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Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by morder »

browningstreet wrote: post #16

I did exactly what you want to do. Here’s how I did it. Do Wendler 5/3/1 4 days/week. Run couch to 5K 2 days per week. Cook all your food. Eat 2500-2700 kcal per day. Eat whatever you want Sunday afternoon. Yes, this means food prep the night before and carry your food to work. Weigh yourself every morning. 2 years. I went from 233 lbs to a jacked 183 lbs with abs. I was a C*O and had a small child and I was single.…

As someone who doesn't know what all these terms mean e.g. "5/3/1 sets/repxs, 5x5 @first set last" (from the wendler website) can you explain them?

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by eganist »

Did keto 10.5 months of last year, lost 51lbs. Stopped, regained 20lbs and stabilized.

I still want to lose more though as I'm not where I should be for my height, so I'm going the medicated route.

If you're going to spend the money, do it on a trainer and do it often. You're talking a hollywood film prep training budget, that's probably how you should approach it to get to your target and then wean it back.

I talk about both of these because you can achieve the weight loss without spending the money, you just need to power through the first two weeks with strictly less than 20g carbs. At that point, you're probably golden (much like cutting nicotine or caffeine).

But if your goal is a transformation, your budget buys you accountability.

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by Larrikin »

patrickhogan1 wrote: post #30

Get a treadmill desk with a seat that will sit on top of it - barstool type seat - so you can switch back and forth. Super helpful to get 10k steps per day.

10k steps a day might help OP initially, but I found after getting a full size treadmill 10k steps for the day was usually done after one episode of any TV show if I left my house for any reason that day, even if it's just a walk around a couple blocks for air.

Bathroom breaks, walking around to stretch, doing a load of laundry will easily get you 4k to 6k steps. 10k ends up being a very low goal once you make any attempt.

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by glp1guide »

jmpman wrote: post #22

Zepbound has a coupon. It’ll be about $550/month after coupon (if the coupon system weren’t recently cyber attacked). You can easily find some online physician to prescribe it for you. Studies show a 22% weight loss in around 18 months, iirc. Its changed my life. Never went to the gym once. Ate whatever I wanted. Simply didn’t want much to eat. When you discontinue, I believe the studies show a 60% regain. But for $1…

> Its changed my life. Never went to the gym once. Ate whatever I wanted. Simply didn’t want much to eat.

This is really powerful. I think most people are going to want to pair going to the gym with it (hedonic treadmill and all that), but the ease of control over when you want to eat/food noise is actually extremely impressive.

Next, finding ways to boost the body's natural production of GLP1.

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by someonenice »

Take a vacation in one of the East Asian countries. Stay in a less touristy place. Rent a house instead of staying in a hotel / resort and cook yourself. The food, the weather and the need for longer walks to get things done will make you lose weight faster.

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by cl42 »

I'd argue the most important thing is an accountability group or partner... Someone who you can check in on daily and who checks in on you, daily, as well. This is why AA works.

If you're interested in an accountability partner, feel free to reach out. I don't need to be paid, and if it works, maybe you can make a donation to a charity I support?

Here if you need me! Good luck either way. :)

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by htrp »

garciasn wrote: post #36

Have your wife file for divorce after you find out she’s been cheating on you for 18 months and been planning for this eventuality since day 1 of her affair. Oh and she’ll have spent $300K in 11 months prior to the divorce. I’m already $30K down in legal fees on top of it all. The one bit of good news is that I lost 1/3 of my total body weight since Thanksgiving.

Are you ok mate?

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by redgetan »

Carnivo/keto diet (low carb in general) should actually help a lot in losing weight. What do you think is the reason why you can't do them consistently? If making them tasty is the issue, perhaps get a personal chef?

I would also strongly recommend doing a sport that you enjoy whether it be basketball, volleyball, boxing, muay thai, etc. If you enjoy the sport and want to excel on it, you will need to be fit, and it'll give you extra motivation to lose weight if it'll help you become better at something you love doing.

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by meristohm »

Treat the symptoms or go for the cause?

Most of us go hunting and foraging at the grocery store, which is not particularly challenging, and often stressful with all the colors and choices and exercising willpower to not buy the chocolate (I like chocolate); how might you shift your habits to get more of your food from the land and water? Is there a group of people practicing this that you could join up with?

All you really need to do in life is find sustenance, enough shelter from weather and predators, be part of a community, and maybe pass on your genes (not a need these days, but still a biological directive). My family of three lives a year off the money you're willing to put into this project- I challenge you to go big. I'd emphasize progress with a group of people for the mutual support. I'm excited for you!

Re: Ask HN: If you could spend $100k to get healthy and fit, how would you do it?

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Post by aaron695 »

someonenice wrote: post #45

Take a vacation in one of the East Asian countries. Stay in a less touristy place. Rent a house instead of staying in a hotel / resort and cook yourself. The food, the weather and the need for longer walks to get things done will make you lose weight faster.

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