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For people who accomplish things like this, I often wonder about how often they tried and failed in the past and what factors changed to make them finally succe

by afpx 8y ago

For people who accomplish things like this, I often wonder about how often they tried and failed in the past and what factors changed to make them finally succeed.

HiBloo 8y ago
In most of the cases - hearth problems are the catalyst. Until you are hurt, you do not really care. Had the same done with my lungs. Oh, humans...
cm2187 8y ago
The approach I have to lose weight is fasting. One meal a day for a long period of time (3+ months) + daily exercise. The hard part is to get into the diet. Fighting appetite is very hard, it's what drives us to leave our cave to hunt a mammoth. So the hard part is to get into a habit of eating less. After a couple of weeks, appetite has reduced, and it is easy to follow. One way to get into this habit is the Ulysses approach (tying oneself to a mast, i.e. going to a place where you can't snack). Another is to utilize a period of depression or after having catched a bug which results in no appetite for a few days. And then the secret is zero exception. A single weekend of indulgence and the appetite comes back and the diet is dead. Another secret is also to do that in a period of low stress. High stress will kill any diet.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
As with many things in life, it is a matter of persistence and sacrifice. You have to want it bad enough to suffer through your body literally eating itself, and to keep trying things until you find something that allows you to endure that suffering for the rest of your life, because you don't ever get to stop.
feintruled 8y ago
All my previous attempts at weight loss had been exercise based, but to be honest I was too damn lazy to stick at it. Eating less on the other hand is actually less effort (only being slightly facetious). But seriously - if you bring in your own lunch to work, you are totally in control of the calories you will eat that day (assuming you leave your wallet behind! Work vending machines are your pernicious enemy.) Willpower is of course the problem for all strategies, and breaking habits. If you get used to your chocolate bar at 3pm every day, it is hard to suddenly forgo it.

by afpx 8y ago

For people who accomplish things like this, I often wonder about how often they tried and failed in the past and what factors changed to make them finally succeed.

HiBloo 8y ago

In most of the cases - hearth problems are the catalyst. Until you are hurt, you do not really care. Had the same done with my lungs. Oh, humans...

cm2187 8y ago

The approach I have to lose weight is fasting. One meal a day for a long period of time (3+ months) + daily exercise. The hard part is to get into the diet. Fighting appetite is very hard, it's what drives us to leave our cave to hunt a mammoth. So the hard part is to get into a habit of eating less. After a couple of weeks, appetite has reduced, and it is easy to follow. One way to get into this habit is the Ulysses approach (tying oneself to a mast, i.e. going to a place where you can't snack). Another is to utilize a period of depression or after having catched a bug which results in no appetite for a few days. And then the secret is zero exception. A single weekend of indulgence and the appetite comes back and the diet is dead. Another secret is also to do that in a period of low stress. High stress will kill any diet.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago

As with many things in life, it is a matter of persistence and sacrifice. You have to want it bad enough to suffer through your body literally eating itself, and to keep trying things until you find something that allows you to endure that suffering for the rest of your life, because you don't ever get to stop.

feintruled 8y ago

All my previous attempts at weight loss had been exercise based, but to be honest I was too damn lazy to stick at it. Eating less on the other hand is actually less effort (only being slightly facetious). But seriously - if you bring in your own lunch to work, you are totally in control of the calories you will eat that day (assuming you leave your wallet behind! Work vending machines are your pernicious enemy.) Willpower is of course the problem for all strategies, and breaking habits. If you get used to your chocolate bar at 3pm every day, it is hard to suddenly forgo it.