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Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup

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Re: Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup

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Post by sosuke »

patio11 wrote: post #65
araneae wrote: post #53

Why is HN so obsessed with exercise? I'm quite happy as a lazy slob. I ran track and x country in high school, but I didn't like exercise then and I still don't. I'm sure it would probably make me healthier, but it just isn't worth the discomfort to me. Stop making me look bad, guys.

I have never liked exercise, and I have never liked dieting, but I had a rude wakeup call about the wages of "curry and a fried porkchop" four days a week plus a sedentary lifestyle a few years ago. My physician said that, at that rate, I would be lucky to make it to 30, despite the fact that I was skinny like a beanpole. So I started going to the gym. I despise actually being at the gym and exercising. But it makes…

Darn it patio11, from your startup to your insightful comments on HN and even healthy habits you're practically a poster on my mental wall of who I am working to be like.

I couldn't agree more though, I've been doing about 90 minutes a day of exercise. I wasn't completely out of shape to begin with but I feel much more alert and better throughout the day.

Re: Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup

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Post by martingordon »

I've spent the past two weeks working on-site at a client where I walk about a half mile each way to/from the office and another half mile to/from dinner, which is a stark change from my normal "get in the car and drive to work" routine.

Even this small change (which is paired with eating out and having a few beers each night) has allowed me to sleep less than I normally do, while staying just as alert throughout the day and craving caffeine less than usual.

I'll be going back home this weekend and I need to figure out a way to push myself to do some walking even though I'm not forced to. Hopefully my experience these past two weeks will be enough.

Re: Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup

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Post by Evgeny »

tomjen3 wrote: post #85
dgallagher wrote: post #48

Exercise is basic necessary maintenance required by the human body. You either do it and have a happy/healthy body, or you don't. Eating healthy is just as important, separated into two categories: overall caloric intake, and nutritional content. Car analogies are a dime a dozen in computing, but they apply here as well. Not exercising is like changing the oil in your car every 10,000-15,000 miles, instead of every 3…

I don't exercise for one simple reason - its a temporary solution to a permanent problem and as a geek I hate, hate, hate those with a passion. I don't mind things that are hard, or things that are difficult or things that take a long time or even things that are all three; what I hate is things that doesn't last - once you learned to drive, you can drive, etc. Combine that with the fact that it sucks doing exercise…

I don't exercise for one simple reason - its a temporary solution to a permanent problem and as a geek I hate, hate, hate those with a passion.

Breathing, eating - also a temporary solution to a permanent problem. It just takes more time for the problem of "not exercising" to reveal itself compared to the problem of "not eating".

Re: Staying Healthy and Sane At a Startup

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Post by scorpioxy »

tomjen3 wrote: post #86
patio11 wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never liked exercise, and I have never liked dieting, but I had a rude wakeup call about the wages of "curry and a fried porkchop" four days a week plus a sedentary lifestyle a few years ago. My physician said that, at that rate, I would be lucky to make it to 30, despite the fact that I was skinny like a beanpole. So I started going to the gym. I despise actually being at the gym and exercising. But it makes…

If you where thin, why would you die before you where 30? I mean, heart attacks, etc are all correlated with fat.

Not fat, clogged arteries. Skinny-looking people can have thinned arteries. This is mostly attributed to fats in your diet but also to your genes.
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