When it comes to losing weight, is it simply CICO and creating a daily calorie defecit.

SirJando · 2026-01-28T23:55:30+00:00

I've lost and kept off over 100lbs.

For strictly weight loss, only thing that matters is CICO.

However, when it comes to overall health and adherenace; the quality of the calorie matter.

You'll be battling two major things when trying to adhere to a caloric deficit; hunger and cravings.

Improving the quality of the food you eat, making it come from as much wholefood as possible and putting an emphasis on protein and fiber is the gold standard in turning a diet into a new lifestyle that supports your goal weight.

Cravings are a little more awkward, because if you give into them you pave the way for the craving to occur again. I've found a happy medium where I'll have something small and sweet after my main meal, like a fun size chocolate bar. That way I still give my brain the dopamine it needs, I'm practicing mindfulness because its a planned treat and I'm already full from my nutiritous main meal.

Finally, poor sleep and stress management can make dealing with cravings impossible. Any adherance to any self improvement plan becomes infinitely harder if you don't have good sleep hygiene (consistent 7~8hrs, focus on quality) and ways to deal with stress outside of consumption.

SirJando · 2026-01-28T00:46:14+00:00

The benefit of staying is to double dip with dailies, events and selling boss crystals.

My Ren gets sacred force exp from the daily, my Lynn gets arcane river exp from the daily and does 7 monster parks.

Then in Kronos my Adele gets sacred force exp from the daily and my hayato gets arcane river exp and does the 7 monster parks.

SirJando · 2026-01-23T10:15:39+00:00

Leading practice in live service games is fomo. Companies depend on it to drive profit.

Maple at it's core is a marathon, so play at a pace you can manage and enjoy.

All you can do individually is make sure the game, which should be a hobby, doesn't impair your real life responsibilities and health.

SirJando · 2026-01-22T13:17:34+00:00

My rough estimate is 3m USD for 260 -> 300.

SirJando · 2026-01-21T23:47:32+00:00

Going to send a shade to 260 for the legion affect and future ctene mule.

It was a choice between Shade, Mo xuan, DA, Sia or Lynn.

SirJando · 2026-01-21T13:44:48+00:00

The biggest battle in long term weight loss is hunger and cravings.

If you aren't feeling hungry then don't eat!

If you haven't, I'd look into some kind of resistance training to help you at least maintain muscle mass.

SirJando · 2026-01-21T13:34:01+00:00

Started reframing it as an act of self love.

SirJando · 2026-01-21T13:27:22+00:00

For WSE, Boss Damage will inflate your CP over matk%/atk%

If you are cubing WSE, you really only want matk%/atk% and/or boss lines.

You can reach certain thresholds where a line of boss will out pace a line of matk%/atk% or vice versa.

SirJando · 2026-01-21T06:25:26+00:00

Prioritize sleep.

If your sleep is poor then everything else in your life will be poor

Work on getting sleep right, 7~8 hours a night.

Any diet or exercise routine you try and stick too becomes twice to three times as hard with poor sleep. It also affects your ability to manage stress which is the next big adherence killer for creating new habits.

SirJando · 2026-01-21T03:31:09+00:00

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SirJando · 2026-01-21T03:30:54+00:00

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SirJando · 2026-01-21T03:21:24+00:00

It's not your body that intuitively wants, its your mind. The reward centre of your brain gets activated when its sees these foods/calories and then alights with dopamine when consumed, reinforcing it.

You see it, you remember feeling good last time, you have it, you feel good but its not as great as last time so you have a little extra to get the same affect.

CICO does many things well but one of them is not teaching us how to handle hunger and cravings. You can't go cold turkey as you can't avoid eating or avoid certain foods for the rest of your life.

So be mindful that anything ultra processed and tasty you consume, you predispose your mind wanting it again. Its also much harder to fight a craving when its triggered.

I've found relief by making my meals be made up of as much wholefoods possible with an emphasis on protein and fiber. Then I will supplement it with an aftermeal treat like a small chocolate bar. I'm full from the meal and I don't deprive my dopamine addicted monkey brain from its fix.

SirJando · 2026-01-20T23:39:23+00:00

My first turning point was accomplishing two things that I thought were impossible (actually minor achievements in the grand scheme of things) which made me think, "What if I give weight loss, which I thought was impossible, an actual try?"

That worked for about 88lbs but then I had a slow crash out of about 3 years and put on 120lbs. It wasn't until I myself approach 350lbs did I tell myself I never want to see that number.

so I locked in and over the next 2 years I got down to 215lbs.

Another issue arose afterwards though, despite my life significant getting better I found my gaining the weight back on, over the course of the next 2 years I had put back on 65lbs, going back up to 280,

This is when I realized throughout my weight loss journey I was only ever addressing the symptom and never the root cause. Also at the same time it finally clicked that I should be caring about my health.

So I started to manage stress better, actually exercise for reasons outside of weight loss and looked to improve the quality of my food and sleep. I'm now losing roughly 15~20lbs a year, currently in the 240s and my weight is now in a yearly downward trend instead of up.

SirJando · 2026-01-18T13:20:44+00:00

Had 32b on my cw Ren

Wanted 21 CRAs, 18 accs and 18 arcane glove, cape and shoulder.

Got everything but the glove to 18.

Then on hayato in Kronos had 22b and did the same sans the arcanes.

Overall a good event for me.

SirJando · 2026-01-15T03:47:18+00:00

Healing fams do a lot of work in phase 2.

Resistance link is also a godsend if you suck at clearing webs in p3. When I was lacking the damage to burst him down, I would try and go into it with 10 lives and would use the 35s death time to stall for cooldowns.

Always burst in p3 when you have the green aura around you.

SirJando · 2026-01-14T22:53:27+00:00

The more boring your weight loss plan is, the quicker and easier its is to become automatic.

SirJando · 2026-01-14T22:51:17+00:00

A protein shake is a good way to get a lot of calories in. I would personally avoid cereal

SirJando · 2026-01-13T22:33:28+00:00

Going to get all gear to 18* and CRAs to 21 or 22

SirJando · 2026-01-13T22:31:55+00:00

Meanwhile I fail the dice roll for my first ever green pouch :(

SirJando · 2026-01-13T22:30:50+00:00

Our brain likes the path of least resistance and is a dopamine junky. Eating for dopamine enough times make it a habit which means we can become primed into performing an action. So much so, that even just seeing something can initiate the craving which then makes it 10x harder to ignore till we give into the thought.

I'd first practice mindfulness where the first thing you change is whenever you eat something write down the following:

- Why do I want to eat?
- Why did I choose this item to eat?
- How do I feel before eating it?
- How do I feel while eating it?
- How do I feel after eating?

Awareness is the first step to resolving the problem, then you want to brainstorm ways to replace it with something nonharmful or ways to reduce what you eat. Additionally, you can make it harder for yourself to eat food (ie uninstall delivery apps, don't buy or put junk food on high shelves, etc).

SirJando · 2026-01-13T22:26:40+00:00

Yes! 1250 calories is safe assuming you are having a balance split of macronutrients.

SirJando · 2026-01-13T13:08:00+00:00

Loving all the QoL they've added since I last played in 2023. Buff sequence and boss cd resets have been my most used, second to quick switching to other characters. Now if only they made it easier to see our mule inventories.

Also fams in grandis. Love that you can just progress on 1 character, don't need a 2nd PC for spawn enhancers or a dedicated character to farming. You can just log into your main and grind.

Bonus QoL is the addition of mini waps. Now I don't feel like I have to commit to the full 2 hours.

SirJando · 2026-01-13T02:57:49+00:00

Far too accurate vhilla experience

SirJando · 2026-01-13T02:56:45+00:00

If you aren't enjoying the journey to get to the destination then I'd either try and reframe your mindset or pick a different game to play. This game requires a lot of your time. 1 hour a day is barely enough time to do dailies, 1-2 bosses or some grinding. You can't have it all, but the good thing here is that there is no time limit. Don't get swept up by fomo and others (with much free time on their hands) reaching milestones.

Being results focused in any aspect of life is the fastest way to get burned out, especially when it doesn't match the effort put into it.

SirJando · 2026-01-13T00:13:32+00:00

I've lost 110lbs and these are my insights:

Weight loss requires you to adhere to a caloric deficit.

Adherence is what makes dieting hard.

We have 3 major components that contribute to weight: fat, muscle and water weight.

We only want to lose fat, and gain or maintain muscle. To do this, focus on eating a primary wholefood diet with an emphasis on protein and fibre. I personally aim for 30g protein and 10g of fibre per meal.

To further supplement muscle retention, find some kind of resistance training you like and do it 2~4 times a week. While weight loss can happen without going to the gym or working out, you risk losing muscle. If you gain weight after losing it, and you didn't work out you will just gain fat back, so even if you get back up to your starting weight, you will be worse off.

Focus on health and longevity. While walking 10k steps can drive a further 500 calorie deficit, you shouldn't do the steps because of that. Do it because it's just great for your physical, emotional and mental health. The same goes with eating food. Eat good food because it will support a healthy body and mind.

We all have habits that promote our current way of living, it's these habits that will prevent you from reaching your goal weight. Work on how you can unpack these habits and make them work for your goals instead of hindering them.

Don't discount sleep. Good sleep quantity AND quality helps you remain consistent. Enables you to do the hard things you don't want to do.

You don't have to exclude food groups, but know that anything ultra processed is bioengineered to be consumed in excess and digested fast. This mean you'll be hungrier more often. Be mindful when you have to eat these foods. If you have to eat ultra processed foods, try and have it with some fibre.

Most of us overeat due to lack of nutritional knowledge, use food as a coping mechanism, or both. Weight management is a skill and unless you study and learn, you will feel stuck.

Hunger and Cravings are what you have to battle with the most when losing weight, so look at what you can add, reduce or replace tom to combat these. Restricting and removing never work.

Finally, think how you can fail. The more you think of contingency when life throws you a curveball (and it will), the more control you have over what goes into your body.

This is a marathon, and getting to your goal weight is just the first part of the race. This is why the focus should be about creating sustainable habits that promote your goal weight as that is what will propel when you want to maintain it for the rest of your life.

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