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spiffy_spaceman

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  • Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds

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  • One thing that isn't talked about enough with IF is that it's very easy to pick up an eating disorder. Once you learn how to be hungry, it's very easy to say "I can wait another 30 mins" and do that 5 times and then it's been 24 hours since you've eaten. Or to get obsessive about waiting so you lose just a little bit more. When it's time to eat, you need to eat. If you already have a bad relationship with food, this isn't going to make it better. Just be aware that it's not foolproof.

  • How much are you willing to inconvenience yourself to save money?

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  • That's actually kind of amazing! It makes sense that it would break off at a certain point. Most of our hairs have a set length that they will grow to, and that seems to be yours. (That's why your arm hair and eyebrows only get so long.) And it looks fantastic!

  • How do you successfully maintain a calorie deficit over the long run?

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  • I'm going to answer this as a physiologist: First, eliminate processed foods as they do make you over eat Next, start exercising. Any amount is fine as long as you do something at least 6 days a week. Don't get obsessive; just do something To maintain the proper deficit, you need to measure and plan your meals. Keeping to a mostly consistent calorie total is important. It doesn't have to be exact every day, but you need to stick to a weekly total. This should be about 200-400 calories less than your total caloric needs by day. Too much and your body will fight back and your metabolism will drop to match this new level and you'll stop losing weight. To find the right amount, you're going to need to see a nutritionist and a weight loss expert with a real degree. They'll be able to fill in the details. Any specialty diet only works short term. An active lifestyle with healthy foods will make the biggest impact. And you need to be think long term: losing more than 1 pound per week will cause your body to fight back. You need to very slowly nudge it to where you want it to be, but also realize where your genetics put you. There are so many things to consider, so you need to connect with a specialist.

  • How much are you willing to inconvenience yourself to save money?

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  • I cut my own hair. Doesn't sound like an inconvenience, but in the summer our house has no AC, and you'd be surprised just how stuffy one person can make a bathroom in 30 mins. And my hair has mostly looked like shit for 25 years. (The local hair styling school charges $2 less than local salons, so it's not super cheap here.)

  • Why do we produce so much porn?

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  • I upvoted solely because of edit 2

  • Do people actually call their parents by their name (as in First-name basis)? Have you ever done that? Or witnessed someone doing that?

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  • The douche kid we didn't really like on swim team in HS called his dad Jeff. A teammate was like "you call your dad by his name?" "Yeah. It's his name." "But, he's your dad."

    To me, it makes it feel less like a happy family and more like a boss/employee relationship. His logic was sound, but there's more to it than that.

  • How close have you ever been to a lightning strike, or related situation caused by a lightning strike?

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  • I was a lifeguard in high school. During a storm I went out in the rain to collect the fanny packs of medical supplies (we didn't have to wear them back then). As I was rounding the last corner of the pool, lightning struck something across the parking lot (it was a big lot) about 50-100 yds away. I heard the bolt come down in a crackle and I turned to see it hit the ground. Everything happened in super slow motion: I remember turning as it connected and anticipating the boom. Even though I kind of joke about getting struck by lightning as a bucket list item, witnessing the amount of energy that is any lightning bolt is very humbling and a little terrifying. I still love being in electrical storms, though!

  • This local house has rocks on the roof instead of shingles

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  • I grew up in Phoenix in the early 80s and I saw many of these.

  • Is there an historical reason why female formal dresses have a huge variety of styles compared to male ones where the only acceptable style is jacket with pants?

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  • Have you seen the way old men dress? Everything is gray or brown with the least amount of shape or texture. It's like boomers collectively agreed to be as uniform and boring as possible. There used to be as much style and individuality in men's fashion as women's, but sometime around the end of the 1800s they all said "let's just all wear this one plain thing for the next 200 years."

  • Fewer people in the US plan to buy EVs this year, study shows

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  • "opens new tab"

    What?

  • When on a diet, does you body have the same weight loss across the entire person including visceral fat?

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  • Agree: for most people, the beer gut is more pronounced because of the laxity of the front abs (also causing a hyper extended spine which causes back pain), it's not all just fat. So, proper training and strengthening of the abs will help pull those things back in line, but won't do much for burning off fat.

  • When on a diet, does you body have the same weight loss across the entire person including visceral fat?

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  • No. You cannot target areas to lean out. This also holds for exercise: doing sit-ups will not burn the fat off your abs. The fat will also not necessarily come off evenly. Sometimes it does, sometimes the saddlebags stay until the bitter end even when your ribs are clearly visible. Genetics does play a role, but it can be dealt with.

    (I'm a trainer and physiologist and helping people to lose fat is something I do.)