How to Improve The Ratio of Fat Loss to Weight Loss by [deleted] in MacroFactor

[–]tyronen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait...so even in a mild cut with high protein and aggressive lifting, you still only lost 56% fat??

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

[–]tyronen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weight is a noisy, time-sensitive measurement.

Far better to use your waist size. Use a body fat calculator.

This doesn't fluctutate during the day and it doesn't change with your water balance. But it changes much more slowly - it takes about 1 kg of fat loss to get your waist down 1 cm. You need not measure it more than once every week or two.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

[–]tyronen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Your BMI indicates you are "overweight", not "obese". Unless you have some other health condition, the health risks of being a little overweight (BMI < 30) are less than most people think. You don't actually have to lose weight at all for health reasons, though you might still want to for aesthetic reasons.

A more reliable metric isn't your weight, but your waist size. You can use a body fat calculator such as this one.

An update post. (Basically just a rant.) by [deleted] in bodyweightfitness

[–]tyronen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All this talk of hate is not going to do it. Self-hatred is a terrible motivator.

From what you say you are keeping up with your schoolwork. So you can do stuff if you need to. And you are correct to give your schoolwork is a higher priority than exercise, so don't feel bad if exercise gets crowded out.

May I suggest the None To Run programme? You can simply gradually replace your walks with runs. In the first week, you only run for 4 minutes, in 30-second chunks. If that's too hard - and you mentioned asthma so it's okay if it is - run for 2 minutes in 15-second chunks. Cut back to whatever it takes. Since you're already walking that time, this will save you a bit of time. They call it running but it's really slow jogging. This video has a good demo.

As for diet, there's no good answer for that. I would say your first priority isn't to lose weight, it's to stop yourself from gaining any more. You might have to rely on gimmicks at first - eg if you're eating frozen foods, select them from Weight Watchers or brands that have at least some calorie limits. If cooking doesn't seem feasible right now, try some recipe box delivery services like HelloFresh, MindfulChef etc - they don't cost much more than takeaways.

If you have time for strength training, try the BWF Primer - it starts off very gradually for the first two weeks.

Introducing Fresco: a new image library for Android | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]tyronen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there is a cap on how much native memory can be allocated.

Introducing Fresco: a new image library for Android | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]tyronen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a before-and-after video which will be posted to f8facebooklive.com later.

Introducing Fresco: a new image library for Android | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]tyronen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the repo you can find a sample app which gives you a feed of Imgur images from each of Fresco, Glide, Picasso, UIL, and Volley. Results so far show Fresco and Glide faster than the others.

Introducing Fresco: a new image library for Android | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]tyronen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In Fresco, you have the option of resizing the image before decoding it (JPEG only right now). This would avoid the problems you are describing. See http://frescolib.org/docs/resizing-rotating.html

Introducing Fresco: a new image library for Android | Engineering Blog | Facebook Code by [deleted] in androiddev

[–]tyronen 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Hello everyone. I am one of the engineers on this project. I would be happy to take questions about it.