Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?
by marcinzm on Saturday November 06, 2021 @09:51PM
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You also don't need to eat that much less if you're at a stable weight. 10% less a day means you lose a pound every 1-2 weeks. In my experience people seem to not like it when you tell them, after they ask, that you lost weight simply by eating a bit less every day consistently for a year.
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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?
by renox on Sunday November 07, 2021 @02:59AM
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Trying currently to lose weight: the reason why I don't 'like' this answer is because I don't track my food intake closely enough to be able to know what removing 10% means.
So I guess that the first step is write everything you eat in a way you can monitor it, to be able to reduce it by a small amount if necessary..
Any advice on how to do it?
Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?
by Invictus0 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @08:11AM
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Don't do a bunch of tracking: it's too much effort and you'll have a hard time sticking with it. Try 16:8 fasting (you can only eat within an 8 hour period each day). I also recommend reading this post to understand how the body works in terms of weight loss: https://karpathy.github.io/2020/06/11/biohacking-lite/
Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?
by marcinzm on Sunday November 07, 2021 @07:59AM
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You don't really need to track your intake perpetually as I see it. But measure you weight weekly. Same time and day to better account for water/food/etc.
If your weight is not going down then try to eat somewhat less. Maybe skip a side or order a salad instead of fries or get 1% milk with your coffee. Or cut a potato from your dinner if you're cooking.
That said, tracking for a while is good to figure out what you can cut since you may not realize how much you eat (snacks, night snacks, soda, etc.).
In my case I stopped eating those free chips at work and stopped drinking a can of coke with lunch. I also tried to avoid large dinners but just large enough ones that I wouldn't go to sleep feeling hungry.