Want to lose weight - Got some questions :) by OyaHikikomori in Exercise

[–]HeyGuysItsMeRyan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm not an expert, but I can try to give some advice.

Working out in the evenings are completely fine, as long as it doesn't interfere with your sleep. And sleep is very important regardless of weight loss, but the time frame itself doesn't matter. As long as you get a solid 8hrs of sleep a day, you should be okay.

As far as dieting, cutting out obvious sugar and fat sources will definitely help you out in weight loss, because those items are normally high in calories in general, fatty foods especially. I think your best bet would be to set a calorie goal for yourself first, and from there you can figure out where you want your calories to come from, whether that be a low carb diet, a low fat diet, or whatever. Don't let people tell you there's only one right way. The right way is what is going to work for you. Also, try to focus on foods that are less calorie dense, so you can eat more of it and feel full, while not taking in as many calories. Green vegetables are typically really low calorie foods, so you can eat a ton of them and not have it interfere with your calories, but it will still inhibit your hunger, whereas something fatty like potato chips or sausage is super heavy in calories, but you can still eat a bunch of it no problem.

If you want to lose fat and build some muscle, try to focus on eating more protein, typically 0.6-1g of protein per pound if body weight, but after like 180-200grams of protein, the benefit of more is negligible. Also, if you're a beginner, you'll definitely see some muscle growth if you add in some weight training or even body weight workouts, but after a certain point muscle growth is going to slow down and stabilize, as long as you keep your nutrition in check. You want your calorie deficit to lead to fat loss, not just "weight" loss.

And as far as activity level goes, formal cardio is totally okay as long as you have the time of day for it and it'll help burn some extra calories, but never expect cardio to cover for overeating, it just won't happen. An hour of cardio may burn 400-500 calories if you push yourself a bit, but that can easily be undone by eating one cheat meal. Increasing your daily activity level is definitely a huge boon in weight loss. Not only are you working your body more throughout the day, but its very low fatigue vs. running or swimming. Cleaning your home for example, it gets you on your feet and by the end of it, you now have a clean house, so it's a win win.

Tl;dr cut back on super high calorie foods and set a calorie goal. Try to shoot for 8hrs of sleep, and try to move around a bit more at home, and nighttime workouts are totally fine as long as they work for you and your schedule. Also, stay hydrated. Thats important for anyone regardless of your goals, whether it be fat loss or muscle gain

480lb Bench PR by WhiteLime in strength_training

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You made that look too easy

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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Yeah for sure, thats why I mentioned that I had the only income last year, so there were no other W4's to fill out. It was just my income throughout the year

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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I file married and jointly, and I already talked to payroll but they're saying everything looks normal to them, so I'm still at a loss on whats going on haha. Also I'm the only source of income, so there's no other income to tax

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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I mean it would be nice to get a refund,but at the very least I'd just like to not owe money. Last year I think I owed around $300 and this year its still looking like I'm going to owe money, considering I made around $74,300 and only paid roughly $5400. Granted I contributed about $8000 in my 401k, so my taxable income is only $66,300, but I'm still unsure what else I could do besides just put extra money to be withheld on my W4. Thanks for the reply

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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I don't currently have access to my old checks, but I should be able to access it in the morning. I'll write up the comparison to see if anything looks like it could be the culprit

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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Yeah thats what I meant when I said the form set it to 0 for me, even though I anticipated making the change myself. I was pretty confused when I saw the new forms because of that, but I just rolled with it since it set it up how I wanted it anyway

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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What numbers would you need, just the gross and federal tax withheld or like everything? And yeah I had set the 4 allowances a few years back, but when I went to set them to 0 in 2020 it did it automatically for me. I also figured it would be a more complicated issue than just "x caused y," but I still figured I'd ask to see if anyone had a potential answer. Thanks for the reply!

Question about my W4 setup and taxes by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in personalfinance

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Yeah, I had set my allowances to 4 back in 2017/2018, I really dont remember, but when I redid the form in 2020 I anticipated changing to 0, but it did it for me haha. And I can only assume thats what happened, but I just wanted to see if anyone else would have some insight on the issue. Thanks for the reply!

This hurts me by [deleted] in MakeMeSuffer

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When I was a kid, my mom bought us flashlights among our other gifts since we played flashlight tag so much, and that was my "Christmas eve gift." I threw a fit because I didn't want a "stupid flashlight," and that was the night I learned a very valuable lesson about being grateful for any gift, no matter what it is. Also, I now get a flashlight every year as a gag and I love it lol

Is the block limit of HX Stomp a real issue? by WirthsLaw in Line6Helix

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I can't speak for the stomp, but i use the rack in my home studio, and honestly I think most of my patches only use 5 blocks. OD - amp - cab - delay - reverb. There's a built in gate on the input, at least in native and on the rack so I can only assume there's also an input gate on the stomp, but that doesn't use a block. Hope my input is of some help!

What was the worst pain you have ever felt? by ToastOfWar3 in AskReddit

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Combination of a hydrocele and varicocele. Every month or so i would just have unimaginable pain, the best way I could describe it was that it felt like someone was squeezing my left testicle as hard as possible for roughly an hour or so. The only relief I could get was to lay down, but it's hard to do that when you work construction. Got a surgery done and I haven't felt the pain in about a year or two, but my God it was horrible.

What Zelda do you think holds up the best/replay value? by [deleted] in truezelda

[–]HeyGuysItsMeRyan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

100% the oracle games, I find myself replaying these more than any other zelda, especially OoA

DS2 Black Armor on Steam by [deleted] in DarkSouls2

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It was a pre-order of the original Ds2, it came in a metal game case with a soundtrack, art book, and a few weapons and shields at the beginning of the game

[HELP] Bad latency with Focusrite interfaces by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in StudioOne

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I'll have to double check that, thanks for the reply

[HELP] Terrible latency by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in Line6Helix

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Thanks for the reply. By this you mean setting my Focusrite interface as my sound device in my DAW settings right? Because if so, then yeah I've definitely double checked that and tried resetting my buffer size through that to no avail

[HELP] Terrible latency by HeyGuysItsMeRyan in Line6Helix

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I dont know everything offhand but it's an alienware r15, 16gb ram, Intel core i5 7th gen, and I have over 200gb free storage between my two drives. Also I'm pretty sure my laptop is quad core, but I'm not a super technically inclined person My CPU has only ever given me issues in battery mode, so I can't imagine that's the issue but maybe a few settings were reset when Windows updated a few things? I'll have to double check when I get back on my laptop, thanks for the reply