These are all good tips, but you should also watch out for sleep apnea. Its incidence increases the more overweight you are, and it's a silent killer.
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#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't really understand why fat people are so... well, upset at being fat. What I mean is, I would personally be OK with myself if I were 285lbs. Ok, this comment isn't really coming across very well. What I'm saying is, at worst, being fat would only shave ~20 years off my life expectancy. Since I don't want to live until I'm 70 anyway, I'd personally be happy with a ~50 year total life expectancy. I don't care wh…
1) You might be happy with 50 years, but most people want to live longer. 2) Quality of life is worse when you're overweight. Some things that are easy for most people are hard for you; some things that are hard for most people are impossible for you. 3) There's a social stigma. 4) I agree that enjoying a shorter life is better than not enjoying a longer life, but it's not completely black and white. If eating whatev…
I mostly eat what I want, but I'm not fat. Everyone who knows me will tell you that I really enjoy eating, and I generally do give into it regularly!
However, that's in part because I trained myself to want what's good for me. I used to like sweet stuff, until I realised (back when I was a teenager) that there was a direct correlation between me walking into McDonald's and having a soft drink, and having some new spots on my face 6-12 hours later. At that point, I basically taught myself not to like overly sweet stuff. That teaching has lasted ever since - I rarely eat desserts and that sort of stuff - even though I no longer get spots.
You can train yourself to like healthy foods - salads, freshly cooked good meat, vegetables, etc. It's hard to get obese eating healthily. I've never heard of an obese person who eats healthy food all day long. Generally they eat pizza, crisps, chips, chinese take-aways, and all sorts of other nasty processed foods.
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#53I agree that working out is essential, but I believe that putting the right type of food in your body is equally important. For many people, decreasing the amount of carbohydrates after breakfast can provide enormous energy gains. I recommend reading Tim Ferris' 4 Hour Body for some interesting advice on diet, exercise and a very detailed chapter on sleep.
Sometimes I wonder if this is the only book on diet and exercise anyone on HN has ever read.
I'll throw my support behind this: http://www.amazon.com/Eat-Drink-Be-Healthy-Harvard/dp/074326...
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#54"By the time afternoon rolls around, you’re in caffeine withdrawal. This is often why people are sapped by mid-afternoon."
In my experience this has a lot more to do with carbs-heavy lunches than caffeine.
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#55Couldn't agree more on this, throw out your alarm clock, it's killing you. Remove stress from your life, take a shotgun to stress and refuse to accept stressful situations / people. I've lost 100 lbs in the last three years, here's how and how much weight I lost (I tend to have long plateaus). I started on Nov 25, 2008: 285 lbs Nov, 08: First Step, got Divorced: Lost 10 lbs - 275 lbs Jan, 09: Job tells me I have to b…
I don't really understand why fat people are so... well, upset at being fat. What I mean is, I would personally be OK with myself if I were 285lbs. Ok, this comment isn't really coming across very well. What I'm saying is, at worst, being fat would only shave ~20 years off my life expectancy. Since I don't want to live until I'm 70 anyway, I'd personally be happy with a ~50 year total life expectancy. I don't care wh…
If you've never been fat, you don't know how it feels to be fat (duh...). I'm "only" 240lbs/6ft, and it simply doesn't feel good. Every step you take is heavier, you can't move around as nimbly, public transportation is more uncomfortable, you sweat more, clothes don't fit well, etc, etc. I know this for a fact because I've previously gone from 240lbs to 180ish, and it's just amazing what difference it makes, especially when you're also fit.
Also, 20 years of life is a lot. You may not think that you want to live that long, but having seen my dad retire at 60ish, being still fit, healthy and active, and continuing so for the last 15 years, and continuing for the foreseeable future, it changes one's perception of what old people are capable of today, especially when they're healthy.
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#57Couldn't agree more on this, throw out your alarm clock, it's killing you. Remove stress from your life, take a shotgun to stress and refuse to accept stressful situations / people. I've lost 100 lbs in the last three years, here's how and how much weight I lost (I tend to have long plateaus). I started on Nov 25, 2008: 285 lbs Nov, 08: First Step, got Divorced: Lost 10 lbs - 275 lbs Jan, 09: Job tells me I have to b…
Well sleep time for your body is "detox time". Body fat is one huge deposit of "toxines". This only gets burned when you "fast" / don't graze for a while and energy is obtained from those deposits. This alone would mean, more sleep = more burning. That's also why people doing one variation or another of "intermittent fasting" are getting great results, as they extend that phase well into daytime as well. I know I know, citation needed.
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's uncomfortable. You get chronic back pain. Your joints age faster. As you “grow”, clothing options shrink. People assume you’re lazy. Flying becomes uncomfortable. Don't ever assume you'll never need to run. Running is a natural reaction to discovering the building you’re in is on fire, for example.
As you get seriously fit, your clothing options are somewhat constrained as well. Ask any squatter about buying jeans ... at your own risk.
That's OK because the more ripped you are, the less clothes you need to wear =)
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#59Couldn't agree more on this, throw out your alarm clock, it's killing you. Remove stress from your life, take a shotgun to stress and refuse to accept stressful situations / people. I've lost 100 lbs in the last three years, here's how and how much weight I lost (I tend to have long plateaus). I started on Nov 25, 2008: 285 lbs Nov, 08: First Step, got Divorced: Lost 10 lbs - 275 lbs Jan, 09: Job tells me I have to b…
I don't really understand why fat people are so... well, upset at being fat. What I mean is, I would personally be OK with myself if I were 285lbs. Ok, this comment isn't really coming across very well. What I'm saying is, at worst, being fat would only shave ~20 years off my life expectancy. Since I don't want to live until I'm 70 anyway, I'd personally be happy with a ~50 year total life expectancy. I don't care wh…
I'm fifty, and there's so much more I want to do, so many things I want to see, and so many things I want to build.
I love life - and I live pretty much every day. There are loads of things I have to do, but every day I take some time to do some stuff I want, and it's great.
Do you really not care if you die at fifty? When you're 45, will you still say the same? What about when you're 49?
Would you be content to be told you have a year to live? Have you done everything you want to do?
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#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's uncomfortable. You get chronic back pain. Your joints age faster. As you “grow”, clothing options shrink. People assume you’re lazy. Flying becomes uncomfortable. Don't ever assume you'll never need to run. Running is a natural reaction to discovering the building you’re in is on fire, for example.
As you get seriously fit, your clothing options are somewhat constrained as well. Ask any squatter about buying jeans ... at your own risk.
It's a shame that's being downvoted ... I heard multiple people (who do proper weight training) complain about the fact their jeans or trousers get worn fast because their hips are well-developed and sort of brush against each other when they walk.
I bought a suit recently - the coat (jacket) fit perfectly, but they had to take like 10 cm off the waist of the pants, so I had to come back in 4 hours ... tells you a bit about what they expect an average person to be.
I did not see that comment as "that's why you should not get fit".