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Charles Byrne lives up the the 'canny operator' monikerPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostFor the first time in my hitherto charmed existence I am faced with having to go on a mini-diet. Need to lose about 5 kilo to be ready for the beaches from St Tropez to Tramore.
Since about August I've added a whopping 14 kilos. Technically I'm not yet overweight, as before I was at the bottom of the healthy weight range and now I'm at the top. But the trend is clearly not my friend. The two main problems - I used to mainly get my exercise from walking while smoking, now sadly gone, and as a result of stopping smoking I appear to have started gorging myself on sugar.
My thinking is - easily gained, easily enough lost. I've now started doing 10k steps a day, including a few km jog. And have cut out about 500 calories per day that I was previously eating. Is that approximately it in terms of things that need to be done? Don't want to get into crap like meal planning etc.
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post
14kg since August is 900g per week. Which is about 1000cal a day surplus on average (1lb = 500cal/d).
So 500cal cut out everyday is half the battle.
The relative impact of 10k steps depends on what you’ve been averaging since august. 10k is the high end of normal. To knock another 500cal a day of activity, you probably have to add some exercise a few times a week."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Solks is correct. High intensity exercise great for burning cals and continue burning at a higher rate for hours afterwards.
Any activity is good though, sometimes its handy just to go for a long walk and not think.about it too much. Try and incorporate some hills though.
Build muscle - as it burns more cals per pound than fat.
Ditch the weighing scales when building muscle though.(you will look better but still weigh the same as you gain in muscle and lose fat)
Its 90% how much and what you eat of course.
There have been studies done that indicate the body is always trying to get back to its heaviest weight so not as simple as "easy to put on so easy to lose"
GP - "so hows your excercise plan going"
HH- "Grand, I get most of my excercise walking while smoking"
GP - throws hands in air, surrenders medical licence and goes to live on an island somewhere
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
Thanks! Is it as simple as - if I was taking 1000cal extra a day, then I need to both cut that 1000cal and a few hundred cal more if I want to lose weight? My exercise was close to zero before, so some website suggested that 10,000 steps, done vigorously, equals 500cal. So thats the 1000cal hopefully reached.
Are the steps “10k extra” or 10k total measured via watch/phone. If extra then yeah, it’s be 500. But if total, you’d have to discount the 5000 or so steps you were probably picking up without trying.
If you were eating 1000 extra, should prob try cut it back to zero. Then use the steps for loss/exercise.
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Originally posted by dinekes View Post@HH
Solks is correct. High intensity exercise great for burning cals and continue burning at a higher rate for hours afterwards.
And would probably burn less than 10km steps depending on stride length.
When walking/running it pretty much comes down to distance.
Build muscle - as it burns more cals per pound than fat.
Ditch the weighing scales when building muscle though.(you will look better but still weigh the same as you gain in muscle and lose fat)
And that kilo will need thousands of extra calories in the first place.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostFor the first time in my hitherto charmed existence I am faced with having to go on a mini-diet. Need to lose about 5 kilo to be ready for the beaches from St Tropez to Tramore.
Since about August I've added a whopping 14 kilos. Technically I'm not yet overweight, as before I was at the bottom of the healthy weight range and now I'm at the top. But the trend is clearly not my friend. The two main problems - I used to mainly get my exercise from walking while smoking, now sadly gone, and as a result of stopping smoking I appear to have started gorging myself on sugar.
My thinking is - easily gained, easily enough lost. I've now started doing 10k steps a day, including a few km jog. And have cut out about 500 calories per day that I was previously eating. Is that approximately it in terms of things that need to be done? Don't want to get into crap like meal planning etc.
Don't stress to much when exercising as cortisol ain't good for weight loss
Weight is more hormones than calories...that much weight and sugar, you must have done something to your insulin sensitivity
Start cutting out sugar...all sugar...that includes fruit
Full fat yogurt with berries is a good transition if you need it
Fruit is fructose...goes straight to the liver
Cut carbs if you can as carbs are just sugars
You will feel like shit for a few days especially if you have been piling it in
Read about sugar and hormones to check out the above for yourself!
Someone is gonna argue with the above and go on about counting calories food pyramid etc etc but
a. The above is gonna do you good anyhu and at worse remove the excess sugar you have added...which are calories anyhu
b. Who exactly has done well out of 50 years of diet industry, food pyramid, low fat ice cream, diet coke shite apart from the diet industry
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I was referring to the 3 x15 speed work that Solks was recommending. High intensity workout> than fast walking > casual walking
Interesting on muscle burning cals - thought it was more
but definitely good to incorporate into any routine.
Obviously its nearly all down to what you eat so the simplest advice is eat less but a good excercise programme is a great motivator and does wonders for physical and mental health.
Actually need to get out myself.
Have been glued to the bed for 2 weeks. Last proper excercise was a 5k on Chtustmas day.Last edited by dinekes; 19-01-21, 13:41.
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I would argue against high intensity running if weight loss is the goal.
For a couple of reasons. First it tends to be anaerobic, which means among other things you're mostly burning your last meal as fuel. You're not tapping into fat reserves.
Second it requires significant recovery time to avoid injury meaning you could not safely do it more than twice a week.
Low heart rate low intensity aerobic running is a far better option.
Especially early morning on an empty stomach.
Fat reserves are utilised for fuel and you can do it every day if you wish with minimal recovery.
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Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
Is Energy trading your field? I think Hitch might have asked you before about your background in Economics.
I know a couple of people who went into Energy Trading, it seems like pretty interesting stuff.
GARP have a professional cert in it which I'm told is tough going.
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Originally posted by Mellor View Post5km fast walking isn’t high intensity.
And would probably burn less than 10km steps depending on stride length.
When walking/running it pretty much comes down to distance.
The extra energy it burns is not that significant. Maybe 20 cals a day per kilo.
And that kilo will need thousands of extra calories in the first place.
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In what is probably the definitive word on how little exercise we can get away with, a new study finds that a mere four seconds of intense intervals, repeated until they amount to about a minute of total exertion, lead to rapid and meaningful improvements in strength, fitness and general physical performance among middle-aged and older adults.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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I've been working remotely fulltime since March. I don't envisage ever going back to the office.
Is there anything stopping me working remotely, from say South Africa or someplace like that (better weather basically), for a month or two during the winter?Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostI've been working remotely fulltime since March. I don't envisage ever going back to the office.
Is there anything stopping me working remotely, from say South Africa or someplace like that (better weather basically), for a month or two during the winter?I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostI've been working remotely fulltime since March. I don't envisage ever going back to the office.
Is there anything stopping me working remotely, from say South Africa or someplace like that (better weather basically), for a month or two during the winter?
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On the weight loss stuff, I knocked off a good bit of weight for my now postponed wedding by a combo of hiit sessions and cutting out bread and pasta. Fair bit of cycling too. Was 2 stone lighter than what I started the year at the week i was supposed to get married. Put back on a few pounds over xmas but fully expect to get below my lowest by the new date. Early April which I'm not optimistic about but am in need of losing weight in general so keeping that as a target,
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostI've been working remotely fulltime since March. I don't envisage ever going back to the office.
Is there anything stopping me working remotely, from say South Africa or someplace like that (better weather basically), for a month or two during the winter?
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakHitchhiker's Guide To... are there any desktop/browser programs where you can read a paper and highlight it and it get saved for later reivew. Like in the good old days you'd spend a day printing a tree for €3 in the library and use a highlighter to mark it up to your liking. Presumably such a thing exists for chrome?
Pocket is probably what youre after, drag and drop highlights to Evernote if required
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In what is probably the definitive word on how little exercise we can get away with, a new study finds that a mere four seconds of intense intervals, repeated until they amount to about a minute of total exertion, lead to rapid and meaningful improvements in strength, fitness and general physical performance among middle-aged and older adults.
Jaysus, surely he cant be expected to have sex 15 times a day!!
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Originally posted by Gimmeabreak
thats cool - be a help. Doesn't look like I can highlight a block of text within a paper though? Or do I need premium?
Just add the article to”My List” click through to the article and highlight as you normally would.
You can see highlights under Filters
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakHitchhiker's Guide To... are there any desktop/browser programs where you can read a paper and highlight it and it get saved for later reivew. Like in the good old days you'd spend a day printing a tree for €3 in the library and use a highlighter to mark it up to your liking. Presumably such a thing exists for chrome?"We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View Post
Who are they with? ER? I think it's a really interesting market. I think there's some big efficiencies that the more nibble players can take advantage of.
I had a few roles in it fall through last year. Actually, the first time I looked at getting into it a few years ago, the company that posted the job promptly went busto. Maybe I'm just not destined for it
Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
Yeah the ERP https://www.garp.org/#!/erp
I came across it because I was considering the FRM but my job didn’t really lend itself towards studying for it.
It seems really interesting, I always thought things like weather futures were just a cool field
Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
it's a complete non issue in my opinion
They gave 120 unplanned doses that day, probably firemen, cleaners, janitors, porters, nurse etc. They'd 16 left over, 9 of those went to over 70s.,
2 of the others were the master's kids, who are medical staff at the hospital.
They called HSE for advice (with no response) as to what to do and needed to use the vials.
It was 100% a "who is handy and close" decision before they had to bin them.
Originally posted by Theresa View PostThis insufferable do gooder from my last job changed her title about 6 months ago on linked in to CAO (Chief Administration Officer), which is a dumb title anyway, but I would assume is a C-Suite level title. She is actually relatively senior which makes it all the more confusing.
All these new CXX titles around the place. You have to laugh.
Anyway, the megabank she works for handed out their yearly promotions last week. You know the kind where nothing really changes but maybe 2% uplift and another bs title change from AVP to VP or whatever other nonsense title they can think of to keep their peons happy.
So she got a promotion in this round, her title now reads, Executive Director, CAO, Megabank.
I think I'd be embarrassed but hey, different strokes.
Originally posted by Mellor View PostIm not across the economics of BTC mining and surplus power. I was just pointing that “lol Chinese coal” wasn’t accurate. As I knew that Sichuan was mainly hydro and mining most of the BTC.
Wouldn’t pumping up and dropping at peak be hydro storage? They were listed separately in the link I posted. I think the largest generators are the gravity dams in flood prone areas. Obviously there’s a degree of control. But if the dam was 100% full, wouldn’t overflow be essentially surplus potentially energy that could be used?
For example Three Gorge dam is currently has the gates wide open dumping the max constantly to prevent a breach. I don’t think that have the option of stopping for off-peak drop in demand. Which is what I think HJ was getting at. But I’m assuming, I don’t know.
In your example the overflow wouldn’t be surplus energy unless it created more than total demand at the time, otherwise the hydro power should be displacing the conventional power. Sometimes though it’s actually helpful for the grid to have demand taken off to stop surges I.e. on a heavy wind load night with little demand the grid can become unstable so the operator will curtail the wind to stop it coming on to the grid. If a bitcoiner in scale could offer thus service they would actually get paid by the grid to take power!
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Was thinking... Irish musicians should do very well out of Brexit
An awful lot of session musicians in England who travel all over Europe
There now gone so those jobs available and especially when English language involved, it should really open up to Irish musicians
+ They still (should) have full access to UK
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostFor the first time in my hitherto charmed existence I am faced with having to go on a mini-diet. Need to lose about 5 kilo to be ready for the beaches from St Tropez to Tramore.
Since about August I've added a whopping 14 kilos. Technically I'm not yet overweight, as before I was at the bottom of the healthy weight range and now I'm at the top. But the trend is clearly not my friend. The two main problems - I used to mainly get my exercise from walking while smoking, now sadly gone, and as a result of stopping smoking I appear to have started gorging myself on sugar.
My thinking is - easily gained, easily enough lost. I've now started doing 10k steps a day, including a few km jog. And have cut out about 500 calories per day that I was previously eating. Is that approximately it in terms of things that need to be done? Don't want to get into crap like meal planning etc.
I found tracking running and walking on strava helpful as you could see the calorie burn for each activity and weight it against your lunch for calories and see how they compare. Eye opening.
I think much of the advice above it good, start with something like waking to get into the habit, you can do it every day and won’t get injured. If you want to do jogging or HIIT then start at no more than 2 per week for 4 weeks and see how your body reacts.
if you can get to the stage where a steady jog of 5km is comfortable and enjoyable then you’re golden.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostI've been working remotely fulltime since March. I don't envisage ever going back to the office.
Is there anything stopping me working remotely, from say South Africa or someplace like that (better weather basically), for a month or two during the winter?"I can’t find anyone who agrees with what I write or think these days, so I guess I must be getting closer to the truth." - Hunter S. Thompson
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Seth Abramson summarises the Trump presidency.
You feel he's been waiting a while to write that one."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostRe tax and living abroad. No one will really check where you are living unless you choose to announce it somewhere."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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To the question of ranking Trump in the pantheon of worst US Presidents, The Atlantic has had a go. Worth 10 minutes of your time."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Tks for asking Willie. Moved icu to high dependancy 5.00 am today. In truth no better but no worse. Just seem to hit the run bad on this one. Lungs gunk with the pneumonia and just not responding atm. I'm in good shape though and head is in good place. 20 days on the cot now. Take no chances on it lads, I was extra careful as was main contact for folks. Who thank fuck didn't catch it.
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Originally posted by nicnicnic View PostTks for asking Willie. Moved icu to high dependancy 5.00 am today. In truth no better but no worse. Just seem to hit the run bad on this one. Lungs gunk with the pneumonia and just not responding atm. I'm in good shape though and head is in good place. 20 days on the cot now. Take no chances on it lads, I was extra careful as was main contact for folks. Who thank fuck didn't catch it.
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Originally posted by nicnicnic View PostTks for asking Willie. Moved icu to high dependancy 5.00 am today. In truth no better but no worse. Just seem to hit the run bad on this one. Lungs gunk with the pneumonia and just not responding atm. I'm in good shape though and head is in good place. 20 days on the cot now. Take no chances on it lads, I was extra careful as was main contact for folks. Who thank fuck didn't catch it.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostSomeone and I can't remember who was asking about kimchi recently. Kimchi by Jaru is very very good indeed. Although seems like a modern interpretation of the classic and lacks some of the pungency. But it's great though.
https://www.jaru.ie/kimchiandbanchan
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
I assume you have gone big Texas-style and mean 'ranch'?
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Ya I should have put " " around reunited
Sorta two members weren't they...sorta
Always hated that song and Ive just about gotten over showing up fucked to a musical festival in The Netherlands late 90's to walk around a corner and be confronted by 100's of people walking towards us all wearing New Radicals hats
Freaky as fuck and the first few people we asked WTF was going on either didn't speak English or couldn't understand the mangled shit coming out of us
People at the other gate handing them out apparently... fuck that "band"
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Originally posted by Elshambles View PostWas thinking... Irish musicians should do very well out of Brexit
An awful lot of session musicians in England who travel all over Europe
There now gone so those jobs available and especially when English language involved, it should really open up to Irish musicians
+ They still (should) have full access to UK
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Interested to see how it affects young Irish talent. I hear the young Rovers lad Zefi is off to Inter Milan.
Hope it works out for him!
Links to English clubs or Celtic for LOI clubs is gonna happen anyway
Dixie Deans Granddaughter (and her fella who writes for the Echo) was involved in getting this off the ground
Tbh I always thought a lot of LOI lads would be better off in European leagues than lower league England anyway
The lads here who would suit lower league football are all playing GAA or RugbyLast edited by Guest; 19-01-21, 22:43.
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Originally posted by Degag View Post
I was kinda thinking it was as simple as that too. But maybe not?
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Max Tegmark is the most recent guest on the Lex Friedman podcast Opr & SP shared, he has a new site for filtering news using political & establishment bias sliders.
Not the nicest UI so probably not going to use it frequently but interesting to mess around with: https://www.improvethenews.org
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