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Machine Learning meets ketosis: how to effectively lose weight (2016)

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This was great to read. I know you can't read into the loss/gain chart too deeply, but it does go along anecdotally with what I found worked for me.

Sleep length seemed to be the #1 factor for me. Even when doing everything right diet-wise, if I did not get enough nightly sleep, it would hinder my progress.

I've also had the issue of going consistently low-carb and not being able to keep it going more than a few months at a time just because the majority of my taste preferences tend to lean toward carbs. Never feeling fully satisfied eventually chips away at me, then I start doing cheat days, then I go all the way back in, sometimes worse than I started. It's just not fully sustainable for me.

There's a balance of sleep, lower carb/processed sugar intake (but not LC diet low), even slight exercise, and intermittent fasting that seems like it would be the sweet spot, but I've yet to hit it... I think I'm just not trying hard enough, especially when it comes to sleep.

Did you find sustained gains from increased sleep? I found that the increased losses are just due to the loss of carbon dioxide while sleeping. I lose 2 pounds in a typical 6 hour sleep. If I sleep 9 hours this can go up to 2.5-3.5 pounds. It took me a while to realize it was the length of sleep as it averaged out to be meaningless but had me searching for foods or activities as the cause.

If I slept 5-6 hours a night, my progress would plateau markedly. If I slept 7-10 hours a night, it would keep going at a pretty good rate. Every time I got poor sleep, my weight loss would plateau a couple of days.

I wish I had kept more data. I need to try some kind of balance/plan again. I've gained about 10 back of the 35-40 I lost. I guess the bright side is that I've kept 25-30 off for over 12-18 months at this point and am maintaining until I find the right spot for losing weight again. I've just been bad with eating habits lately.

At one point I was still sticking to the plan but only sleeping 5-6 hours a night, and I eventually got to the point where I was almost losing nothing. The moment I got back into a good 8 hour sleep schedule I was back to losing significant amounts of weight.

Machine learning has been overcrowded with copycat projects like image processors and game bots.

I think I just felt my mind expand a little.

Brilliant work, Ariel!

Thanks for sharing!

Congrats you discovered the low carb high fat diet combined with intermittent fasting. Also known as the Keto diet. Lots of similar stories on /r/Keto

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