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by sw104 3y ago
Personally, I get the impression entry-level fitness bands have reached a natural limit in terms of the data they collect, whereby the data is sufficient in scope and accuracy for the average person (trying to lose weight, train for a 5k&#x
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by sw104 3y ago
I'm interested. When people say losing weight causes the metabolism to slow down, are they simply referring to the BMR going down as a result of the new weight/height/sex combination. Between 65kg and 60kg of body mass, my BM
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by sw104 3y ago
I think teaching the test is common everywhere. I remember the same thing for my GCSEs and A levels (UK pre-university qualifications) growing up, and my Russian partner says it was the same for them in school. For us, the teachers would al
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by sw104 3y ago
Alternatively, tablets with the Kindle app work quite nicely for textbooks. I replaced physical textbooks with an iPad with the Kindle app on it, since whether it's an iPad or textbook it's something that stays at home. It works r
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by sw104 3y ago
Hit the nail on the head. Thailand and the Philippines are prime destinations for morally dubious westerners to find the "love" they never found at home. Britain is full of middle aged men with 20-year younger SEA wives (many of w
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by sw104 3y ago
> 100% but the actual reading on a physical book is better, right? YMMV but I don't see any difference at all. If anything the form factor of the e-reader makes reading more comfortable. I'm not having to hold the book in a cer
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by sw104 3y ago
I know many people dislike them, but reading has become so much better for me since buying a Kindle and digitising most of my library. I used to be a bookshelf person, but live in a very small space and needed to transfer that space for thi
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by sw104 3y ago
If somebody exercises hard and sufficiently, of course it can lead to (a boost in) weight loss. It's just difficult and requires a lot of willpower. Provided you actually worked (didn't sit on a machine at the gym on your phone),
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by sw104 3y ago
This isn't really about young people not drinking for health benefits. It's about economics.
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by sw104 3y ago
Has anything been said about how the eye-display proximity might affect vision? Maybe this is a better time than ever to start a new opticians.
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by sw104 3y ago
If you're arguing that weight gain or a sense of willpower are entirely genetic, I think the onus is on you to provide proof. Introducing the likening of weight loss, something that everybody is capable of, to changing skin colour and
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by sw104 3y ago
Absolute bollocks. Saying weight gain or difficulty with losing weight is genetic is (for the vast majority of people) a coping mechanism for lack of willpower.
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by sw104 3y ago
They can change, with less food (mostly) and more exercise. It's not beyond the realms of possibility for overweight/obese people to lose weight. Introducing a drug like this with no lifestyle changes will just lead to eat, inject
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by sw104 3y ago
> That fatties should just have to exist until they can make the identity level genetic changes on their own to lose it. Or just eat less and exercise more.. What happens when they come off of this drug? Does the weight just go back on a
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by sw104 3y ago
That's quite alright. On the exercise front, it might be just due to most people not finding "their sport". When people find exercise they enjoy, it can easily start taking up a lot of their time and fulfilling that physical&
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by sw104 3y ago
It's not a HN-exclusive thing. This is just the universal take on weight loss which happens to also pervade throughout HN. Weight loss always creates an enormously contentious discussion because for so many people it is interpreted as
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by sw104 3y ago
And you're not losing weight? What/how much are you eating?
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by sw104 3y ago
I'm completely in the 'given up hope boat' with you. It's clear that almost nobody is willing to truly change their lifestyle to practice what they preach. I live in a UK city and despite having a pretty good bus network
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by sw104 4y ago
The idea of making "friends" on the internet, on forums, Facebook, or Discord, has always been ludicrous. Unless you reach a stage where you meet up in real life and share human experiences, you're basically just talking with
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by sw104 4y ago
In the UK, it's definitely a thing. Being teetotal excludes you from a lot of social events, and even somewhat unrelated events. We have hiking/fitness groups that typically end the training session with a round at the pub. Many w
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by sw104 4y ago
Being addicted to playing computer games and using social media are not the same as being obsessed with playing sports and exercising. One has tangible benefits to your health, social life, boosts your confidence, gets you out in the fresh
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by sw104 4y ago
It depends what the purpose is. I've been on a calorie-in-calorie-out weight loss journey since last August and for most of that time used BMR, as it subtracted a few hundred extra calories each day as a bonus. For weight loss, eating
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by sw104 4y ago
It always saddens me to see videos like that. By contrast, the Britain (or the cities and towns around where I live) of today simply looks like everybody has just given up.
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by sw104 4y ago
I hate constant news. Cutting the news in large part out of my life has definitely improved my wellbeing. Now, I only check the news on Saturday morning, to know what's going on in the world. It leaves breaking news time to get the fac
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by sw104 4y ago
That sounds like the Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) as opposed to the TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). Some people use BMR as a target for losing weight, but BMR is sort of like how much energy you'd burn being in a coma. TDEE (1.2 x
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by sw104 4y ago
The UK gov doesn't have a clue what it's doing, so they invent a bunch of patriotic crap to try and keep the masses satisfied. Last year it was a flagship yacht, this year BritGPT. Just stick a Union Jack and 'Brit' some
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by sw104 4y ago
Thank you. Echoes my thoughts completely. The UK is a food disaster, and is the reason so many people here are overweight and obese (64% of adults) and die early. The meal deal is the staple of almost any office workers lunch, and easily pa
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by sw104 4y ago
The Russian course on Duolingo is certifiable garbage. - My Russian partner
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by sw104 4y ago
I just use an iPad Air with Goodnotes (notes app) and Kindle (e-reader), in exactly the same way you use the Remarkable. These Remarkable tablets seem awfully expensive for what they provide, almost like "lifestyle gimmicks" like
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by sw104 4y ago
The giants seem pretty well entrenched. I have to confess. I' think I'll be a bit happier when everything I see doesn't have a Facebook icon and link next to it.

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