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Eat less. Whatever your diet,eat small portions and not very often. Whatever type of foods you like,learn how they affect your body and balance accordingly (for

Eat less. Whatever your diet,eat small portions and not very often. Whatever type of foods you like,learn how they affect your body and balance accordingly (for example I wouldn't eat pizza more than once a year or fast food ever). Don't sit too long,get a standup desk if you must work/code for hours non-stop. Yes,of course you should work out. But what matters the most is doing it persistently as a matter of habit. When I skip a workout I feel as if I skipped showering or brushing my teeth for that day. Make it a daily habit. Why waste money on energy drinks when you can work out? 30 pushups > can of red bull.

noobly 9y ago
>Why waste money on energy drinks when you can work out? 30 pushups > can of red bull Perhaps worth noting that initially this will not be the case, and I don't think it ever works quite like that. In my experience, working out habitually only indirectly gives me energy (if my body is acumstomed to expending significant amounts of energy for a regularly timed work out, my body will adapt by becoming more energetic around said time. 'Working out' will likely suck, a lot, for the first couple months (give or take x days/weeks). But at some point the endorphines released become noticably enjoyable.
- godot 9y ago
  I agree somewhat, I've always wondered if the "work out instead of coffee in the morning" is a myth people like to spread, because I never feel like that myself. In the morning, my energy level is simply not high enough, and I end up running less or lifting less than I otherwise could. However, I enjoy exercises in a different way: after work. I'm a programmer, so after an entire day of brain exercises, it feels extremely refreshing to be able to exert physical energies at the gym. (I've read articles on this specific topic, where if you're tired mentally, it's better to engage in physical activities than taking a nap, because it uses a different area of your brain. Don't know the source off hand.)
deanmoriarty 9y ago
Just curious: why would you say not eat pizza more than once a year? Isn’t that on the very extreme side? Go to Italy and you’ll find people eating pizza and pasta at least weekly, and they are generally fit and healthy. But obviously they don’t drink half a gallon of sugar water with their pizza.
- paulcole 9y ago
  Are they fit and healthy or are they thin? I thought tobacco use (much more common in Europe than USA) was a not insignificant factor in keeping weight down at the obvious expense of health.
- cyberpingu 9y ago
  We are generally not that fit, but nowdays not many people smoke anymore due even to the cigs' cost compared to tips (nobody get a jobs before 30 :P). And then sure, we're not that used to drink colas and such things. I'm strange as Italian, because I don't like pasta and I like eating pizza just once a month: anyhow it depends on what you put on pizzas. If it's a margherita, it's just tomato sauce and mozzarella on something like bread. If you start putting on it tons of fried potatoes, wurstels, sausages, half a kilo of mayonnaise, pork ribs, half beef and you drink 4 beers, then yes: you'd be better eat it even less than once an year. To improve life quality I'd go swimming. It's doesn't make you lose kilos, but it does fit you: you move every part of your body in an ambient with low gravity (and it's a benediction for your back), makes you learn do breath the right way, and makes you relax as hell (depending on the style, ofc).
- badrabbit 9y ago
  I just think my body reacts too poorly to cerain foods,pizza being one.

noobly 9y ago

>Why waste money on energy drinks when you can work out? 30 pushups > can of red bull Perhaps worth noting that initially this will not be the case, and I don't think it ever works quite like that. In my experience, working out habitually only indirectly gives me energy (if my body is acumstomed to expending significant amounts of energy for a regularly timed work out, my body will adapt by becoming more energetic around said time. 'Working out' will likely suck, a lot, for the first couple months (give or take x days/weeks). But at some point the endorphines released become noticably enjoyable.

godot 9y ago
I agree somewhat, I've always wondered if the "work out instead of coffee in the morning" is a myth people like to spread, because I never feel like that myself. In the morning, my energy level is simply not high enough, and I end up running less or lifting less than I otherwise could. However, I enjoy exercises in a different way: after work. I'm a programmer, so after an entire day of brain exercises, it feels extremely refreshing to be able to exert physical energies at the gym. (I've read articles on this specific topic, where if you're tired mentally, it's better to engage in physical activities than taking a nap, because it uses a different area of your brain. Don't know the source off hand.)

deanmoriarty 9y ago

Just curious: why would you say not eat pizza more than once a year? Isn’t that on the very extreme side? Go to Italy and you’ll find people eating pizza and pasta at least weekly, and they are generally fit and healthy. But obviously they don’t drink half a gallon of sugar water with their pizza.

paulcole 9y ago
Are they fit and healthy or are they thin? I thought tobacco use (much more common in Europe than USA) was a not insignificant factor in keeping weight down at the obvious expense of health.
cyberpingu 9y ago
We are generally not that fit, but nowdays not many people smoke anymore due even to the cigs' cost compared to tips (nobody get a jobs before 30 :P). And then sure, we're not that used to drink colas and such things. I'm strange as Italian, because I don't like pasta and I like eating pizza just once a month: anyhow it depends on what you put on pizzas. If it's a margherita, it's just tomato sauce and mozzarella on something like bread. If you start putting on it tons of fried potatoes, wurstels, sausages, half a kilo of mayonnaise, pork ribs, half beef and you drink 4 beers, then yes: you'd be better eat it even less than once an year. To improve life quality I'd go swimming. It's doesn't make you lose kilos, but it does fit you: you move every part of your body in an ambient with low gravity (and it's a benediction for your back), makes you learn do breath the right way, and makes you relax as hell (depending on the style, ofc).
badrabbit 9y ago
I just think my body reacts too poorly to cerain foods,pizza being one.