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1. I buy useless shit because it gives me a brief moment of happiness and excitement, but later regret.
2. I'm angry all the time. I just hide it and hold it in very well. 
3. I have misophonia (and yes, it's real. Search it up).



If you require alcohol to have fun, then you have a problem

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Dulfite said:

10. I have not looked at water the same way again ever since I watched Dr. Strange love.

Preserve your precious bodily fluids from the evil communist plot of fluoridation!



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my greatest games: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

10 years greatest game event!

bets: [peak year] [+], [1], [2], [3], [4]

Ka-pi96 said:
Pemalite said:

4 - I used to be morbidly obese, 140kg/308 pounds, but with strict dieting, lots of exercise... Dropped 10kg a month until I got to about 70kg and stayed there.

Any tips? I'd love to lose 10kg in a month!

Stay away from anything that has carbs in it. Potatoes, Sugar, Wheat... And spend an hour at a Gym 5 times a week.

The end result is... I probably care more about my appearance and when/what I eat these days than I used to, which is sometimes a pain in the ass, but all these years later it's just a part of my lifestyle... And that is the key. Make it a permanent lifestyle change, not a temporary diet, it has to be sustainable, otherwise you just reverse all the hard work.




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Ka-pi96 said:
Pemalite said:

4 - I used to be morbidly obese, 140kg/308 pounds, but with strict dieting, lots of exercise... Dropped 10kg a month until I got to about 70kg and stayed there.

Any tips? I'd love to lose 10kg in a month!

You need to be truly obese first (over 150 kgs). With intense physical activity you probably will spend 4000 kcal a day on average. If you eat around 1,5k a day (eat less than this would be dangerous), then in one month you will have spent ~75k kcal, around 10 kg. However I doubt someone that obese can truly have intense physical activity enough to yield such a high caloric deficit. My bet is... 6kg a month, at best

If you are overweight, but not obese (85-100 kg) you can't lose all this in a month, you can target ~3-4kg a month



1) Icaro Ribeiro is my true name =) 

2) I'm a 26 years old Brazilian male. I'm mixed race like almost everyone here, mainly White-Hispanic (50%), Amerindian (15%), north African (10%), subsaharan african (10%) and other european minorities like Ashkenazim jewish (Yes... I've actually taken the genetic test)

3) I work as a Data Scientist and Machine Learning engineer. I have a major in System Analysis and I'm currently studying to apply into a Masters programam in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence 

4) I'm the least "tech savvy" guy to ever enter in a Computer Science programam. I don't engage much with end-user technology, I use them but I'm hardly excited for any kind of technology ""product"". I'm an engineer not a customer.  I like the principles, the theory, the maths and statistics, the models and algorithm behind things. Don't even dare to ask me what is the current iPhone in the market because I have no idea. 

5) I've tried making games and found it a miserable job, totally unfunny. I'd say even QA is less boring that game development. 

6) I have no siblings and my parents got divorced when I was 3 and I was raised in 2 different homes (4 days a week with mom, 3 days a week with dad). This was... awesome lol 

7) I live with my grandfather so he doesn't have to live alone. My grandma passed away 2 years ago. He have some mobility issues, so he needs help. Home office was a blessing for allow me to support him most of time

8) I absolutely love animes and mangas, and this helped me to break my loneliness, as I had almost no friends during middle and high school, all my friends I made were online. I keep contact with many of them over 10 years now and even met them during travels. It's fantastic.

9) I used to be christian, then spiritist. I don't know if I have any faith now, only few beliefs. Religion has no space in my life and I describe me as an theist agnostic 

10) I like kpop! Not a huge fan, but is a genre I actively listen. My favorite group is EXO, and I started to listen the genre in 2016. I've made quite a few friends and even had hook ups engaging with kpop fans lol 

11) I suffered from anorexia, it's over now as I no longer stave myself, but I still hate my overall looks. My anorexia was triggered by a strong body dismorphism that I've developed during early teenage days and never get treatment. Some days I don't recognize my own body in the mirror, it's hard 

12) I have workaholic tendencies and had burnout 3 times in my life. I've had fainting, broken ankle and suffered mental breakdown and anxiety crisis during my burnouts. I'm doing therapy to treat this

13) I'm bisexual, although have a very long time accepting my homossexual side. Only tried to engage with males last year. But also my dismorphia prevented me to feel desirable for sex, and I've lost my virginity only at age of 25

14) I never had a true girlfriend, but never looked for one either. As I'm fairly inexperienced and hope to get a few more hook ups before committing for a relationship 

15) I got sexually abused at age of 16. This made me shut down my sexual life even further. Nobody in my family knows that and I pray they never find out. I reported my abuser around 6 years after what happened, so please don't judge when people lack strength to speak now 

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Pemalite said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Any tips? I'd love to lose 10kg in a month!

Stay away from anything that has carbs in it. Potatoes, Sugar, Wheat... And spend an hour at a Gym 5 times a week.

The end result is... I probably care more about my appearance and when/what I eat these days than I used to, which is sometimes a pain in the ass, but all these years later it's just a part of my lifestyle... And that is the key. Make it a permanent lifestyle change, not a temporary diet, it has to be sustainable, otherwise you just reverse all the hard work.

The doctor put me on a no carbs diet and it fucked me over hard to a point I collapsed as in the first week I lost 15kgs and body went into shock. All I ate was salads and lean proteins. In principal I agree with you but you do need a little bit of carbs in your diet and I think ease into it is a bit safer then going cold turkey like the doctor recommended.



 

 

Ka-pi96 said:
Pemalite said:

Stay away from anything that has carbs in it. Potatoes, Sugar, Wheat... And spend an hour at a Gym 5 times a week.

The end result is... I probably care more about my appearance and when/what I eat these days than I used to, which is sometimes a pain in the ass, but all these years later it's just a part of my lifestyle... And that is the key. Make it a permanent lifestyle change, not a temporary diet, it has to be sustainable, otherwise you just reverse all the hard work.

What do you do at the gym? I'm definitely not going to a gym, but if it's exercise that I could do at home too then I can definitely do that. So far I'm just doing basic stuff, eg. push ups, sit ups etc.

IcaroRibeiro said:

You need to be truly obese first (over 150 kgs). With intense physical activity you probably will spend 4000 kcal a day on average. If you eat around 1,5k a day (eat less than this would be dangerous), then in one month you will have spent ~75k kcal, around 10 kg. However I doubt someone that obese can truly have intense physical activity enough to yield such a high caloric deficit. My bet is... 6kg a month, at best

If you are overweight, but not obese (85-100 kg) you can't lose all this in a month, you can target ~3-4kg a month

I consider myself obese based on what I look like in a mirror. I'm 65kg though, so it'll be hard to lose much that fast? I just want to look decent in time for summer!

If you are 65 kg you likely don't need to lose any weight, let alone 10. Unless you are less than 1,65 tall losing this much weight is likely to compromise you lean muscle as well. What you need to do to look better though is first gain some weight (5-6 kg), starting doing some hypertrophy training and when you hit a nice lean mass you can finally starting losing weight to look more "lean" 



1. I am left handed

2. My shoe size is 13.5, which isn't that common for my height (5.9)

3. I am "gifted" (this is what it is called nowadays ?) aka high IQ which comes up with high sensitivity

4. I can speak 5 languages, including japanese (cause I was bored once and started learning it)

5. I am a lawyer

6. I still think Shadow's take on Switch's 2020 success isn't valid



IcaroRibeiro said:
Ka-pi96 said:

Any tips? I'd love to lose 10kg in a month!

You need to be truly obese first (over 150 kgs). With intense physical activity you probably will spend 4000 kcal a day on average. If you eat around 1,5k a day (eat less than this would be dangerous), then in one month you will have spent ~75k kcal, around 10 kg. However I doubt someone that obese can truly have intense physical activity enough to yield such a high caloric deficit. My bet is... 6kg a month, at best

If you are overweight, but not obese (85-100 kg) you can't lose all this in a month, you can target ~3-4kg a month

The larger you are, the more calories you burn even at rest.
Keep in mind the height/weight ratio of some people as well, which skews things.

I was doing at-least a 10km walk every day. It wasn't unusual to walk 150km in a week. (90+ miles.)
And that is before we factor in Gym, diet and other things.

Cobretti2 said:
Pemalite said:

Stay away from anything that has carbs in it. Potatoes, Sugar, Wheat... And spend an hour at a Gym 5 times a week.

The end result is... I probably care more about my appearance and when/what I eat these days than I used to, which is sometimes a pain in the ass, but all these years later it's just a part of my lifestyle... And that is the key. Make it a permanent lifestyle change, not a temporary diet, it has to be sustainable, otherwise you just reverse all the hard work.

The doctor put me on a no carbs diet and it fucked me over hard to a point I collapsed as in the first week I lost 15kgs and body went into shock. All I ate was salads and lean proteins. In principal I agree with you but you do need a little bit of carbs in your diet and I think ease into it is a bit safer then going cold turkey like the doctor recommended.

If you increase your protein intake, your body will metabolize proteins instead to make up the shortfall.

I can't say for certain where you went wrong as I don't know you personally or your situation... But the results speak for themselves.
Never had the crash like you describe either... And this has been a lifestyle I have been on for many years and worked in some of the toughest environments on Earth.

Ka-pi96 said:

What do you do at the gym? I'm definitely not going to a gym, but if it's exercise that I could do at home too then I can definitely do that. So far I'm just doing basic stuff, eg. push ups, sit ups etc.

Mix of weights, cardio and resistance training.

The human body is actually extremely good at adapting to exercise routines... So cycling things around so you have a "Cardio day" or an "Arms day" is probably the best way to get results.

A gym is a better way to keep you motivated long term as you are paying coin for it... Plus with so many video games, if I am at home... I would rather do that. Haha

Ka-pi96 said:

I consider myself obese based on what I look like in a mirror. I'm 65kg though, so it'll be hard to lose much that fast? I just want to look decent in time for summer!

Absolutely not.

65kg at 158cm would put you in the "overweight" category, but only just barely.

Loosing 3kg would put you in the nominal range based on your BMI. (Which doesn't account for other physical attributes anyway like muscle mass, so grains of salt and all that.)

You are hardly what I would call obese though.




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Dulfite said:

13. Espresso is better than coffee.

That's the weirdest thing I've ever read on the internet