30 push-ups and 8 pull ups every morning. I've built a noticeable amount of upper body muscle and lost about 1.5st weight over about a year.
Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
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#221. Mindful meditation [free]
John Kabat-Zinn [0] masters the link between science and meditation and has published very valuable books (including guided/audio meditation exercises) [1]. There are a couple of scientific studies which prove effectiveness [2] [3].
2. LSD [$5-10/dose + $25/multi-use test kit]
Benefits (mid- and long-term) are similar to those of meditation. In addition, you may be able to access your spiritual dimension, which increases quality of life even further (it is less immediate with meditation). It however requires one to literally read/understand/know everything about the substance before applying it (minimum literature: "The psychedelic explorer's guide" by Fadiman). Also, order a test kit and test before you ingest. Certain "edge cases"/people should not try it.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn
[1] https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4180277/Mindful_Way_Through...
[2] http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to...
[3] http://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9214697/meditation-brain-neuros...
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#23being more social and going back to gym
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#24My back and shoulders have been hurting more and more (I'm only 27!) and it took me way too long to accept that slouching over my laptop was causing it.
Putting my laptop on a pile of books and using an external keyboard and mouse made a HUGE difference and my posture has improved significantly after just a couple of months.
I recently bought a Roost laptop stand which is great for travel and looks like spy gear but it is a bit pricey and a stack of books does the job too.
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#25I quit drinking coffee and start drinking liquid guarana instead (Scitec Nutrition brand specifically). It's like legal cocaine. I'm using it for morning and early evening boost.
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#26Did about 8k on the bike and got back on a rowing machine, but somehow ended the year still overweight. So in terms of health my year will hopefully be 2017, I will get on a LCHF diet. Because I have Hashimoto's thyroiditis, I did a little experiment 5 months ago, I stayed gluten free for 3 months (because I read somewhere that gluten could be the culprit) and my digestion and overall being improved. So I need to get…
> I just need to figure out why I constantly crave for short term satisfactions
It's dopamine. I see it as malware that infected my brainOS and it's more of a stuxnet rather than your typical lame click-n-infect-me.
As for diets, I prefer to set lifestyle goals. For example it doesn't matter on which particular diet I'm on at the moment (I cycle through couple of them every 8-12-16 weeks), what does matter is that I very rarely eat processed food or sugary snacks (once a month at best) and when I do it's _always_ after hard training session and it still _fits my macros_.
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#27My back and shoulders have been hurting more and more (I'm only 27!) and it took me way too long to accept that slouching over my laptop was causing it. Putting my laptop on a pile of books and using an external keyboard and mouse made a HUGE difference and my posture has improved significantly after just a couple of months. I recently bought a Roost laptop stand which is great for travel and looks like spy gear but…
+1 on this. Plus you can use a real keyboard instead of chiclet ones. Regarding keyboards, I can't recommend daskeyboard or IBM model m enough.
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#28A few things: I started eating 2 hard boiled eggs (aka arse fruit) each morning. I now don't have a hunger craving at 10am like I used to have and can easily work through to lunch time and have a moderate lunch. I joined a choir and it helps take my mind off the 9 hours of coding I do every day. It also gives me an outlet for my limited artistic side. You say besides exercise, but I have to add that I started boxing.…
> I started boxing
The hits you receive cause brain cells to die. Your brain being your most valuable asset, generally speaking, but even more so for intellectual work such as programming, you may want to switch to a no-contact martial art (such as kung-fu).
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#29So without mentioning running, exercise, and yoga and discrediting the change of 2015 (using small brushes to clean between the teeth so I don't have to see the dental hygienist every year) my next step (after very recently having my last wisdom tooth finally extracted, and an infection under a molar cleaned) made in 2016 is to brush my teeth 2 times a day. Including in the morning, when I'm a stressed zombie. I've been bloody stubborn/lazy on this throughout my youth and it is finally time to treat my dental hygiene like an adult should.
Re: Ask HN: The habit adopted in 2016 that had the greatest impact on your health?
#30I quit drinking coffee and start drinking liquid guarana instead (Scitec Nutrition brand specifically). It's like legal cocaine. I'm using it for morning and early evening boost.
I replaced coffee and energy drinks with caffeine pills. Same (or better) results, no sugar.
Question: do you think this guarana drink is more powerful than coffee? It's quite common to see guarana drinks (mostly soda) here in Brazil, but I don't see them as energy drinks..
To be honest, I feel as I'm lacking energy for everyday activities.. Do you or anyone know whether any of these scitec nutrition products (or whey protein, etc) could help regarding energy? Or it's just for building muscles?