Eat whole food plant-based.
Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
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Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#962don't go to weird sh*t to lose weight ...
Your body produces fat ... so decrease the consume of it
You have extra fat ... burn it out: walk, run, jump, exercise
Challenge your self... a healthy diet and some exercise for 3 months, check your goals every week
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As I posted in the intermittent fasting thread (which has never worked for me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30627290 ), fitbit was for me the game changer. I've always lifted weights + cardio for exercise. Fitbit allows me to see that cardio >> weight lifting for calorie burn. Even the idea that "muscle burns more calories that fat" is a red herring because muscle burns about 4 calories per day per pound than…
I can't edit, so I'll add this reply. I see that I really mis-typed above. Also, at nearly 60 years old, by basal metabolic burn rate (according to online calculators, so YMMV) is only about 225 calories per day. At my weight that is like a 30-40 walk. That should read, Also, at nearly 60 years old, my basal metabolic burn rate (according to online calculators, so YMMV) is only about 225 calories lower __than my basa…
^^ 30-40 minute walk. Sheeesh. I need to go back to writing comments in a text editor first.
Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#964Eat breakfast. Eat lunch. Then fast for 16 - 20 hours. Do this for the rest of your life.
The first few weeks will be tough. Then the cravings and hunger will go away. So will the excess weight.
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> Anyone saying just eat less is full of shit. Exactly. A pattern that doesn't last will get you back into the previous state fast. I'm not a doctor but all you need is some exercise. Then you only need to let go of 1 item from your daily meal and also remove much sugar from your drinking by going tea or water and most people should do fine.
I am a doctor, and while exercise is really good for you (and we should all do more!) it has effectively no bearing on weight in the general population (non-athletes).
I think you might mean bodyfat.
> it has effectively no bearing on weight in the general population (non-athletes).
Cmon man, strength / muscle building -absolutely- has an effect on "weight" and "bodyfat". Even when not at the athlete level. Muscle at rest burns more calories than fat at rest, and those burned calories gotta come from somewhere.
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> 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."
It's really reassuring to hear that, because in my mind I always think my strategy is still inferior to those people who can ration out their own snacks.
Absolutely! Another couple of grocery shopping tips (from Michael Pollan):
- The Grandmother (or Great-Grandmother) test: don't buy food unless your Great-Grandmother would recognize it. I expand this to a generic hypothetical ancestor from anywhere in the world, as my Great Grandma wouldn't recognize, say, Gochujang sauce, but the idea is simple -- stick to food that has been around for a while.
- Stick to the outside "perimeter" of a grocery store for the most part. This is not a hard and fast rule, but generally the fresh and whole food will be on the walls around the grocery section, with more processed foods in the aisles.
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#967Re: Ask HN: Any weird tips for weight loss?
#968I've tried a handful of fad diets, and nothing stuck until I learned of and developed some habits around calorie deficits.
Use a BMI calculator to figure out where you're currently at and where you might want to be. A good one will tell you your maintenance calories and the calories you should target to lose weight.
Invest in a good kitchen scale and make it your best friend.
Use an A5 notepad and rubber-tipped pencil to count calories daily. Food, drinks and all. No more than one sheet per day is a constraint that works for me. Use a highlighter to reflect and identify your mistakes at the end of the day.
Be militant about portion control. Use the advice written on boxes for cereal and the like. Measure your milk portions with cereal and any hot drinks too.
Another tip is to replace treats with low calorie alternatives. Hartley's sugar-free jelly is magic!
In the UK, folks typically weigh themselves in stones (st). I prefer weighing myself in pounds (lbs). When looking at the scale every other morning, it takes weeks for 21.00st to become 20.00st. Weighing yourself in pounds seems more satisfying. May be the same for kilogrammes to lbs too.
I use a few spreadsheets. I took the numbers from the BMI calculator and created a spreadsheet with three columns showing how much I would weigh at particular dates in the year if I maintained -1lb a week, -1.5lb a week and -2lbs a week. It shows that I could reach my goal by next year - and that's incredibly motivating. Weekly weigh-ins going into a line graph with a trendline helps too.
The trick is that I don't feel like I'm on a diet. The food hasn't actually changed all that much. It's just that I'm now mindful of the portion sizes and learning to say no so that I hit my daily targets.
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#969This podcast explains that fat loss involves two processes: mobilisation (getting fat out of fat cells) and oxidation (burning it off by using its energy). Most exercising and other techniques for fat loss don't adequately focus on mobilisation first, which means you lose very little fat even with lots of exercise. But you can 'fool' your body into accelerating the mobilisation phase in several ways. Anyway, this podcast explains really clearly how you can do it. Give it a try! https://hubermanlab.com/how-to-lose-fat-with-science-based-t...
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