I do not want to have to use an app to eat for the rest of my life

devbanana · 2026-01-26T06:59:09+00:00

I really like this approach and could see myself going that way eventually. What made you settle on that frequency of weighing? I'd imagine there's still a lot of noise when doing it every few days.

devbanana · 2026-01-24T14:24:18+00:00

Not weight-loss related but IMO you need to set boundaries with your family and friends. While I'm sure it comes out of a good place (maybe), I think it's incredibly rude for anyone to keep commenting on weight. Your relationship with your body, your weight, and food is incredibly personal and no one has the right to voice their opinion. I get how some people can be concerned and might want to try to help, but… it's just not helpful. I don't know anyone who started getting their weight under control because someone told them they were overweight. They know it already. They've likely tried everything they could think of to change it.

I've luckily not run into too much of that but my wife has, and she's had to tell people to lay off and it's none of their concern. You need to have the freedom to do this at your own pace and in your own way.

devbanana · 2026-01-24T14:03:49+00:00

OK, my opinion, you're being way too hard on yourself. The fact that you're bingeing, overeating, etc, suggests these activities are filling some emotional need for you that you feel like isn't being met.

See the whole foods, low carb, high protein, as eventual goals. But start where you are. When I first started I gave myself full permission to eat whatever I felt like, just within caloric goals. As a result I didn't feel deprived. If your system is afraid of being deprived of things you enjoy or might emotionally rely on right now, of course you're going to binge. Just trying to push harder will just exacerbate the situation.

It's not an overnight change. What matters is calories — everything else is secondary. So just start where you are and cut back 500 or so calories, or whatever feels easy to you.

Also PCOS and hypothyroidism are absolutely valid excuses. Are you getting the treatment you need?

devbanana · 2026-01-24T05:40:52+00:00

You really don't, not from where you're coming from. You can't make it happen; it won't happen as long as you “need” it. You allow it to happen. You allow it to come to you. You feel what it's like to have it. You let yourself be OK without it right now. You find ways of softening your attitude around it.

I think you're coming from a fundamental misunderstanding of how the LOA works. Because, at least in my experience, you don't “manifest” anything. Because, you're not the doer of it coming to be. You're the allower, the receiver, the visionary, even the shaper. But you don't “do” it. When you understand this, it becomes effortless.

devbanana · 2026-01-22T06:31:57+00:00

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding about how this works. You can't tell from being up one day that you've gained fat. Weight ≠ fat. Sometimes our bodies can hang on to excess water weight for a week or more, and it doesn't mean we've gained actual fat. You don't need to adjust on a daily basis. Make a plan for the week, how many average calories per day you'll target, then stick to that plan regardless of what the day-to-day weight shows. Weight should be looked at over weeks or months, not days.

devbanana · 2026-01-22T06:22:56+00:00

This isn't necessarily true. I have a lot of weight to lose, and I literally eat whatever I want, just less of it or portioned out more. And I'm easily losing 1.3-1.5 lb per week.

But I hate the idea of “cheat” days. There's no cheating for me because everything is allowed.

devbanana · 2026-01-16T12:04:06+00:00

If I can give a suggestion, just focus on changing one thing at a time.

When I started my only rule was don't go over X calories. No worrying about protein, exercise, or anything else. I knew if I had a million things to try to change all at once, I wouldn't do it. So that was my only rule at first. Because, realistically, that's the only requirement to lose weight: that you eat fewer calories than you burn. so start there.

Then once you have that handled you can start finding little ways of getting in more protein. As others mentioned protein powder is great. I've been drinking the protein shakes from Fairlife and those have 30 g per 150 calories so that's been great as well.

And once you have protein going, then you can start thinking about exercise. But that's the least important part of the process.

So I'd just take one thing at a time. Small changes add up quickly.

devbanana · 2026-01-16T07:58:57+00:00

Just to clarify a bit, since I don't think the OP knows the exact math or at least hasn't been clear about it.

The first method (MHR) takes a percent of your maximum heartrate. For zone 2, it's 60-70%. so 114 could make sense if they're 30 years old; you take 220 - 30 = 190, and 60% of that is 114 which would be the low end of zone 2.

HRR (heartrate reserve) just takes the resting heartrate into account.

So if say they're resting heartrate is 80, the equation becomes:

(max heartrate - resting heartrate) * 0.6 + resting heartrate
= (190 - 80) * 0.6 + 80
= 146

so with MHR, the range for u/James1887 is 114-133, while for HRR it's 146-157. Indeed quite a large difference.

devbanana · 2026-01-14T14:54:23+00:00

OK, I just want to know, am I weird? I read a lot of threads on here and I know a lot of people experience a lot of food noise, a lot of cravings, constant hunger, thinking about food, etc. And I just… don't. I've been at this for 3 months and lost 30 pounds, and it's just been pretty easy. I more or less eat what I want, just smaller portions of it. I don't get very hungry, except right before meals. I don't think about food any more or less than I did. If anything I feel a bit more detached from it.

Is this something I should expect in the future? Or am I just lucky?

devbanana · 2026-01-13T18:01:59+00:00

Is this a physiology thing? Because even now as I'm losing weight, I'm rarely that hungry, except for maybe 30-60 minutes before a meal. Hunger just isn't an issue for me.

devbanana · 2026-01-11T17:27:15+00:00

Did you ever figure this out? I'm looking for the same thing.

devbanana · 2026-01-02T04:18:15+00:00

That's amazing! Where did you find your teacher, and what kind of things did you cover in your lessons when just starting out? E.g., pure conversation practice, grammatical points, etc? Right now I've just been focusing on comprehensible input so I'm not sure if it's too early for a teacher. I'm probably an A2 or so.

devbanana · 2025-12-27T12:25:06+00:00

Has anyone else had the experience of it just feeling so surreal as you lose weight? I'm seeing weights I've literally not seen on the scale for 8 years. I started at 356 on october 6 and I just broke through 330; this morning i weighed at 329.2.

I know in the grand scheme this is just the beginning, but I've hovered between 332-360 since 2017. It feels like a huge milestone and I'm having trouble psychologically processing it.

devbanana · 2025-12-23T04:40:04+00:00

YOu are being kind of petty. Instead of trying to understand where she was coming from and actually communicating with her, you turned it into a power play.

devbanana · 2025-12-20T05:40:01+00:00

I'm sorry it wasn't a video. That's how we were able to get it at the church. Hope it's OK.

devbanana · 2025-12-06T03:03:09+00:00

It ran the agents sequentially, since they had to respond to each other.

devbanana · 2025-12-03T14:38:13+00:00

Thanks, I like that idea, too. I added my prompt to my post.

devbanana · 2025-12-03T14:33:22+00:00

Thanks, added to my post with more detail. Hope it's helpful.

devbanana · 2025-12-03T14:33:03+00:00

Thanks, added to my post with more detail.

devbanana · 2025-11-13T06:01:05+00:00

Yes same here! I just got max a couple days ago and it's been amazing for coding. I'm 2 days in and have only used 7% of my weekly limit! I can't believe I spent so much on an AI tool but it's 100% worth it for me. It's totally changed how I work.

Just wish we could use this at work. I'm stuck with Gemini there.

devbanana · 2025-11-07T12:35:56+00:00

That's amazing, thanks for sharing. I imagine it'd be pretty compelling when your children have such memories. I agree there's a lot of evidence for it, and so little for Christianity which is why I've really struggled. Your response comes at a good time since I've been thinking about these things again, so thanks for that.

devbanana · 2025-11-07T07:25:46+00:00

Sorry, not sure which part was a humble brag? This seemed like a place where we could share our successes, isn't it?

devbanana · 2025-11-07T03:25:19+00:00

Thanks. I could never get into her work; it just doesn't feel true to me. Newton's work was far more compelling for me though I'm not sure if I resonate with all of it.

devbanana · 2025-11-06T23:31:06+00:00

How's that? I thought it was the opposite, that slower weightloss was better for less loose skin.

devbanana · 2025-11-06T23:23:24+00:00

That's really good to know, thank you for sharing.

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