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Why use drugs and lifestyle changes when lifestyle changes alone will do the trick? Everybody knows you're not a real Hackernews until you adopt a cold, calcula
by bitwize 4y ago
Why use drugs and lifestyle changes when lifestyle changes alone will do the trick? Everybody knows you're not a real Hackernews until you adopt a cold, calculating, "food is fuel" mentality toward eating, with extensive data collection, strict timing, data-driven portion control, and long fasting periods. Once you do that you don't need the drugs and can tell Big Pharma where to shove it.
- UI_at_80x24 4y agoLifestyle change alone is NOT all it takes. I've been fat all of my life, so has everybody in the last 3 generations of genetic contributors. I can easily drop 20-40lbs if I cut sugar out of my diet. Then it stops. I've cycled 15miles/day for 7 years (on non-snowy days). During that time I went on a water-only fast, (7days on, eat one day, then 14days eat one day, then 7 days more of fasting before I stopped.) I lost 13 lbs during that period. I was doing a keto diet before and after this period. I was killing myself trying to have a high energy output with minimal caloric intake. In the end, winter came and I stopped. Total weight loss during that time: 35lbs. There is no way I can lose the extra 160lbs that I need to drop. My body just won't drop it. I'm diabetic now. I take metformin and invokana. As of today I'm down almost 30lbs since august. Lifestyle changes maybe enough for you. That's awesome, good for you. Don't make blanket assumptions and think that they are true.
- donkarma 4y ago[dead]