I think it is much easier to lose weight by cutting down on food alone, i.e., without increasing exercise level than to lose weight by increasing exercise level without changing one's diet. Of course, it would be better to do both.zoobyshoe said:
That means no ice cream on your Pi, of course.WWGD said:
Certainly not until I lose the ## \sqrt(10)^2=10## pounds I need to lose.1oldman2 said:That means no ice cream on your Pi, of course.
I guess it depends on what aspect of self-discipline you are talking about. It's certainly less physical effort ("easier") to just cut down on food. However, for some people it's "easier" to add physical effort than it is to discipline themselves to cut down on food. If we can stretch "easier" to mean "faster," then both is the easiest of all.WWGD said:
zoobyshoe said:
Thanks!Sophia said:congratulations!
Well yes, you're right I didn't want to make an overly technical statement, but more of a rule of thumb (which may not hold by the standards of a rule of thumb) that , assuming one could have equal efforts in both areas: cutting down on food and increasing exercising, that cutting down would be more effective. Not much of a Random thought, though.zoobyshoe said:
Hmm..yes. Whose thumb was used as the thumb by which the standard 'rule of thumb' rules?WWGD said:
Just my own experience and things I have heard. When I have gone even a week having a light dinner, I have lost weight. But when I have exercised daily without cutting down on food ( I usually do so every other day) , I have not lost any weight. I heard similar comments by trainers on science shows, but nothing rigorous, data-based.zoobyshoe said:
AHAH! Consider, you may not have lost "weight," but you may have lost fat, and gained muscle!WWGD said:
My pants fit me better. But this statement is part of the slippery world of making statements non-technically without losing too much accuracy. Difficult to tread.zoobyshoe said:
So, you must consider what the actual goal of the diet is. Is it authentically and exclusively to render yourself of smaller mass, hence weight? Or is it so your pants fit better, hence you look better? Is it so your rippling, sinewy body sends thrills through the feminine mind when you remove your shirt? Or, do you actually just require a certain range of reading from some mechanical device?WWGD said:
I just don't want my gut hanging out from my pants, seems embarrassing. But you're right, if you want real results, define the problem, the parameters carefully before deciding on a plan.zoobyshoe said:
Exactly. If your gut looks trimmer, mission accomplished.WWGD said:
It is just tricky at times to get dinner that is filling enough so that you don't eat anything until waking up the next day.EDIT Food is too easy to come by too, in the 1st world; a moment of weakness and you're out.zoobyshoe said:
Yep. When I'm doing this, I tend to starve myself during the day when I have the energy to focus my will on resisting hunger, and eating my biggest meal late, when it's going to last till I fall asleep. It's harder to be hungry when you're laying there and it's all you have to think about.WWGD said:
Don't go near 7-11 if you're hungry, though, specially if hungry and tired.zoobyshoe said:
That's great! Keep up the good workzoobyshoe said:
... If you are not underweight, that is. Because if you are underweight and lost that many pounds then: bad zooby, bad zooby! Once I achieved normal weight by lifting weights for many months. Then something happened and in less than one month I lost more than before. It was like this:
-> normal weight achieved -> something happened -> -15 lb.I am waiting for big data algorithms to be made available at the individual level. Then you can track what you do all day and find what works for each person.zoobyshoe said:
Well, I'm not underweight in fat. I am in muscle. If I converted the fat weight all to muscle weight, I'd be in good shape.Psinter said:That's great! Keep up the good work
Hmmm. That's odd.Once I achieved normal weight by lifting weights for many months. Then something happened and in less than one month I lost more than before. It was like this:
-10 lb -> start weight lifting
We're just too short for our weight.zoobyshoe said:
zoobyshoe said:
When I have bad dreams and wake up from one of them I try to stay awake because I don't want to go back to it. But I feel like a rock in the sense that it is hard to stay awake. It's as if you are still very tired and want to go to sleep again. I found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_inertiaSophia said:
If you are on normal weight, does it matter if it is in fat or muscle? I don't know much about this. For not saying I don't know anything.zoobyshoe said:
I think it would be medically unsound for a person to be of normal weight but to have that weight composed mostly of fat with very undersized muscles. There must be some proper ratio of fat to muscle included in the concept of "normal" weight. Not that I know what it is.Psinter said:
Oh, I see.zoobyshoe said:
See my edit above.Psinter said:
Just saw it.zoobyshoe said:
