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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Interesting to hear! "hunger" is a simple word for a pretty complex mix of biological, psychological, and environmental factors.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Really nicely put. I've wanted to bring up how physicians treatment of depression has radically changed in the last few decades (to have a much greater appreciation of the medication-assistance), but I didn't want to bring it up m
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Honestly this is a pretty good description of the Fella program: "A holistic approach which addresses trauma, reasons for emotional eating, lifestyle replacements, recalibration of palate, satiation even at a deficit, and all the rest.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
The thing is, if you speak to obesity specialist MDs, they really do come at this in a different way. They have a much more nuanced view of how underlying metabolism / biology interact with CICO. I know personally because I used to b
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
I'm sorry this isn't clearer. The core part of the coaching program is focused on psychology: we even call it "psychological coaching" internally! That's the stress eating side, then also diving deeper into why we m
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
It's more that the muscles (assuming same muscle mass) have to do comparatively more work if they are carrying around more weight.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
British founder here so I'm genuinely sorry about this! Thought I'd fixed it the day before we launched on HN. Our infra will be updated by end of this week. If you'd like to be on our waitlist, just drop me a quick email on
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Not at all trying to be cagey, and also not our pill. The main paper is here for more info about the most notable medication: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183 Important to say this definite
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Correct that there are a host of causes, certainly not simple.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thank you, really appreciate it.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Impressive you've kept it up your whole life!
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
I'm sure guys reading this have heard versions of this advice 100s of times before. I'll let one of them reply if they fancy it. From our side: we focus on the evidence base, and does what is clinically most effective & sustai
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
This is one solid behavioral tactic. Good to have in the toolbox for most people. Lot more to it than this!
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thank you for sharing.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Happy to help with any research if I can. A good starting point for the medication I referred to in my post is here: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2032183
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Guess I gotta step in here to protest "magic baldness cream". We're not offering anything magic. The medication side has a compelling & growing evidence base: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.105
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Interesting parallel.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Agreed about the willpower rambling and the usefulness. This is the crux for me.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Unsure how helpful this slapdown is after the guy is sharing something pretty vulnerable.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Okay all important context, thanks for this. Which state are you in? If you drop me an email on richie@joinfella.com, we'll talk it through
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Thanks man. Just so I've fully understood here: > "The person who got the surgery would often lose only the plurality of the weight, and sometimes not even that." By this you're meaning the whole family lost weight af
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Yep more research being done on the hormone imbalance side. Nascent area though.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Helpful to know. Thank you.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Hadn't heard about H&S. Will give it more of a think about best early adopters.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Noted. For reference, I've very much tried to design Fella to tackle all the root causes of obesity, which vary person to person: metabolic condition, stress, sleep, exercise, food types & volume, and hormone imbalances.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
The stress eating side takes inspiration from a CBT-based approach. Lots of aspects to CBT, but an important part is to recognize what we're use the tool (relieve stress) & when we're using the tool (late evening) - then to fi
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Helpful to know, thanks!
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Really nicely put.
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
re: powering through, any tactics you used? Or literally just there in bed promising yourself not to move?
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by rich-cartwright 5y ago
Nice. Working hard to get to you as soon as we can!

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