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Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving by partialrecall on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:15PM (#20964788)
One form of discomfort that sharpens me is the sensation of sleep deprivation kept at bay by caffeine. It has a dissociative effect that I find helps me concentrate. Reaching that state probably takes a toll on my body though.

Perhaps the effects of discomfort on concentration are malleable, not inherit traits of the individual. Maybe, with the right kind of expectations and mindset, I could make the sensation of hunger work for me instead of against me.

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Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving by mrkstu on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:33PM (#20964975)
Same, though I'd phrase it differently.

For me at least I feel its more like I'm dealing with unmedicated ADHD and need to slow my brain with tiredness and then jolt it just enough with some Diet Dr Pepper to get the sharpness back.

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