I count calories and try to stick to a consistent limit, and bike around 8 miles Monday through Friday. It's probably the 8 miles of biking that provides the benefit.
Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#32Get hobbies that correspond to the lifestyle you want to lead. If you aren't having fun, you won't keep with it.
As a corollary, if you have an active hobby and any sort of drive to be good at it, you will train yourself as such. So if you take up say rock climbing and like it, then you will get lots of exercise as a direct result of climbing, and lots more to train yourself to get better.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#33Health is much more than "routines to stay in shape". Consider what you eat, your exercise, how you sleep, and how you manage stress. Personally, I go for lots of plants, 30-45 minutes a day, 6-7 hours solid a day, and re: stress, a variety of "getting things done" type techniques to stay on top of my work, which is my main stressor.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#34I know it might seem intimidating, but try some abbreviated Crossfit workouts ( http://crossfit.com/ ) to get in shape quickly and then stay there.
Interesting. That's three HNers (including me) that I've heard of who do crossfit.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#35Stick to a fairly strict healthy diet and regular sleep schedule.
Only broke this rule when working on a big deadline.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#36Paleo diet. Cleared up my skin, ended headaches and tiredness, decreased my caloric intake and body fat without any overt discipline, lowered my blood pressure, and increased my strength and stamina.
Downside: No grains, beans, dairy; that means no coffee, no chocolate, no soy, no cheese, no bread or noodles or pastries. (Plus sides: bacon, sausages, eggs, figs, dates, walnuts.)
I gradually fell into this diet by carefully noting which foods made me feel bad ~15-30 mins after. I did this over a process of many months starting sometime in February. Finally, just a few days ago, I concluded that I was basically drifting into Paleo of my own accord, and for me to be at my best I had to go from reduced intake of the banned foods to complete removal. I'm still going to cheat every now and then, but I know I'll feel it every time.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#37When I can, I train Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu three times a week. I add in a day or two of serious strength training as time and my body permits. If I can't do regular BJJ, then I do four to five days of serious strength training a week.
I train for competitions, and I take it seriously. My strength training tends towards the Crossfit style.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#38cycle to work. walk lots. eat lots of leaves. fruits for snacks.
Just remember, Cycling is not always better exercise than walking - for short distances, walking is "more work" than cycling.
And for long distances, too! On the other hand, cycling builds muscles and works your heart more than walking does, so if your objective is anything other than just burning calories cycling is, I think, usually the better exercise.
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#39oh, and dont drink fucking red bull
This can't have too much emphasis. Red Bull and its ilk will pretty much destroy your nervous system -- even one a day is probably too much.
Re: Ask HN: How do you stay (somewhat) healthy?
#40Learn to be comfortable eating while walking, spend your lunch time walking around exploring and observing... This happens to be good for the mind as well
I actually wouldn't recommend this. Doing something else (watching tv, working, driving, even walking) while eating takes most of the enjoyment out of the food. Also, I can imagine very few foods conducive to eating while walking that are not street- or fast-food.
Eating while walking is a bad habit of mine, but by this stage I can eat just about anything while balancing a plate on one hand. Steak is probably my limit.