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Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by coldtea »

StevePerkins wrote: post #513

Lift 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…

>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.

This is a little crazy if you work in an office though.

It's like over 1 hour of walking per day. Where do people find the time?

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by globular-toast »

unfocussed_mike wrote: post #606

Things that are easier if you live alone: Just don't buy rich foods over which you have no willpower. Don't go down those aisles in the supermarket. Don't keep biscuits (by which I mean cookies) and snacks in the house at all. Don't buy "meal deal" lunches that give you a discounted fizzy drink and snack. It's all very well people telling others that they need to develop willpower over knowing when they've had enough…

I agree with this. Don't buy ready-to-eat food at all. All food should be prepared for a specific meal. No snacking at all.

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by ElDji »

coldtea wrote: post #651
StevePerkins wrote: post #513

Lift 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…

> 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. This is a little crazy if you work in an office though. It's like over 1 hour of walking per day. Where do people find the time?

Park your car 30mn from your work, then listen a cool podcast walking there. That's it.

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by mjbeswick »

tomp wrote: post #583
StevePerkins wrote: post #513

Lift 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…

> hack your body This seems a bit of a straw-man. Almost nobody who's telling you to be more healthy will tell you to eat better without also telling you to exercise more. Also, it's not "hack your body " it's actually "hack your brain " or, more specifically, hack hunger . That's also why there's so many different diets - everyone's different, and what works for one person won't work for another person. But there ar…

Exercise is important, but the befits taper off rapidly. A little exercise goes a long way, but more isn't incrementally better.

People need to stop referring to such a goal as weight loss, as what they are really talking about is fat loss.

Pro tip; if you want to lose weight most rapidly then don't eat! That works for 100% of people, as we are highly adapted to survive short periods of famine. What we are not adapted for is to have a limitless supply of calorie rich food which requires no effort to obtain; hence the obesity crisis!

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by Qub3d »

unfocussed_mike wrote: post #606

Things that are easier if you live alone: Just don't buy rich foods over which you have no willpower. Don't go down those aisles in the supermarket. Don't keep biscuits (by which I mean cookies) and snacks in the house at all. Don't buy "meal deal" lunches that give you a discounted fizzy drink and snack. It's all very well people telling others that they need to develop willpower over knowing when they've had enough…

> Just don't buy rich foods over which you have no willpower.

I started working with a dietician recently (which has benefits, but is not at all necessary) and they phrased is as, "its easier to practice willpower for 30 minutes once a week at the grocery store than every hour of the day the food is in the house."

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by jackallis »

# of comments here tells you there is no ONE rule you can follow to lose weight. you have to try to study how your body reacts to food and that takes some time to do. At minimum, to lose weight, all else being equal, no healthissues, you have to watch what you eat i.e reduce the amount you eat. To gain strength, you have to lift weight.

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by ermir »

You'll only exhale the CO2 you actually produce, if you increase your oxygen intake you won't actually increase CO2 production, you only do that with increased activity (that's why you need to breathe more). You can also try to hyperventilate, but it won't work for the same reason.

90% of weight loss is cutting down on intake, there are plenty of effective techniques that might work for you, but in the end the only way to lose weight is to eat less.

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by MrYellowP »

Weird tips, ey ...

- Breathe quicker, meaning more often per minute. Your body will adjust to the change in O2/CO2 balance after a short amount of time and the benefit is an increased metabolism, burning fat faster.

- Visit a prostitute once a week, better twice, for exhaustive full service.

- Eat and drink lots of cacao, mixed with poppy seeds. Better to inform yourself about how it works (and please know if you're allergic!), but this too speeds up your metabolism.

- Use Poppers. Well known in the gay community, it's known to increase heart rate significantly within seconds. Lasts only shortly and probably is a really bad idea to do it all day, every day, but you wanted weird tips and didn't mention they should be safe as well.

- Poke a bee's nest, once a day. Instant motivator for running. Once that's boring, poke a nest of wasps, then level up to hornets!

- Get sun. A lot. Go sunbathing every day. It'll help with melting your fat.

- Kind of weird: prefer sugar over any sort of artificial sweetener, but significantly prefer honey over sugar.

- Make twenty headstands lasting at least three minutes, over the course of the day. Unless you fear your blood vessels might pop. Then please don't.

- Spend a significant amount of time actively thinking about things. That burns lots of energy.

There. You didn't mention how effective the tip should be. All of these should provide benefits to some degree, even better if you combine them.

Weird enough?

Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?

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Post by gamerDude »

Eating is going to be the key to losing weight. I lost over 40lbs the other year.

But that doesn't mean you have to suffer. There are great foods that are also healthy. Take it slow, one meal at a time and find something you like eating that's healthier. Over time you'll learn new healthier meals that will replace what you've been doing.

And then do the same thing to add movement into your routine. Maybe you like walking or virtual reality games that make you move. Just add bits of movement into your routine over time. You'll start liking them!

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