Ask HN: What does your diet look like? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What does your diet look like?

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Post by gremlinsinc » Tue, May 30, 2017, 6:40 PM UTC

I eat a premier protein shake for lunch/dinner.. if hungry between meals I eat Cheese or Greek Yogurt, and for dinner I eat a normal dinner, but small portion.. like I might eat a pupusa with some beans/cheese. I've had gastric sleeve surgery so my stomach only holds 6-10 ounces at a time.

I recently cut out all sugary drinks, as that was my downfall.

I currently weigh : 498, I've lost 15 pounds in May, and I've lost 190 pounds since 2012 highest weight was 690.

I've also started run/walking 2-3 miles per day, with a minimum of 10k steps per day on my fitbit.

Re: Ask HN: What does your diet look like?

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Post by aantix » Wed, May 31, 2017, 12:41 AM UTC

tdicola wrote: post #23

Raed667 wrote: post #14

I don't over-think about it but here is the "usual": - Breakfast : Either black coffee, or I add cereal (+ milk) when I have time. I do scrambled eggs if I really have lots of time to sit and eat. -Lunch: Whatever is the "dish of the day" in the nearby restaurant. Usually steak, or some form of meat. Sometimes I order salad to feel a bit more "healthy". -Dinner: Pasta or rice, whatever is easier to cook after getting…

> I have to say that this is not working very well for me, and I'm gaining weight. Try ditching the grains and sugar, they're doing nothing but adding weight. Eat foods that have low glycemic loads to keep from spiking blood sugar and causing sugar to be stored as fat: http://burnfatnotsugar.com/diet-2.0-explained.html

The pendulum has swung back to just a straight caloric deficit as the cause of weight loss (so yes, 1800 calories of sugar when the body expects 2000 calories causes weight loss). His hypothesis isn't panning out..

The NuSI experiments that were suppose to prove the insulin hypothesis but showed no metabolic advantage for low carb/high protein/fat diets.

The one advantage the low carb diet does appear to have is satiety; fats just leave you simply feeling fuller longer. But there's nothing metabolically magical about them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiUyjMjuLl0&t=674s

The low fat/high carb group actually gained a longer-term metabolic advantage vs the low carbers..

Re: Ask HN: What does your diet look like?

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Post by SippinLean » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 5:57 PM UTC

Raed667 wrote: post #39

SippinLean wrote: post #19

soylent + coffee, later beer

I'm thinking on switching to Soylent (or Joylent) do you have any thoughts, pieces of advice etc for a starter ?

There are a bunch of them now and they vary wildly in their composition. Determine your diet's target macronutrient percentage (50% carbs, 30% fiber, etc) and try to find one that matches. They also changed from batch to batch, I switched to Joylent from Soylent because they dropped the fiber content.

Also, start with one meal replaced a day, and see how you feel. Don't replace all your meals at the very beginning.

Re: Ask HN: What does your diet look like?

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Post by Raed667 » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 6:05 PM UTC

SippinLean wrote: post #73

Raed667 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm thinking on switching to Soylent (or Joylent) do you have any thoughts, pieces of advice etc for a starter ?

There are a bunch of them now and they vary wildly in their composition. Determine your diet's target macronutrient percentage (50% carbs, 30% fiber, etc) and try to find one that matches. They also changed from batch to batch, I switched to Joylent from Soylent because they dropped the fiber content. Also, start with one meal replaced a day, and see how you feel. Don't replace all your meals at the very beginning.

I ordered 5 bags of Joylent to test it. After three days I'm having weird "bowel movements" (weird sounds coming from my stomach) is this normal? Does it become more stable as I get accustomed to it?

Re: Ask HN: What does your diet look like?

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Post by SippinLean » Mon, Jun 05, 2017, 6:15 PM UTC

Raed667 wrote: post #74

SippinLean wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are a bunch of them now and they vary wildly in their composition. Determine your diet's target macronutrient percentage (50% carbs, 30% fiber, etc) and try to find one that matches. They also changed from batch to batch, I switched to Joylent from Soylent because they dropped the fiber content. Also, start with one meal replaced a day, and see how you feel. Don't replace all your meals at the very beginning.

I ordered 5 bags of Joylent to test it. After three days I'm having weird "bowel movements" (weird sounds coming from my stomach) is this normal? Does it become more stable as I get accustomed to it?

Hmm, I'm not sure, I haven't had those issues. Like I mentioned, it is fairly high in fiber so if your diet was lacking before it would require an adjustment.