling you to "hack your body", with keto or what…
The three main factors are:
* Eat * Lift * Sleep
The combination of LIFT-WEIGHT with RUN-CALORIE-DEFICIT it how you lose weight whilst gaining muscle. It's extremely effective and you feel awesome from it. Sleep is absolutely vital - without having enough sleep you can't recover and it gets very hard to keep the calorie intake limited.
At some point - once you get to about 18-20% body fat it will start to stall - then you need to start adding some cardio to the mix.
Covid + having three kids - the youngest was 6 months old at the start of the pandemic - have absolutely ruined my fitness. I really want to get back in to shape but having proper sleep (and not having any time!) is killing my chances. After the summer he should be old enough to make it possible again though..
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#578No screens while eating. You’ll actually avoid eating until you’re really hungry because you’re more addicted to your phone.
Plus focusing on the food will let you realize when you’ve had enough and you’ll feel like you are more because you remember the experience better.
You wanted weird tips…
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#579count your calories. don't even try to restrict them (at first). just count them. get an app/spreadsheet. get a scale. and record the calories of everything and anything before you eat it. post it up on a whiteboard or sheet of paper every day. you can keep eating whatever you want and as much as you want (at first). but you have to count _everything_. every diet out there is going to try to restrict your calories in…
This.
It's calories in, calories out. But there are easier and harder ways to lower in and increase out.
Counting will probably lower intake by itself, because you get more conscious about it.
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#580Don't do something too drastic, don't try to hack your body, it usually ends in yo-yo and frustration.
I've always been overweight and I lost 20kg over a year by eating less carbs (and not less fat) and move more.
Practically it's "simple":
- drink water before every meal
- don't drink anything with sugar/alcohol in it, there are plenty of drink with no sugar in them
- for diet, take smaller servings overall, take more meat/fish... and less rice/pasta/bread/potato, you don't need to do anything crazy
- eat often small things, do not go without eating for the whole day to eat 3 pizza in the evening
- avoid processed food, like morning cereals (kellogs...)
- do not eat at night
- take the stairs, walk in circle when you have to wait (like at a bus stop)
- feel good about yourself
- most importantly, diminish stress