Note: An earlier version of this article contained a version of this diagram with a minor typo. Acknowledgements: I would not have been able to complete this as thoroughly as I did without building off existing work. It needs to be pointed out that years ago u/SpeedflyChris (archive) pointed out these same connections. I also … Continue reading The 2015 Bitstamp, 2015 Bitfinex, and 2017 Tether Hacks are Connected
This episode is basically a rant about something that frustrates me that I see all the time in online low carb dieting and ketogenic diet groups. People do not realize how much of the initial weight loss with low carb diets is water weight. Script (remember I ad-lib and go off script): For today’s episode … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 32: Low Carb Diets, Glycogen, and the Week 1 Effect
This episode is all about an interesting weight loss effect in which the pounds will seem to whoosh off over night and what causes it. Script: For today’s episode we are going to talk about one of those little peculiar things that can happen when you are losing weight called the Whoosh. Have you ever … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 13: Weight Loss and the Whoosh
In this episode we discuss a tool I discussed in yesterday's episode and a couple times before. It is a technique I call trend line dieting, that helps you figure out how your weight is actually changing. It was first introduced to me in The Hacker's Diet by John Walker and is a way to take control of your weight. This is … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 4: Trend Line Dieting
Here we are with episode 3 of my brand new podcast that gives you quick daily updates on my thoughts on something interesting in health and nutrition. (Episode 1, Episode 2) In this episode we discuss techniques that can help you gain weight, without gaining too much fat. This is very different from yesterdays episode where … Continue reading Scientific Nutrition Update 3: Gain Weight with Only a Little Fat
As we have discussed previously it can be very hard to maintain self-control and motivation. One thing that has worked for me is to make the far off future seem more immediate and more real. Make it more hot.I have these three photos hanging above my desk to help me everyday with my motivation. Seeing the difference … Continue reading Hack Your Motivation for Better Weight Loss
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The Withings Go is a new fitness tracker from the company that entered the activity tracker space initially with the gorgeous, but expensive Activite. This is also the same company that really made the wireless scale into a hugely popular category in the fitness tracking space. Read on to find out if this inexpensive tracker is truly useful. … Continue reading Withings Go Review: An Activity Tracker for Everyone
Calorie counting for some people conjures up the image of slavish devotion to a diet. It evokes image of time consuming effort in order to track your every bite of food. This form of behavior change has been proven to be effective, however, because of its difficulty many people quit before they lose the weight … Continue reading The Easy Alternative To Calorie Counting
What we see above is an example of my weight trend for the past five days. As explained in the previous post (here). Trend line dieting is one of the simplest but also a surprisingly effective form of dieting. Basically the idea is that all you track is your weight and using a trend line … Continue reading Trend Line Dieting
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