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Be vegan and don't snack or drink soda. I graduated college at 5'10" and 140lbs. ;-) Actually, here's what I would recommend: - Stop drinking soda. Drink le

Be vegan and don't snack or drink soda. I graduated college at 5'10" and 140lbs. ;-) Actually, here's what I would recommend: - Stop drinking soda. Drink less beer and more wine and whiskey. Hoooyah. - Don't snack and do get in to things like organic dark chocolate instead of Snickers for dessert. - Set a goal to do something like 100 sit-ups and 25 push-ups a day, no matter what. - As much as possible, eat locally-grown foods. Fat, salt and other undesirables are used to counter the loss of flavor in most food that's packed, shipped, frozen, etc. - Drink a full glass of water before every meal. - Eat more slowly. Using chopsticks helps with this, until you get really good with chopsticks. - Get some exercise band/tube things. You can loop them under your chair and do shoulder presses at about 25-35lbs. resistance while puzzling through an intellectual problem in your code, or while staring at some stupid YouTube video. The rest is all just about being more active. If you do that well and your metabolism goes up, you don't even have to be as picky about dieting. On top of it, some increase in muscle mass will cause you to shed more calories across the board.

wanorris 19y ago
> don't snack I have often heard the exact opposite advice: eat smaller meals and have more between meal snacks, though obviously with a focus on healthy snacks. Why do you find this to be a more effective approach?
- kingnothing 19y ago
  More recent research has shown that it doesn't make much if any difference as to the number of meals you eat. I don't have the journal link right now, but it's out there. I'm most comfortable not eating much for the first 3-4 hours of the day so that I can eat more in the afternoon and evening to get that nice, full feeling at dinner. If you prefer eating 5-6 meals a day, go for it. Anything is better than eating like the masses.
- justindz 19y ago
  Eating smaller meals isn't a bad approach. Don't snack should have been "don't eat packaged snack food" because it's more likely to be junk. So, we agree. If you want to slice up some cucumber and dip some humus, that's probably fine. If you're staring at a bag of chips, that's probably trouble. One of the best methods to make snacking benign is to not stock anything unhealthy. Like, if it's crap, don't buy it and then you won't have to worry about avoiding eating it at home later.

wanorris 19y ago

> don't snack I have often heard the exact opposite advice: eat smaller meals and have more between meal snacks, though obviously with a focus on healthy snacks. Why do you find this to be a more effective approach?

kingnothing 19y ago
More recent research has shown that it doesn't make much if any difference as to the number of meals you eat. I don't have the journal link right now, but it's out there. I'm most comfortable not eating much for the first 3-4 hours of the day so that I can eat more in the afternoon and evening to get that nice, full feeling at dinner. If you prefer eating 5-6 meals a day, go for it. Anything is better than eating like the masses.
justindz 19y ago
Eating smaller meals isn't a bad approach. Don't snack should have been "don't eat packaged snack food" because it's more likely to be junk. So, we agree. If you want to slice up some cucumber and dip some humus, that's probably fine. If you're staring at a bag of chips, that's probably trouble. One of the best methods to make snacking benign is to not stock anything unhealthy. Like, if it's crap, don't buy it and then you won't have to worry about avoiding eating it at home later.