How I Managed My Hunger and Improved My Diet

The saying, "You are what you eat," rings true when it comes to our health. The food we consume fuels everything we do, be it work, hobbies, or day-to-day living. Whether it's mental acuity or physical strength you're after, it all traces back to your diet.

If you're still not convinced, let me share my food journey with you.

I didn't always have a problem with my diet. Like many of us, I grew accustomed to my eating habits. If there didn't seem to be any immediate issues with my diet, why should I bother fixing something that wasn't broken?

My dietary journey began when I started researching blue zones – areas where people tend to live exceptionally long lives. My partner and I were intrigued to discover that most residents of these zones followed primarily vegetarian diets, with occasional additions of meat or fish. Noticing this, we decided to incorporate mostly vegetarian foods into our meals. Although I've oscillated between vegetarianism and veganism over the years, I often felt very hungry on these diets. In fact, when I resumed a vegetarian diet, I wasn't feeling my best and noticed increased hunger compared to when I was on an omnivorous diet.

The next phase of my journey was prompted by an unexpected change. Despite not gaining a significant amount of weight after switching my diet, I felt softer, as if I was losing muscle and gaining fat. Dissatisfied with this shift, I turned to the advice of Stephen Zimm, a prof...

How I Maintained a Regular Exercise Regime for Over 2 Years

Let me tell you a bit about myself. In my other post, I talked about how I went from being a carb-addicted maniac to eating high-protein foods and thriving from it!

Well, another thing you might not know about me, which is a common trait among all of us humans, is the natural tendency we have to avoid exercise. I read 'Exercised' by Daniel Lieberman, and I really recommend this book to anyone else that hates exercise. I found it really motivating and not at all condescending towards those who did not exercise regularly or didn't like it. The long story short is that exercise was something we basically never evolved to do because it expends precious calories. However, as our society evolved and calories became abundant, we, as humans, never really adapted to this as we are still "evolved" to conserve calories. So, knowing this made me feel a lot less guilty about my exercise-aversion.

What really motivated me to start exercising regularly was having a goal that felt genuinely important and came from within me. During the time that I decided to participate in regular exercise, it was during the pandemic, and I was starting to feel sluggish from the lack of movement while being in lockdown. I also was doing something very difficult and mentally taxing at this time: I was learning a new language. I needed to learn it to at least B2 proficiency, fluent in other words. This was not at all an easy task, as any of you w...

How I improved my sleep and my Fitbit sleep score - 12 tips 😴

At some point in my mid-to-late twenties, I realised that my sleep isn't what it used to be. I first remember noticing something isn't quite right when I got my Fitbit and consistently had higher-than-average light sleep and lower-than-average deep sleep and REM. I would often wake up early in the morning and not be able to fall back asleep. My Fitbit sleep score would be poor, hovering somewhere between 68 and 75.

After a lot of trial and error, I developed some strategies that helped me get my deep and REM sleep back to normal. The main question that I asked myself throughout this process was: If I lived in a tribal society 10,000 years ago, would this be natural for me? If the answer was yes, I'd try that change. I now have, according to Fitbit, perfectly average amounts of deep sleep and REM. My sleep score is usually somewhere between 77 and 84 and it's been steadily going up month after month. More importantly, I wake up fully rested and find it easy to get out of bed in the morning. Here are the winning techniques.

How to improve your sleep

• Don't use an alarm clock. I know that not everyone has the same luxury but I have relatively flexible working hours so unless there's an early flight to catch, I let my body wake up when it needs to. Waking up to a jarring alarm sound elevates your stress levels - your ancestors would most likely be abruptly woken if they or their family were in physical...

foodie beauty and her take on hungry fat chick/HFC/Candy's carnivore diet + why Chantal will never lose weight

So I was watching Chantal talk about the carnivore diet and how unhealthy she thinks it is (essentially criticizing Candy). Candy has already lost 40+ pounds in 4 weeks while on this diet. That is definitely not a small feat at all! she has also said that she plans on incorporating more veggies into her diet (going more "ketovore") as she said, and honestly, despite what my personal opinions are about this diet, I am super proud of her and cheering her on! no matter the method you use, losing weight is no easy feat, especially when you have a food addiction. So props to her!

I remember a small little line Chantal said. "is it healthy to eat steak and butter everyday? You can't even enjoy your food". Which I think that line really shows her thought process and why she will never lose weight. I get that food can be enjoyed and that you should enjoy your food. However, it appears to me Chantal ahem REALLY enjoys her food. That is, she basically derives all of her dopamine from food and not much else.

my take

I think the more healthy way to think about food (especially in this day and age) is of it as a type of fuel and trying to eat as much nutrient dense food as you can. Will it always be lighting up your brain like a 4th of July evening? no. But that's what normal food is. It's not overly palatable and hyper satiating. It's just...well it's delicious and yo...

Foodie Beauty's bittersweet return

Foodie Beauty's views are now starting to come back, surprising everyone who really believed (myself included) that her channel was on the downturn. What was the new shocking video about? well....it's official, FoodieBeauty has been diagnosed with type two diabetes. An absolutely devastating and difficult to control disease. This is quite sad, although personally, I never quite liked her so I don't feel that much sympathy. Let me be clear I'm not a psychopath that is happy about the news, I do find it sad, but at the end of the day, she is living the consequences of her actions. Her audience, doctors, literally everyone has been telling her this was inevitable.

In honor of (???) Foodie beauty's return I wanted to talk a little bit about type 2 diabetes that might be interesting to the readers

Diet, exercise and fasting are all great ways to reduce blood sugar. The ultimate goal is to lose weight, however, exercise, which i don't see mentioned often, increases blood glucose uptake due to up regulation of glut4 receptors on myocytes. I say that because I often see people might want to ignore exercise because "you can't outrun a bad diet" and while this is true, exercise serves other purposes than simple calorie burning. For more info, I definitely recommend checking out exercised by daniel lieberman. it's one of my favorite books about exercise and I definitely think it can be encouraging to the average person.

People seem to be shocked...

Delicious Post-Workout Milkshake Recipe

My girlfriend and I are pretty active and drink this shake almost daily, it keeps you full for hours.

Ingredients:

• 1 extremely generous, overflowing spoon of smooth peanut butter
• 2 measures of whey protein powder (~70g or ~2.5oz)
• 2 generous teaspoons of cocoa powder
• 2-3 bananas
• 750ml or 0.2 gallons of milk

Mix all the ingredients in a blender and drink immediately or keep in the fridge for later. Serves two.

Fun fact, this recipe was invented by a friend of ours who is an orthopedist in Germany, so technically speaking it was invented by a doctor. It's similar in composition to Plumpy'nut, which is used to treat cases of severe malnutrition.

Foodie Beauty rushes back to Kuwait after cheating scandal

Foodie Beauty (chantal marie) had recently returned to canada in order to acquire treatment for her diabetes, which had gotten out of hand (her blood sugar was well into the 400s).

Initially she was planning on staying for even a year or so as she waited to get a family doctor (although I have a lot of questions as to how she was planning on maintaining her blood sugar, or why she didn't get treatment in Kuwait, remains a mystery) but now she is rushing back to Kuwait after it came out that her "husband" was cheating

so yeah, gotta keep him on a tight leash I guess. That's the root of a healthy marriage right?

The Meaty Prison: Are We Truly In Control of Our Bodies?

When we speak about our bodies, we often refer to them as if they are something we possess and control. However, I argue that we are actually spirits trapped inside a "meat prison."

Here's why: Our bodies dictate our every move, from our basic physiological needs like eating, drinking, and relieving ourselves, to more complex actions such as experiencing mood swings and cravings due to hormonal fluctuations. While we may make choices about what we eat or drink, these choices are ultimately driven by our bodies' needs, not our own free will.

If we neglect our bodies' demands, our "meat prison" will punish us with sickness and disease. We cannot decide to eat a month's worth of food in one sitting and then not eat for the rest of the month. Our bodies simply won't allow it. Even if we consume enough nutrition to sustain ourselves for months or years, we remain imprisoned in our flesh.

Despite our best efforts to care for our bodies, we are still beholden to their limitations. We cannot fly or breathe underwater without the aid of technology. We cannot regrow limbs or organs once they are lost. In many ways, we are prisoners inside our own bodies.

However, some might argue that we do have agency over our bodies through healthy habits like exercise and eating well. I argue that these choices are not truly made out of free will. Our habits are shaped by external factors like education and the influence of gut bacteria...

How I manage to take 10,000 steps a day

Taking 10,000 steps a day is not just a number—it's a commitment to longevity. Regular walking strengthens the heart, aids in weight management, and boosts energy levels, while also reducing the risk of chronic diseases. This daily goal encourages consistency, promoting a healthier and potentially longer life. — ChatGPT

You may already have a fairly good idea about the benefits of taking ten thousand steps a day. This article, then, will be more about the how rather than the why. Let's be honest, ten thousand is a lot of steps and if you're just getting started with a more active lifestyle, the number may seem overwhelming. What follows are some tricks and strategies I use to average more than 10,000 steps a day in most weeks. Before we start, I recommend these two articles if you want to know more about why taking ten thousand steps a day is a good idea:

• Association of Daily Step Count and Intensity With Incident Dementia in 78 430 Adults Living in the UK
• Prospective Associations of Daily Step Counts and Intensity With Cancer and Cardiovascular Disease Incidence and Mortality and All-Cause Mortality

All right, let's get started.

Monitor your steps

This may seem obvious, but it bears stating: you can't control what you can't measure. The first step to getting to t...

#The unhinged series is my favorite series

So one of my favorite youtubers has begun an uncringed series and I fucking love it. I am a glutton for punishment and I love/hate a good cringe and boy does it deliver.

check out this video of this dude at a gym trying to pick up a lady, it's so horrifyingly cringy and just awful at every turn. You'll struggle legitimately to watch it without having to pause so I am so glad in this video we can go back to Charlie's comments every once in awhile. Otherwise I would've just straight up died.

Also why are all the creeps at the gym? Bruh, people go there to work out not socialize and somehow ALL the creeps end up there!?

Also it's always middle aged dudes, wtf is happening with human men, there is a midlife crisis pandemic, and I think that #WHO should look into this before people get hurt (if they haven't already)