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Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds

Posted by timothy on from the can't-be-more-than-a-hundred-and-ninety-seven dept.

reifman writes The CDC reports that 69% of adult Americans are overweight or obese. Techies like us are at increased risk because of our sedentary lifestyles. Perhaps you even scoffed at Neilsen's recent finding that some Americans spend only 11 hours daily of screen time. Over the last nine months, I've lost 30 pounds and learned a lot about hacking weight loss and I did it without fad diets, step trackers, running or going paleo. No such discussion is complete without a link to the Hacker Diet.

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  1. Re:Eat less than you burn by Thanshin · · Score: 0, Troll

    "How fricking complicated is it to eat less than you burn?"

    Followed by a huge, complicated, wall of text.

    I suppose it's THAT complicated!

    You do know this is Slashdot, right?

    If ten minutes of reading, or simple formula, scare you, ... Well, I guess, yeah, eliminate all sugar and eat salt as you crave it. Good luck.