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Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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post #53

This is a tough one but I have several thoughts: 1. Fact is, in your teens and early 20s your body can digest pretty much anything. Eat a bowl of cereal in the morning (and I mean something like oatmeal or raisin bran rather than some sugary crap) and it barely matters what else you eat (other than calorific content); 2. Eating the same thing every day gets real old real fast; 3. There is an investment required in co…

For me time spent cooking is incredibly creative and relaxing. Similar to a walk at fresh air it gets my body in motion and thus helps my brain think.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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post #116
post #53

This is a tough one but I have several thoughts: 1. Fact is, in your teens and early 20s your body can digest pretty much anything. Eat a bowl of cereal in the morning (and I mean something like oatmeal or raisin bran rather than some sugary crap) and it barely matters what else you eat (other than calorific content); 2. Eating the same thing every day gets real old real fast; 3. There is an investment required in co…

> mussels, beef stroganoff, garlic whipped potatoes, green beans, steamed broccoli and a pineapple and blueberry salad Hm, that sure beats the spinach and cottage cheese I just mixed together and called a "salad". But hey, dinner took 40 seconds. Now a quick check of HN, and back to work I go...

You should try taking a 10-15 minute break (no media allowed). It will refresh you and give you more productivity for the rest of your work day.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

#143
It should seriously not take much more time than it takes to warm up a nasty styrofoam cup of noodles to cook something cheap, easy and - above all - tasty.

The first step is to get a rice steamer. The second step is to realize that you can, in fact, prep your vegetables, meats and sauces ahead of time and just leave them in the fridge. Feeling hungry? Pour a little oil into a pan, toss in some ingredients, and voila - stirfry in no time at all. Grab a bowl, stuff some rice into it, and top it over - lunch!

It's more cost-effective than takeout, at the very least. Timesink may be an issue - if you aren't working with one or two cofounders. If you are, the minimal amount of competence to use a rice steamer and heat up pre-prepped ingredients means you /should/ be able to safely rotate cooking duties without excessive risk to your health.

Or, at least, less risk than a diet of salty ramen and oily pizza.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

#144
post #50

Relatedly: I hate, hate, hate going to the gym. However, it is the most productive use of one hour a day I can think of. I have more energy and get more done when I go, and the benefits appear to compound in those months when I'm very consistent about going. (Can one of you guys invent a way for this to suck less? I'll pay you money. At the moment I just give myself EpicWin points for going, trying to trigger the WoW…

Try Rock Climbing. You get all the benefits of the gym (it works pretty much everything), plus all the leveling up benefits from WoW.

Every sport climb and boulder problem is graded. Most of them you won't be able to do. You'll need to spend weeks at first to get good enough to even do the easy ones. The hard ones will take years to get strong enough for, and even then will still require you dedicate a month of specific training for that one single route.

Leveling up? It's got that too. Climb at the gym for a while and soon you'll get to the point where you've done your first V1 problem. V2 is an order of magnitude harder, as is V3. The scale goes to V16 (at the moment), and 15 years of motivation have thus far only gotten me as far as V8. Given the dedication of a recovering WoW addict, I think climbing would fit your psyche perfectly.

Oh, and it's crazy fun too, so no more of this "I should go to the gym" crap. You'll go. You'll be upset if work intrudes on your climbing time. You'll start taking climbing trips instead of vacations, and eventually forget when it was that you last boarded a flight without your rock shoes.

You'll start spending your winters climbing rocks at Tonsai beach [1] in Thailand. I'll buy you a beer when you get there.

[1] http://blogabond.com/Photos/PhotoView.aspx?imageID=2746

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

#145
post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> lets run a case study. No, you're making the claim you should already have more evidence to back it up than a snark.

did i just get a "citation needed" response to "junkfood is bad for you"? it boggles the mind. as it turns out, happy meals are, in fact, a great replacement for breast milk.

No, you got a "citation needed" for "junkfood is bad for your brain functions". And for what it's worth I'd love to see that citation too.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

#146
post #145
post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

did i just get a "citation needed" response to "junkfood is bad for you"? it boggles the mind. as it turns out, happy meals are, in fact, a great replacement for breast milk.

No, you got a "citation needed" for "junkfood is bad for your brain functions". And for what it's worth I'd love to see that citation too.

here's 3m+ for you:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=f...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=f...

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

#147

Personally I ate nothing but processed, microwaveable meals for 3 years during university. I find it hard to believe that this significantly affected my performance since I still managed to get the best result in my year (twice) and second best (once). I also failed to get fat or develop any health problems at all. So you can colour me sceptical about the true value of eating "healthy" or freshly-cooked food.

Wait until you turn 30.

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

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post #15

Kind of a dearth of facts here... "The biggest reason is by only fueling your body with shit, you’re also fueling your brain with shit" I'd like to see some kind of evidence to support that. I'd be all for preparing the meal he suggests, but with shopping, prep, cooking, and cleanup it's a significant time investment compared to pizza so I'd like evidence it's doing my startup better.

You want evidence that the quality of food you eat affects how you feel and the quality of your brain activity?

Yes, a lot of things are stated from "common sense", but that doesn't mean they are true ("Reading in the dark will make your eye sight bad", "Going out without a coat will make you sick", etc...).

I grew up eating nothing but TV dinners and ramen, in college I added pizza and fast food to the mix. Since I've gotten married I eat regular healthy meals. Anecdotally, I don't notice any difference in my brain function, but I do weigh 40 pounds more then college :)

Re: Pizza And Ramen Are Hurting Your Startup

#150
post #53

This is a tough one but I have several thoughts: 1. Fact is, in your teens and early 20s your body can digest pretty much anything. Eat a bowl of cereal in the morning (and I mean something like oatmeal or raisin bran rather than some sugary crap) and it barely matters what else you eat (other than calorific content); 2. Eating the same thing every day gets real old real fast; 3. There is an investment required in co…

> Eat a bowl of cereal in the morning (and I mean something like oatmeal or raisin bran rather than some sugary crap) and it barely matters what else you eat (other than calorific content)

I think you are seriously overestimating the nutritional value of a bowl of cereal, even a relatively healthful one. You may not see the worst of the consequences until you reach your 30s but they will still be accumulating.

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