Potentially interesting to some readers:
“The Handbook of Self-Regulation”, Baumeister and Vohs
http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/28342/1/162.p...
Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
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Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#82I think it’s going to come out eventually that obesity is not a failure of willpower but a derangement of your metabolism caused by some environmental chemical such as PFAS, glyphosate, etc.
It's not black and white. It's both overeating, tendency to prefer unhealthy foods, and unhealthy processed food are just terrible for you for the reasons you've mentioned.
No one becomes obese eating natural food. But no one resorts to natural food if they use food as a coping mechanism either. Then when your body is out of whack, it is really hard to get back to a healthy metabolism, if not healthy weight. The idea that your gut flora triggers particular food cravings, for example, is still not common knowledge, so we hear dietary and nutritional nonsense spread by misinformed GPs and online articles.
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#83Potentially interesting to some readers: “The Handbook of Self-Regulation”, Baumeister and Vohs http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/28342/1/162.p...
This looks really great. Thank you for sharing
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#84I find Andreas's short non-technical posts to be fairly unenlightening, and am consistently surprised to see them attract so much attention on HN. The information value here is low.
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#85I find Andreas's short non-technical posts to be fairly unenlightening, and am consistently surprised to see them attract so much attention on HN. The information value here is low.
+1
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#86Didn't Edison fail like >2000 times when creating the lightbulb? Seems like a "habit" of failure... /s
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Eating shit and scrolling is enjoyable though, right? It just doesn’t sound as socially acceptable to admit it.
Being manipulated by greedy corporations into spending the bulk of your life in a human Skinner Box is enjoyable ? Stop deluding yourself.
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Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#88I think it’s going to come out eventually that obesity is not a failure of willpower but a derangement of your metabolism caused by some environmental chemical such as PFAS, glyphosate, etc.
Weird then that Semaglutide is so effective for weight loss when it's mechanism of action is to reduce the amount you eat. Almost like that was the answer all along.
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#89Timely post. I was planning on spending the day researching gamification applied to healthy habits and/or abandoning unhealthy ones. Anyone has any pointer? Bonus if it's RuneScape-style gamification (exponential XP curve, rewarding yourself every level up, build on the assumption that growth in life is a very long grind like maxing a RS character, made of small steps)
Habitica
Re: Excellence is a habit, but so is failure
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
All the small things add up. You'd be surprised how effective they can be when combined
Indeed, walking punches way over expectations for keeping weight off. You have to do a good hour of a walk, but an hour walking is probably better than a rushed workout of similar time.
I lost 40kg walking one hour a day over the last 3 years. Some people don't recognise me.
Don't get yourself into a state where you need to lose 40kg. If you do, and lose the weight, you will have excess skin.
I like my new healthy self but actions have consequences.