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How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Re: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Post by Cless »

leobelle wrote: post #25

Yeah well it's not like I love being fat. We all know fat is bad, and I wish I had less of it, but it's not like my adipose is going to go away by scaring it with more bad news about why it sucks to be fat. Once you're fat, not being fat anymore is a really hard problem, which is why fat people aren't really known for eventually being skinny some day again, but there's a high prevalence of skinny people who once were…

Genetics probably has some influence over it, too, if you believe other mice experiments.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/health/overweight-maybe-yo...

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Post by spande »

I can confirm that this actually works. I have since explained this to people I meet. I have lost 46.9 kg over a period of a year through dieting and exercise.

As I lost weight, I continued to feel motivated to continue what I am doing while getting better at building strategy.

Re: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Post by ommunist »

spande wrote: post #32

I can confirm that this actually works. I have since explained this to people I meet. I have lost 46.9 kg over a period of a year through dieting and exercise. As I lost weight, I continued to feel motivated to continue what I am doing while getting better at building strategy.

you should compare your learning speeds before and after.

Re: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Post by kolev »

chm wrote: post #12

I've been looking for a nice way to write this for the last 20 minutes: I believe this type of journalism does more harm than good. Clickbait title, confused explanations, no scientific citation. Elevate your standards.

There's no more journalism - only pornalism.

Re: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Post by DevKoala »

Over the past three years, I've lost 80+ pounds thanks to a lot of exercising discipline (I just cannot stick to diets) and I honestly feel brighter.

What motivated me was vanity, so I won't get on any high horse to tell people what to start or stop doing with their lives. However, I should mention that what helped the most was a meticulous measuring of my calories intake against the calories burned through the day. Plotting data and observing the results turned the process from a matter of faith and will, to strict science; something I could believe in.

Re: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Post by mettle2 »

leobelle wrote: post #25

Yeah well it's not like I love being fat. We all know fat is bad, and I wish I had less of it, but it's not like my adipose is going to go away by scaring it with more bad news about why it sucks to be fat. Once you're fat, not being fat anymore is a really hard problem, which is why fat people aren't really known for eventually being skinny some day again, but there's a high prevalence of skinny people who once were…

Please, for anyone worried about their health and weight, consider a ketogenic diet.

It is restrictive: high fat, very low carb, adequate protein. However, it is comparatively easy to maintain since a high-fat diet leaves you feeling much fuller.

After the adaptation phase (~3weeks) your metabolism shifts to becoming much more efficient at burning fat. As a result if you go on a slight calorie deficit, the rest of the calories come from stored fat and you don't feel hungry.

Many people do these diets for nutritional health (myself included). There is lots of new research about it and while its nutritional benefits may be debated --its well understood to be the most effective way to loose fat sustainability.

ketotic.org is a good place to start research on it. It has research summaries on ketogenic diets by Zooko Wilcox O'Hearn (a well-known cryptographer and open-source dev of Tahoe-LAFS) and Amber Wilcox O'Hearn, a researcher who found that a stricter variant of a ketogenic diet completely cured a major health issue of hers.

reddit.com/r/keto is actually the best place to start once you've decided you interested. They have a good FAQ and the focus is mostly weight loss.

Re: How Fat May Hurt the Brain, and How Exercise May Help

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Post by leobelle »

nonchalance wrote: post #27
leobelle wrote: post #25

Yeah well it's not like I love being fat. We all know fat is bad, and I wish I had less of it, but it's not like my adipose is going to go away by scaring it with more bad news about why it sucks to be fat. Once you're fat, not being fat anymore is a really hard problem, which is why fat people aren't really known for eventually being skinny some day again, but there's a high prevalence of skinny people who once were…

> If you're already fat, you're pretty much fucked. That's not true, and that's a mentality that justifies self-destructive behavior. I used to be overweight but turned it around a few years ago, and in my case it boiled down to fixing some incredibly unhealthy habits 1) better sleeping habits. I used to go to sleep at 3-4 AM, now I force myself off of electronics by midnight and read a book or write until I doze off…

I get up at 4 am every day and eat breakfast. I still overeat.

I've swung back and forth between 280lbs and 220lbs for the last 5 years. I'm currently around 250lbs.

I've been under 260lbs for almost 2 years now and I still have to starve myself constantly to get back down to 220lbs even though I sleep well. Nothing works. It's all pain. I eat too much and I'm miserable or I eat just enough or too little and I'm miserable. My ability to figure out when I'm full is completely broken. I'm either sated after having eaten too much or I'm starving.

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