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

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Post by TacticalCoder »

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…

> I've done it as someone who is 5'10" and 150lb to get down to 140 or 130lb.

I agree with you but wait what, that'd be 178 cm / 58 kilos? That's bordering on underweight: it doesn't feel right (or I'm converting it wrong?)

My first advice to people would be this: check your BMI first, and if you're perfectly in the middle then certainly do not get close to underweight.

Besides that: I don't drink much alcohol and do intermittent fasting (skipping meals like you do) and I've never been neither overweight nor underweight. To me it's all about discipline.

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

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Post by smugma »

ckastner wrote: post #349
xaitv wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd say it's mostly personal. For me it was much easier to switch to one meal a day but not pay TOO much attention to what I eat than it was to keep eating multiple times per day but healthy all the time. The hardest part was only drinking water, but that's more a case of just not buying other drinks.

I never saw the goal as eating healthy all the time. Just more of it can already improve things dramatically. For example, I absolutely love good pizza (with the emphasis on good ), and just get it whenever I crave it because I know that overall , I'm doing more than fine. I only ranted about Big Macs earlier because that particular product is crap; some restaurants here produce just absolutely fantastic cheese burge…

A friend’s mom makes us pho about once a year. Definitely not just hot water. It takes hours of prep to make the broth. Easy for a restaurant to make in a bat, and relatively low calorie and fat, but it’s denigrating to call it hot water (Annie Chun makes instant pho, which is basically hot water and some spices)

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

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Post by cameronh90 »

auriplane wrote: post #414

The obvious answer is "eat less". If you can do that, great! Most people have trouble. The thing is, we evolved to have homeostatic regulation of our food-seeking behaviors. That means we have a set of unconscious impulses that guide most of our decisions for when and how much to eat. We didn't evolve to use executive function, and only executive function, to decide how much to eat. And if we fight those impulses, we…

One problem with that don't surround yourself with junk food idea, is now living in a city means junk food is never more than a few minutes delivery away.

The amount of times I've looked at all my healthy food in the fridge and decided instead to order from burger king...

I don't have any answers. I've used cocaine, and I swear that the right combination of fat, salt and sugar is far more addictive than coke ever was.

The UK has just authorised liraglutide for weight loss and I'm going to give that a go.

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

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Post by gregw2 »

bin_bash wrote: post #416
pizza234 wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Eating only once a day is very bad advice. If you make a regular meal, one meal a day nets a negative of 1300/1500 calories per day, which will cause considerable muscle tissue loss (note how the parent writes "losing weight", not "losing fat", but also "yes, I have significant fat even at 150lb and 5'10"), besides having no energy. If you make instead a massive mels, you're going to give a massive glucose shot to yo…

Tell that to the 1.8 billion muslims that don't eat for a month out of the year.

Err, that don't eat between dawn and sunset for a month out of the year...

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

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Post by projektfu »

If you think about it, you breathe in 21% oxygen and breathe out 5% CO2. If you switch to 100% oxygen, you still breathe out 5% CO2. This is because the carbonic acid is tightly regulated in the body at a level that is in equilibrium with 5% CO2. When we produce excess, through exercise, we ventilate more to maintain the balance. But the partial pressure of CO2 remains the same. There is some oxygen removed but only as much as the hemoglobin can carry.

Prolonged 100% oxygen has no effect on this and is also toxic over time. People on oxygen therapy are really breathing 40%, and 100% is only used for short stints during anesthetic procedures.

This video explains how weight loss occurs: https://youtu.be/vuIlsN32WaE

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

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Post by marban »

30 mins weights + 60 mins cardio 7 days a week, take walks after lunch. Eat until 90% full with enough time in-between. Don't cut carbs, favour protein and add fat to every meal. Get enough sleep to keep Cortisol and Ghrelin at bay. Drink water when you feel like it, don't follow any specific measure. Skip supplements other than Magnesium (Bisglycinate). Go crazy with junk food every other week.

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

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Post by Tepix »

I agree with the other advice given. Eat less sugar, eat less in general, do more exercise. Perhaps you can go to work by ebike? Anyway, to add to the discussion, perhaps the satiety index will help you:

http://www.ernaehrungsdenkwerkstatt.de/fileadmin/user_upload...

It's a list of food items rated by calories and the time they will make you feel satiated. Potatoes are the best, especially if you cook them and allow them to cool down again, your body will take a long time to break down the carbs.

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

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Post by Tepix »

roomey wrote: post #264

Anyone saying just eat less is full of shit. Sorry man. I went from 18st to 12st (and back up to 15st). I found a few key things. 1. Decide you want to loose weight. 2. Up your plain flat water intake... Like a ton. Your body will get used to it after a day or two and you'll start feeling naturally thirsty. You notice all these skinny fit people are always drinking? That's plain water they are drinking. Seriously if…

You're telling other people they are full of shit (not welcomed i might add) and you use a bizarre measurement unit "st". Coincidence?

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

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Post by ekanes »

An interesting but plausible idea I saw once was simply weighing oneself daily, and letting your subconscious do the rest. I think the idea is to add a score, and hey looks like now this is a game, and I wanna move that score. But it removes the pressure of a specific mechanism, perhaps. Worked the the guy that posted it.
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