i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding winter
weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie tracking, which i
seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i should just beeminder it
with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running,
cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the
holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal with
the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin classes,
weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each year with regard
to diet, gaining ~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first
few weeks of spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit” or
"weight X minutes between servings" or something of this sort. any/all tips
welcome!
I’d say don’t worry so much about winter weight gain, seasonal gains/losses are expected – our bodies do take cues based on light cycles, ect.
(Awesome book, lights out, sleep, sugar and survival)
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding winter weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie tracking, which i seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i should just beeminder it with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running, cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal with the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin classes, weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each year with regard to diet, gaining ~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit” or “weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort. any/all tips welcome!
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to
this… Oh right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t
really fathom anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down
starting on January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back
it will include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re
pretty proud of those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding winter
weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie tracking, which i
seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i should just beeminder it
with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running, cycling)
less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the holidays. while
i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal with the exercise issue
fairly effectively with a combination of spin classes, weight training,
etc., but i fall into the same traps each year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of spring
working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit” or
“weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort. any/all tips
welcome!
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to
this… Oh right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t
really fathom anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down
starting on January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back
it will include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re
pretty proud of those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding winter
weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie tracking, which i
seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i should just beeminder it
with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running, cycling)
less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the holidays. while
i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal with the exercise issue
fairly effectively with a combination of spin classes, weight training,
etc., but i fall into the same traps each year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of spring
working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit” or
“weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort. any/all tips
welcome!
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to
this… Oh right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t
really fathom anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down
starting on January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back
it will include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re
pretty proud of those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding winter
weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie tracking, which i
seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i should just beeminder it
with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running, cycling)
less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the holidays. while
i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal with the exercise issue
fairly effectively with a combination of spin classes, weight training,
etc., but i fall into the same traps each year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of spring
working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit” or
“weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort. any/all tips
welcome!
I disagree with melanies fitness tip about eating several meals a day to avoid putting yourself in starvation mode - I’m much more of a fan of intermittent fasting
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to this… Oh
right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t really fathom
anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down starting on
January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back it will
include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re pretty proud of
those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding
winter weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie
tracking, which i seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i
should just beeminder it with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running,
cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the
holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal
with the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin
classes, weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each
year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of
spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit”
or “weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort.
any/all tips welcome!
Her’s a general tip: restriction diets are a pretty simple heuristic
way to reduce calorie intake, and can change diet composition (often
for the better). So, you could go vegan for the winter. Or there are
other things that just cut out broad swaths of food options too, like
no high fructose corn syrup, or strict paleo, or whatever else.
I disagree with melanies fitness tip about eating several meals a day to avoid putting yourself in starvation mode - I’m much more of a fan of intermittent fasting
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to this… Oh
right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t really fathom
anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down starting on
January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back it will
include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re pretty proud of
those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding
winter weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie
tracking, which i seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i
should just beeminder it with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running,
cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the
holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal
with the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin
classes, weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each
year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of
spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit”
or “weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort.
any/all tips welcome!
i’m going to try a few of the strategies mentioned above in
combination w/ a flat-road beeminder.
btw, great job on the site. the last time i set up a goal was about 10
months ago, and it’s a vastly better experience now compared to then.
(not to say that it was bad then, of course.)
Her’s a general tip: restriction diets are a pretty simple heuristic
way to reduce calorie intake, and can change diet composition (often
for the better). So, you could go vegan for the winter. Or there are
other things that just cut out broad swaths of food options too, like
no high fructose corn syrup, or strict paleo, or whatever else.
I disagree with melanies fitness tip about eating several meals a day to avoid putting yourself in starvation mode - I’m much more of a fan of intermittent fasting
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to this… Oh
right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t really fathom
anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down starting on
January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back it will
include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re pretty proud of
those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding
winter weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie
tracking, which i seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i
should just beeminder it with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running,
cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the
holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal
with the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin
classes, weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each
year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of
spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit”
or “weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort.
any/all tips welcome!
i think it’s still a little bad now, and was horrific then.
but another 600 UVIs from now it’s going to be mind-blowing!
Slightly related, i’m thinking of starting my “rationality for
entrepreneurs” presentation like this:
The people I respect most for their startup advice – including Paul
Graham and Joel Spolsky – agree on the most important aspect of
entrepreneurship: relentlessly making some measurable forward progress
every day.
Paul Graham talks about it in “How Not to Die”.
“Startups rarely die in mid keystroke. So keep typing!”
He describes a crazy story involving what sounds like a fluff piece in
Newsweek that had the effect of making it psychologically impossible
for some founder to give up.
If every startup got themselves publicly on the hook to fight to the
death like that then the success rate would be 90%, he says, and
emphasizes that he’s not kidding.
On Tue, Nov 13, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
thanks bethany.
i’m going to try a few of the strategies mentioned above in
combination w/ a flat-road beeminder.
btw, great job on the site. the last time i set up a goal was about 10
months ago, and it’s a vastly better experience now compared to then.
(not to say that it was bad then, of course.)
Her’s a general tip: restriction diets are a pretty simple heuristic
way to reduce calorie intake, and can change diet composition (often
for the better). So, you could go vegan for the winter. Or there are
other things that just cut out broad swaths of food options too, like
no high fructose corn syrup, or strict paleo, or whatever else.
I disagree with melanies fitness tip about eating several meals a day to avoid putting yourself in starvation mode - I’m much more of a fan of intermittent fasting
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to this… Oh
right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t really fathom
anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down starting on
January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back it will
include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re pretty proud of
those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding
winter weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie
tracking, which i seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i
should just beeminder it with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running,
cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the
holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal
with the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin
classes, weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each
year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of
spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit”
or “weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort.
any/all tips welcome!
Best tips I have are using 3/4 of your plate for vegetables (this does not
include mashed potatoes!), and 1/4 for higher calorie proteins and fats -
and that amount should be no bigger than your fist. Seconds (if any, and
only after a few minutes pause) should be more veggies/salad or save room
for a small dessert. Then, Beemind your weight and drink more water
instead of snacking if your weight starts to creep up. And most important,
at a minimum, keep walking whatever the weather - 10K steps a day is good
goal.
But I like Bethany’s suggestion - go vegan for the winter.
Her’s a general tip: restriction diets are a pretty simple heuristic
way to reduce calorie intake, and can change diet composition (often
for the better). So, you could go vegan for the winter. Or there are
other things that just cut out broad swaths of food options too, like
no high fructose corn syrup, or strict paleo, or whatever else.
I disagree with melanies fitness tip about eating several meals a day to
avoid putting yourself in starvation mode - I’m much more of a fan of
intermittent fasting
I’m trying to think of some kind of Beeminder-based solution to this…
Oh
right, I have such acute hammer/nail syndrome that I can’t really fathom
anything but Beeminder-based solutions.
Beeminding weight works great even with a flat yellow brick road.
Take Jolly’s advice and then just beemind yourself back down
starting on
January 1.
Oh, and if you’re beeminding anything at all (we should change
that) where you’re replying to the bot then when the bot replies back
it will
include random fitness tips of the day from Melanie. We’re pretty proud
of
those.
On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Jake Hofman jhofman@gmail.com wrote:
hi all,
i’m wondering if anyone has good tips/tricks/heuristics for avoiding
winter weight gain other than the obvious commitment to calorie
tracking, which i seem to suck at maintaining. (i know, i know, i
should just beeminder it with a high penalty …)
as it gets colder i inevitably end up exercising outdoors (running,
cycling) less frequently and i tend to consume more calories over the
holidays. while i’ve come to dislike exercising indoors, i can deal
with the exercise issue fairly effectively with a combination of spin
classes, weight training, etc., but i fall into the same traps each
year with regard to diet, gaining
~5 or more pounds over the winter that i spend the first few weeks of
spring working off.
i’m thinking along the lines of “plate your food, with a size limit”
or “weight X minutes between servings” or something of this sort.
any/all tips welcome!
