Oh for sure the problem CAN be worked from either or, ideally, both sides (reduced calorie intake, increased calorie burn).
I'm just saying that the effort required and mental resistance is WAY skewed against the calorie burn side. To the point where, Richard Simmons' best efforts be damned, I think it's a losing case to try to make to the average American.
But too few people understand how EASY the reduced calorie intake side can be (it has its own mental resistance -- "not my beloved carbs!" -- and misconceptions -- "I can't live on salads").
I'm just viewing it as a pragmatist. If the goal is fat burn, I just focus on what they're eating.
If it had instead blown away from you, it would be a "wind wins" situation.
I know steady cardio isn't the same as HIT / HIIT (in terms of burn while active and residual effects), but still. The effort-to-calorie-burn ratio is rough.
The average American is just not willing to offset a single can of Coke by running 1.4 miles every day, let alone do enough additional work to get into a calorie deficit for the day.
Yes, they'd be better off doing sprints / HIIT (I used to do cycles of 20s sprints, 60s rest with my gymnasts in the summer. Holy shit was that hard to get past even 5 rounds). But the average American probably can't even move fast enough to get into a high intensity zone nor could they sustain it for 20s. And they'll give themselves a heart attack.
I was super-serious about my first round of keto and absolutely logged everything.
Once the ball really got rolling, I was losing about 0.5 lb per week with ZERO increase in activity level. Keto made my body willing to burn onboard fat stores so my appetite decreased and I never had to fight through hunger, even though I was def at a significant calorie deficit. It was all shockingly easy.
I have close friends / family that still think the only way to lose weight is to torture yourself by eating salads all the time, feeling hungry and miserable, and working your ass off in the gym 5-7 days a week. It's such a horrible prospect that they just don't even try to lose weight. Road seems too hard.
Keto has worked wonders for me because the ONLY effort involves being disciplined about food (which is easy for me. I'm boring; I love salmon, eggs, cheese, broccoli, avocado. Happy to eat them every day).
I wish those other people in my life would just give it a f'n try. But they just can't shake the incorrect equation:
Losing weight == really hard, miserable work
The other thing is that I view keto as a tool, but not necessarily a lifelong permanent way of eating. If you have excess fat you want to burn, do a stint of disciplined keto until you get to your target body fat percentage. Then ease up but keep monitoring. If bfp drifts back above some uncomfortable threshold, switch back to keto for a bit.
Barely. Exercise IS crucial for staying healthy but is a terrible way to try to offset calorie intake.
It was worth it!
Most of it is just being re-inflated with water due to the carbs. In a few days I'll be back into solid keto and my body will dump the excess water again.
Disciplined keto at home, fuck all enjoy yourself for a week in Nashville.
It's not officially a Bitcoin conference until handstands happen.
Just started a BLEEDING edge nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl experiment in Nashville this week.
Testing a custom board by a contributor. BIGGER screen, wider aspect ratio. MUCH EASIER TO READ!!!!
But... jiggle the setup too much and the Pi Zero crashes 🤣 (it's the camera's fault; no enclosure leaves the ribbon cable flapping around).
Stop by the SeedSigner table in the "Maker Space" workshop area of the conf to take a look (it's where all the cool kids will be).
Tiny bit of nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl progress this morning.
Continuing to work on experimental support for larger 320x240 screens.
In MOST cases, our Screen classes do an excellent job of dynamically resizing themselves to the wider aspect ratio. A LOT of care and foresight went into the UI code to make this happen. It's awesome to see it working!
But some screens had some lame hard-coded pixel values (my fault).
Standard 240x240:
Naive 320x240, keyboard width still hard-coded 🫤
Improved 320x240:
The possible matches list on the right is sized for the bip39 word that takes up the most space:
Making the UI scale gracefully opens the door to even bigger, higher resolution screens in the coming months. So while these minor spacing improvements might not seem like a big deal, it's all got me really excited!
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I made judicious use of the mute button a while ago.
Got a new wave / renewed wave of contributors pushing a couple different hardware angles. And (maybe) some of the previous roadblocks are now clear.
So... soon™️...?
Just started a BLEEDING edge nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl experiment in Nashville this week.
Testing a custom board by a contributor. BIGGER screen, wider aspect ratio. MUCH EASIER TO READ!!!!
But... jiggle the setup too much and the Pi Zero crashes 🤣 (it's the camera's fault; no enclosure leaves the ribbon cable flapping around).
Stop by the SeedSigner table in the "Maker Space" workshop area of the conf to take a look (it's where all the cool kids will be).
I'm generally keto but, yeah, the whole carnivore thing is just too much.
CARBS ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK!
Tfw your phone shoots in RAW and you post that version instead of the f'n jpeg. 😢
CARBS ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK!
I'll be in Nashville TONIGHT!
I have no plans tonight yet. DM me if you know of a thing or want to try to meet up.
Tues no plans until the evening.
Wed MPB Unconference, evening = ?
Thurs shitshow lite, then nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx's shindig.
Fri full shitshow, evening = ?
Sat shitshow but too tired to care anymore, evening = ?
Ya. Okay nostr:npub1r7psmkr4zv93xnal8un6d8hvmpsn5jvhfzn3kk38rfcel6awznks7znspg mebbe this:
A little hard to find places where you can order these in smaller quantities (no, amazon, that 12 pack is not happening).