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- Oct 2, 2017
Seems like there's several threads for larger ongoing issues you might encounter in life, so figured it'd be fun to have a smaller discussion for things you could do within a week to change your life for the better.
I recently watched Australia's Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley in which 30 people with varying ranges of obesity, apnea and lack of sleep partook. The vast majority suffered from amnesia for one reason or another, and sticking to this new study-based schedule for 2 weeks reduced most of their issues to "technically cured" of apnea, amnesia etc. They called it bedtime restriction therapy or something. Basically if you lay down for 8 hours but sleep for 4, they limit you to only lay down for those 4 hours. If you can't sleep, tough shit. Eventually you can, and then they add on 30 mins in each end until you reach that ~7.5 hr normal sleep time. A guy was reduced from 48 cases of apnea choking to 16 an hour simply by laying on his side instead of his back (left is better than right due to internal asymmetry in relation to acid reflux).
Likewise I saw a thread on Leddit titled "Ive slept 8 hours every day for 5 years" and it was more or less the exact same suggestions. Don't eat 4 hours before bed. Don't drink 2 hours before bed. Don't look at any screen 1 hour before bed. ONLY sleep in bed. ONLY associate bed with sleep. Leave your phone to charge outside the room (unless you got the willpower to have it be just out of arm's length). Don't drink coffee after 2pm. Congrats, you're now a better person with very few changes that are so good they'll have you sticking to them because you've felt what the results are like.
I fast 16-18 hours a day and I stopped even keeping stats because it has become such a normal thing for me. I go to bed completely devoid of digestion heat and risk of heartburn, and can wake later for work cause I only have to shower. No dinner no nothing. Many pro athletes work out fasting because they feel lighter and don't overheat from digestion following breakfast etc. People tell me I look thinner but I eat a lot of shit when I finally do eat, so even in that case it seems to help. Either way it's cheap and simple, can recommend. Once you're used to fasting, you'll see people break their morning "fast" by eating a fucking banana and you just wonder.. why even eat then? Stick it out to lunch.
I think this is why I hate ozempic. Not that you're so rich you can buy yourself skinny, but because you force your body to eat less, then think you've magically grown so disciplined that you'll stop the meds and magically continue to eat less, only to balloon up again. Anyway: What've you done for yourself recently?
I recently watched Australia's Sleep Revolution with Dr Michael Mosley in which 30 people with varying ranges of obesity, apnea and lack of sleep partook. The vast majority suffered from amnesia for one reason or another, and sticking to this new study-based schedule for 2 weeks reduced most of their issues to "technically cured" of apnea, amnesia etc. They called it bedtime restriction therapy or something. Basically if you lay down for 8 hours but sleep for 4, they limit you to only lay down for those 4 hours. If you can't sleep, tough shit. Eventually you can, and then they add on 30 mins in each end until you reach that ~7.5 hr normal sleep time. A guy was reduced from 48 cases of apnea choking to 16 an hour simply by laying on his side instead of his back (left is better than right due to internal asymmetry in relation to acid reflux).
Likewise I saw a thread on Leddit titled "Ive slept 8 hours every day for 5 years" and it was more or less the exact same suggestions. Don't eat 4 hours before bed. Don't drink 2 hours before bed. Don't look at any screen 1 hour before bed. ONLY sleep in bed. ONLY associate bed with sleep. Leave your phone to charge outside the room (unless you got the willpower to have it be just out of arm's length). Don't drink coffee after 2pm. Congrats, you're now a better person with very few changes that are so good they'll have you sticking to them because you've felt what the results are like.
I fast 16-18 hours a day and I stopped even keeping stats because it has become such a normal thing for me. I go to bed completely devoid of digestion heat and risk of heartburn, and can wake later for work cause I only have to shower. No dinner no nothing. Many pro athletes work out fasting because they feel lighter and don't overheat from digestion following breakfast etc. People tell me I look thinner but I eat a lot of shit when I finally do eat, so even in that case it seems to help. Either way it's cheap and simple, can recommend. Once you're used to fasting, you'll see people break their morning "fast" by eating a fucking banana and you just wonder.. why even eat then? Stick it out to lunch.
I think this is why I hate ozempic. Not that you're so rich you can buy yourself skinny, but because you force your body to eat less, then think you've magically grown so disciplined that you'll stop the meds and magically continue to eat less, only to balloon up again. Anyway: What've you done for yourself recently?
