kephalos

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[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 7 months ago

Oat milk doesn't really work for me. Glad if it does for you ;-) I guess I will drink black coffee now. I received an AeroPress last week and while I always used good beans I ordered a selecton of premium beans from the webshop that I ordered the aeropress from.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, 80 kcal are not much, but many small amounts sum up quickly in my experience, and 80kcal in liquid calories are much less satisfying than more solid stuff on my plate.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, non-dairy milk alternatives I did try. In away they are good as they don’t trigger the reaction I get with milk. But on the other hand since they don’t do that I can just as well drink my coffee black I think (and save these 80kcal altogether)

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If it were useless we would see at least some populations in the world to have lost it altogether.

 

I have a milk problem

Counting calories with a food scale is eye opening. That bit of milk in coffee was actually about 80ml on average and I guess on certain days I might have drank about 300ml in milk. I guess I will switch to drinking my coffee black now.

Overall I think I am someone who is drawn to milk, some people may have sugar cravings, for me it’s hard to resist milk. (Fermented dairy like yogurt or quark is totally different for me, it doesn’t trigger the same reactions).

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

its not my plan, but it wouldnt be a problem for my health (i.e. I did it before)

 

I just recently occured to me that could use the formula used to calculate one's TDEE backwards. here me out.

Current TDEE is estimated at 2320 using this formula:

tdee = tdee_factor * (66 + 13.7 * weight_kg + 5 * height_cm - 6.8 * age_years)

If I would eat 2000 consistently, what weight could I expect to have? solving the above equation for weight_kg and using my data, I arrive at 92 kg.

If I would eat 1800 consistently, what weight could I expect to have? solving the above equation for weight_kg and using my data, I arrive at 80 kg.

My takeaway here is: today's deficit can be tomorrow's maintenance weight.

And me being overweight currently is actually me eating way more than what my body needs consistently for years.

 

So i ordered jeans with width 36 to see if I can go a size lower. Turns out W36 fits a bit tight but it fits and then I realize I am currently wearing W40 jeans, since they come in increments of two I am just two sizes down.

Wohoo

 

Starting from June 6th I have now lost 7 kg on the scale.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

I imagine it to be like 2 bottles of water and 3 bottles of oil or something (with bottles of 1 liter), or a 1 gallon jug.

I remember reading about a German TV host who lost weight and every week would fill up the total weight lost as water in two buckets and walk around the house with them just to get a feeling for the weight.

 

Starting from June 6th I have now lost 5kg on the scale. And this after a 3 week vacation where I wasn’t able to weigh most foods and instead tried to moderate consumptions.

My strategy was to opt for salads when eating out, we had a rental apartment with a mini kitchen and there I prepared instant soup in e evening and broccoli’s cauliflower every other day.

I also indulged into cheese (directly from the cheese dairy three houses up the street), had some ice cream (not every day), and occasionally an Aperol Spritz.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Use rated games to be matched with real players. After a few games that you will lose you will be matched with players against which you have roughly a 50:50 chance of winning / losing. Don’t focus on the ELO rating specifically at the start. Playing against humans is definitely different from the computer. In the lower ELO ranges you will see a lot of moves that don’t make sense and that the chess engine would never play. On the other hand opponents can be quite good at reading your strategy (as opposed to a dumbed-down engine).

Use the Analyse game function after the game to get an idea of the mistakes you made.

I would start with 10 minute games so that you can play a few games in a row (gives you more practice) but still have time to think.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

It kind of seems they stole a decade off of Lasker.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

oops, was already posted.. Doesn't the UI give a hint for that? I'll look twice next time.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They played at 82%, one blunder, 2 mistakes, 1 imprecision (sry, translating terms to english on the fly). So I don't think they were playing extremey bad.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

We can handle a moderate deficit, especially if we’re keeping a positive bias to protein (such as eating 25% of calories from protein, basically keeping protein portions decently sized). I do it without any supplements, but with meats, eggs, yogurt, legumes. Our protein is where we get our dietary cholesterol from which we make cells, and it’s also an energy source so while we need all kinds of nutrition, keep that one from falling during a deficit to answer your concerns.

I am aiming for 250g of Quark (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(dairy_product) per day and I actively try to add kidney beans, white beans, chickpeas to my diet (which works okayish). Also had Salmon yesterday and smoked salmon for breakfast every other day.

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