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

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Post by bjoli »

shrike wrote: post #33

I don't know if these are weird or not, I managed to lose ~25% of my weight (still lots to go) by - 1. Eliminating liquid calories and substitute sweeteners. Once I figured out that substitute sweeteners made me crave genuine sugars I got rid of them which made it easier to get rid of all liquid calories. Other than one or two servings of alcohol a month in social settings and an espresso in the morning I've had noth…

The liquid calories thing is a big one. Not weird though, and probably recommended by every single dietary guideline ever.

I am one of those people that ended up losing weight by just eating well. I stopped drinking calories and eating processed caloried-dense food. I lost 10kg (down to a BMI of 21.7).

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

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Post by Alan_Dillman »

lytefm wrote: post #20

- Don't avoid fat, avoid sugar - go for an at least 30 min walk, every day - hit the gym, increase your muscle mass - try intermittent fasting - if you're healthy, try to fast for a couple of days. Use that as start to improve your diet. For me, it really changed my perception of "being hungry" - avoid highly processed foods - get a CGM, see what spikes your blood sugar, avoid that

Right? There is hungry, and there is hungry. I forgot the difference since I was a growing kid. I wouldn't be surprised if true hunger is an important part of metabolic regulation. A baseline, perhaps.

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

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Post by graderjs »

Don't get an oxygen tank. One you've got a fire danger it's a very very good oxidizer so things are likely to set on fire if you have all that oxygen sitting around. Two you don't want to get used to it cuz then you'll be gasping for breath in our normal atmosphere. Three too much oxygen can alter your mental state you get weird dizziness and lightheadedness and other symptoms. Four all that oxygen will increase the free radicals in your bloodstream which will lead to cellular and DNA damage may increase the risk of cancer.

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

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Post by samuell »

Drink lots of black coffee. It helps quench the hunger pains, making it easier to go without any other calorie intake e.g. from morning to lunch.

I be recommend espresso or instant coffee for this though, as it tends to have less acids and is thus gentler on a fasting stomach.

This is what I do :)

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

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Post by georgia_peach »

You only have so much willpower. Move temptations out-of-sight, out-of-house, and your willpower will have a better chance of seeing you through the day.

Aside from that, prayer and fasting. With God all things are possible!

"Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy."

- Ezekiel 16:49

Derek can cheer you on a little:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzm5TBBPf44

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

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Post by picture_view »

Write down everything you’re going to eat for the day in the morning.

I’ve used logging to great effect for weight loss, but I found it cumbersome to open my phone and log the calories every time I ate. Eventually I started logging my meals before I ate them just to get it out of the way. This led me to pre-logging the whole day. That made it much easier to time my meals and snacks so I wouldn’t get hungry and could stay under my calorie goal

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

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Post by MuffinFlavored »

bradlys wrote: post #64

Weird tips like that? No, no definitely not. Just eat less man. It's pretty straight forward. Just eat one meal a day (lunch) and you'll see the weight fly off. It's what I did for a bit and lost the weight quickly. You'll lose 5lbs/month easily even for people who have a relatively lean body mass already. (Easier to lose a lot of weight when you're heavier because your BMR is high to begin with) I've done it as some…

any unhealthy side effects of only eating one meal a day? what if that meal is 1800+ calories?

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Post by reedf1 »

Making CO2 is an expensive process and our body does it on an at-need basis. Flooding the air with oxygen will do nothing.

My suggestion is something that helped personally, and is something like a psychological trick so your mileage may vary. I don't mention my weight loss/exercise routine/diet to anyone. The effect I think this has is that I don't prematurely rob myself of the dopamine hit for working out by simply talking about it. Anyway I can draw a line in my fitness history where I started doing this and I've been much more successful since.

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