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

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Post by bonoboTP »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #78
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?

It's called OMAD (one meal a day), you can google it. In my experience, it's something you quickly get used to and has no negative effects (for me). You adjust and don't get hungry until the time comes (e.g. dinner). It's a form of intermittent fasting.

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

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Post by siscia »

Most of energy consumption is baseline metabolism, which is directly correlated with your muscle mass.

The fastest and healthiest way to get a better body (which is not loosing weight) it is to start lifting heavy things over and over again.

You can starve yourself and loose wait, also rather fast, but as soon as you go back to your standard eating, that weight will come back.

If you increase your muscle mass, you won't necessarily loose weight, fat will be replaced by muscle, but your appearance will be much better, you will be healthier and overall you will just feel better.

As always there are not shortcuts.

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

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Post by geuis »

You just need to learn about and do keto. Look on Reddit. It's not a hack, lifestyle, other marketing bullshit. It's literally eat about or under 20-30 grams of carbs a day. Everything else should be proteins and fats. Further research than what I'm saying here will tell you what wide range of stuff is good to eat and what's not.

Oxygen has fuck all to do with weight loss. You wearing an o2 tank is literally going to do nothing.

Read up on keto. Again, it's not a fad. There is a ton of both evidential biological studies and personal anecdotes from people that done it to much success. Check /r/keto and look at the documentation in the sidebar.

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

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Post by watwut »

MuffinFlavored wrote: post #78
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?

For me, loss of productivity and concentration. Also, hard to make that one meal make contain everything you need.

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

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Post by flexie »

Just eat less. Much less. And don't drink alcohol, juice, milk, ice tea, or soft drinks. Drink water.

My suggestion:

Skip breakfast. Take a cup of black coffee.

A lunch consisting of a salat made of half a cucumber and a medium sizes tomato and either 1) a can of tuna (in brine, not oil) or 2) smoked salmon (100 gram), will make you quite full without adding more than 200 calories.

Afternoon snack: Lots of chewing gum is a great way to feel full.

Eat a normal dinner. One portion. Why dinner? Because that's usually the social meal and usually the hardest meal to skip. Look at what skinny people are eating if you wonder what a normal potion is. Don't eat two portions. Don't eat dessert.

If you want a drink after dinner, drink carbonated water (club soda) in a nice glass with ice cubes.

Do this, and you will lose around 1 kg per week, give or take. It may sound slow, but it's actually about as fast as it gets and after 2-3 weeks you will notice the results.

It will speed up the process a bit if you walk 1-2 hours a day and exercise 2-3 times a week, but it's really not required. Reducing calorie intake is key.

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

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Post by watwut »

oxplot wrote: post #236

Weird ha? Get stressed: - Get a full on 80 hr/week job - Swim in cold water - Do HIIT - e.g. run like a lion is chasing you for a minute every day - Watch horror films - Drink coffee - Have sex

> Swim in cold water

This makes your body easier to gain fat. (I did cold water swimming. They warned about this effect.)

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

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Post by wtf77 »

- count calories (excel, numbers) - exercise (I use madbarz) - do not eat sugar or things that contains sugar (like drinks) - drink water, not sugar drinks like zero coke/juice/coffee/whatever with fake sugar or sort of - cook your own meals, and be gentle with olive oil and butter

I'm not fat but lost 3 kg in 2 month: Jan 2 I was 71kg, this morning I'm 67,9kg. I'm eating everyday around 1900calories, just a bit lower than what I need, and slowly losing weight. My goals is being fit, and 65kg by Jul/Aug.

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

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Post by catlikesshrimp »

krageon wrote: post #223

Breathing more / denser oxygen is very bad for you (breathing at all is bad for you). Furthermore, badly treated asthma (i.e. you cannot breathe well) will lead to very fast weight loss. This should inform you of one thing: anaerobic respiration is inefficient and therefore great for burning more calories. An easy way to achieve such respiration is running or cycling (which I think is better on your knees) so fast th…

Patients with severe respiratory difficulties lose weight because of the added effort. They spend more energy trying to breathe, or more precisely "waste"

It has nothing to do with anaerobic respiration.

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