Fasting. Without a single doubt. What you need to do is minimally 5 day water fast. This will help you correct your microbiome balance. It is hard but just the 1st day when you're depleting yourself of sugar. Then on 2nd day onwards you're on fat burn but most importantly you're in autophagy mode. Then for couple of days if you can't do longer fast, eat keto-ish meals then do it again. When on water only, make sure you get electrolytes. And btw you can drink things like coke zero and of course black coffee, tea etc. but obviously no meaningful food like carbs, fiber or protein of any kind. But your holy Grail is to correct your microbiome. Absolute worse case, you could spend that money on FMT from a very fit person . Needless to say, don't start fasting unless your doc says you can do something like it. Most doc have no clue. "Water" only fasting is the key to 95% of all aliments we in western culture deal with. Then afterwards like any other "diet.". Maintain healthy Mediterranean diet and do water fasting once a month. You will be weak on day one, but consecutive days, you will be at your max mental acuity and even physical. I do anaerobic while doing water fasting.
Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?
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Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?
#92I'd use the $100k for living expenses and take a year off of work and focus on diet and exercise...
Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?
#93If possible: sell your car, buy a nice bike and ride to work! ( move close to your work if possible?) As a teacher, I make far less than 100k a year (far less!), but my health hack is that I bike to work every day, so at the very least, I get 5+ miles of exercise. I have the luxury of having bought a house just over 2.5 miles from campus, but it's part of the lifestyle I chose years ago.
Do you shower after arriving at work? Seems like a deal breaker for me where I live, given the weather.
I had a 9 mile ride one way to work for a while, no shower. Honestly it wasn’t so bad for me, even though i would have liked one. I had a small towel, deodorant, fresh clothes, and could rinse my face and change in the bathroom.
I remember feeling great everyday.
Now my commute is 20 feet. I miss having an office.
Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?
#94I recommend you do what I am doing without spending $100,000: Go to the doctor, ask for a prescription for a GLP1 and then take it consistently, and then go to the gym 5x a week, and not worry about it. GLP1's are the future. The future is here. You don't need to struggle with weight anymore. The mircacle cure for insatiable hunger is here. You will never think about food again. Hand on heart, the last few weeks i've…
I am extremely biased, but I have to say... This is the way. I do want to note that GLP1s are not miracle cures for insatiable hunger, they don't necessarily work for everyone and may (rarely) have side effects that aren't worth bearing. That said, the way it's affecting people's hunger/food noise/etc is absolutely mindblowing. > Hand on heart, the last few weeks i've been on a GLP1 has been the easiest time i've eve…
My plan is so long as I lose 5% or more of my body weight within the first 12 weeks, then to continue on Saxenda until I get to 60kgs (I’m a female and I’m currently 80kgs - there was a time where I was 140kgs (I lost that weight naturally (I got down to 72kgs), but it was really mentally exhausting)). Then I had cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin and fat cells etc on my abdomen (I believe that’s helped me to not have more significant weight regain).
(I’ve only completed 3 weeks of saxenda, and I’m only on 2.4mg a day and there is noticeable changes in my size as per before/after photo’s, but I’ve not weighed myself yet).
I am going to the gym 3-4 times a week with 20mins of cardio and 25mins of weight training, swimming 2x a week for 60mins per swim, and walking (weather permitting). I was running half marathons until recently, I sprained my ankle and my right ankle is super unstable at the moment so not able to run, but the hope it to return to long distance running within the next 6 months.
Post-GLP1 I’m planning to resume long distance running to maintain a low weight and continue going to the gym. I would prefer to have more muscle tone than I’ve had in the past because I think it looks healthier.
In terms of building healthier habits, something I’ve noticed while on the GLP1 is that I am not impulse buying junk foods at the supermarket. Additionally, before GLP1 I’ve struggled a lot with tasks like grocery shopping and cooking because of my ADHD. But… since I’ve been on this GLP1, I have more mental availability to plan meals (super interesting!) I’ve actually found it a manageable task to plan a meal, acquire the correct ingredients and then prepare the meal, so I’ve been making far healthier meals (and it doesn’t even feel like I’m trying). There is actually part of me that doesn’t want to stop taking the GLP1 because I’m finding it is helping me with impulse control so much, it’s providing significant relief from internal guilt and grief I often would feel from impulsively spending significant amounts of money on shit I quite frankly didn’t need or really want that badly. The GLP1 has been more effective for my impulsive behaviours than the methylphenidate I used to be on for ADHD, without causing me to have the irritability that comes from being on stimulants for ages.
Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?
#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am extremely biased, but I have to say... This is the way. I do want to note that GLP1s are not miracle cures for insatiable hunger, they don't necessarily work for everyone and may (rarely) have side effects that aren't worth bearing. That said, the way it's affecting people's hunger/food noise/etc is absolutely mindblowing. > Hand on heart, the last few weeks i've been on a GLP1 has been the easiest time i've eve…
My plan is so long as I lose 5% or more of my body weight within the first 12 weeks, then to continue on Saxenda until I get to 60kgs (I’m a female and I’m currently 80kgs - there was a time where I was 140kgs (I lost that weight naturally (I got down to 72kgs), but it was really mentally exhausting)). Then I had cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin and fat cells etc on my abdomen (I believe that’s helped me to not…
Sorry VERY late here (I somehow missed this), but have you considered weight training? From an efficiency point of view it seems hard to beat. Building muscle (like you'd like to) helps with metabolism, etc.
Of course cardio with a consistent routine is great too, but the potential for injury/schedule stuff can be hard.
If it's within reach for you, a small home gym (but in a room that is NOT the garage) is also fantastic, much easier to do 5 mins spontaneously and feel badly if you miss a day of doing at least 5 mins.
> Additionally, before GLP1 I’ve struggled a lot with tasks like grocery shopping and cooking because of my ADHD. But… since I’ve been on this GLP1, I have more mental availability to plan meals (super interesting!) I’ve actually found it a manageable task to plan a meal, acquire the correct ingredients and then prepare the meal, so I’ve been making far healthier meals (and it doesn’t even feel like I’m trying).
This is a huge thing and I'm pretty sure you're not the first I've seen say it. Impulse control is something a lot of society needs help with and eating is just the beginning.