Malcolm wrote:I eat kelp. The rumour about the carbs sounds like an easily verifiable fact. Taste is aesthetic and relative.
Do kelp noodles taste like the ocean? I hate fish and that fishy taste. I once did a spit-take in business class in Tokyo when i emptied a bag or what i thought were peanuts into my mouth and it ended up being dried seaweed bullshit.
They weren't bonito or shrimp chips, were they?
I live about as far away from the ocean as you can get, so I'm not sure what taste it offers. As far as the seaweed, the kind I get comes in squares, preserved with a brush of oil, and obviously with added salt ... because I guess there's not enough in the sea. I get more salt flavour than anything but I keep buying it, so I must think it's ok. Never used it as a noodle myself, but I've had more than a couple bowls of this. I don't detect any fishy tones, and I eat a decent amount of seafood. It's got a really fibrous texture as opposed to pasta.
Also, if you want to remove the fishiness from non-fish things you eat, a quick boil in milk usually helps.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
So far I have only plugged it in and am trying to get it updated. Which takes a while. It has a proprietary (non micro-USB) charger, and comes with one of those short-range communication thingys to talk to your PC.
I think the hardest part of me will be wearing something on my wrist. I've never regularly worn a watch.
Thinks I like:
* Pairs with phone for audio controls (pause, skip song - and shows current song)
* Screen is easy to see in bright light
* HRM seems accurate, did resting and active, and calculated against a stopwatch.
* Steps are accurate.
* Fits comfortably. Can do Non-running cardio (like elliptical) and still calculate calories.
* Screen is a touchscreen and has intuitive swiping, etc.
Things I dislike:
* Bluetooth is unreliable. Sometimes hit pause, and phone didn't pause.
* Screen is hard to see in low-light. (Very low light, the backlight turns on. Moderatly low light, you cannot read it).
* Could not figure out how to change the backlight duration to be longer.
* The screen is very reflective. While typing this, a light on the ceiling reflected off it into my eyes.
This is certainly not the end all-be-all of smart fitness watches. But I like the HRM, and will enjoy having the GPS when possible. I hope the bluetooth controls are improved.
Like:
* Android has the ability to not require an unlock code in certain locations (smart unlock), or in proximity to certain devices. The watch has bluetooth, so it works.
* Tracking for non-running exercises (elliptical, etc) that seems more accurate than the calorie counter on my elliptical.
Dislike:
* The smart unlock isn't 100%. Don't know if that's the device's fault, or the phone's.
* No way to disable the touchscreen. When going to bed, I sometimes accidentally hit the screen, triggering the backlight.
* Accidentally swipe the touchscreen a few times. Needs a lock mode (also for the one above).
* Wearing a watch. It's a bit bulky, so wearing long sleeve shirts or jackets, they get caught on the watch face.
Overall, I like it... don't love it. Once I can run again will see how well it works as a GPS/running watch.
Oh, and yesterday, I woke up, then went to my recliner after breakfast to do some consulting work. Apparently, I was so inactive, it thought I had fallen asleep for 1.5 hours. (I think I plugged it in to charge, so it may have triggered on the lack of activity)
"Happy slaves are the worst enemies of freedom." - Marie Von Ebner
"It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies..." - Orwell
TheCatt wrote:So I had some surgery last week. Before the surgery, I was as low as 189, and was 192 or so on surgery morning. (I had eaten carbs the day before).
3 days later, I stepped on a scale (admittedly, in the middle of the day, not first thing in the morning) and was 205. In the pain-killer haze... and 197 first thing this morning.
Back to 190 today. If I can lose 10 pounds in 8 days, I can win a weight loss competition at work. Hmmm. I've already cut carbs. I can probably lose a legit 4 pounds. 6 pounds of dehydration?
Just submitted my final weigh-in for a 30-day dietbetter.com contest. Needed to lose like 10 pounds, lost 14.6 pounds. No particular diet, mainly just smaller portions, almost no sugary drinks (10 calorie root beer, 60 calorie pepsi once or twice a week), and a few times a week don't eat any carbs for a meal.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Because the restricted mice could still eat as frequently as they wanted within the given time frame, none of the research tracked the effects of large meals versus smaller, or of frequent snacking.
The benefits of restricted eating times were proportional to the amount of time fasted, said Amandine Chaix, a Salk researcher who works with Dr. Panda. The narrower the window for eating, the more weight the mice lost.
Researchers have found that time-restricted diets such as eating for only eight hours a day can lead to weight loss.
The researchers think this is partly because the restricted schedule aligns with the body’s circadian rhythm, or internal clock. Eating happens at times when the body is more efficient at breaking down foods.
“The metabolic system evolved to be able to allocate energy resources at different times of the day,” said Dr. Chaix. Cholesterol is broken down in the body by bile acids, which are controlled by an enzyme that is most present upon wakening. The mice started eating soon after they got up, which helped their bodies break down cholesterol more efficiently. In addition, when mice eat randomly, their livers cannot switch off the glucose production process. This leads to high blood sugar levels, which damages the body.
For humans, eating during the day may be beneficial because it’s been the pattern for millions of years, says Dr. Panda. The rise of eating later at night might have thrown off the circadian rhythms that evolved in humans, and might have contributed to the rise of obesity, he added.
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Dr. Mattson believes that the three-meal-a-day diet is abnormal from an evolutionary perspective and that periodically going without food strengthens the body. His studies have found that mice forced to fast are thinner and have lower levels of insulin and glucose, meaning they are at lower risk for developing diabetes.
Eat breakfast + Lunch, don't eat dinner. That pattern has worked very well for me, honestly. Or a light dinner.
Dr. Mattson believes that the three-meal-a-day diet is abnormal from an evolutionary perspective and that periodically going without food strengthens the body.
That's why I see all those pro bodybuilders eating five meals a day. If you burn enough energy, three meals is fine. If you sit at a desk eight hours a day and only engage in light exercise during the other eight, two should suffice.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TheCatt wrote:The problem I have is more social. My wife expects me to eat dinner with everyone.
Bleh. Like around a table? Is it still the Dark Ages?
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
TheCatt wrote:Dietbet: The 10% contests work like this:
6 months. each of the first 5 months have 10% of the pot, with 50% of the pot in the final month.
I paid $125 to join one two months ago. So that's $12.50 per first 5 month's pot, and $62.50 for final pot.
Month 1 won: Grossed 17.73 (net 5.23)
Month 2 won: Grossed 37.89 (net 25.64). People suck at not eating during holidays.
I joined another in December, same $.
Month 1 won: Grossed 19.43 (net 6.93).
I also did 2 4% monthly games that have ended.
Bet: $30, Grossed 51.81, net 21.81
Bet: $30, Grossed 51.88, net 21.88.
So in the past two months, I have made about $81.50.
Last year, I did a single 10% bet, and netted 163. If I make just 125 per 10% bet, I'll end up at $400 or so, total.
Holy fuck. Don't enter the contest starting January 1st. People lose their holiday weight too easily.
Just finished round 1 of contest #3.
Entry: $12.50
Winnings: $13.22
Net: $0.72
December: Just won $26.16 (net $13.66) in round 2.
