"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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Hunger-Killing Tips

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I'm beginning a cut pretty soon. Before anyone says anything, yes I know I have to be in a calorie deficit. What methods/tools do you guys use to reduce hunger and the temptation to cheat when you're in a calorie deficit? Please let me know, thanks.
 

"How I Made Sure No Woman Ever Friend-Zoned Me Again"

She calls you when her car breaks down. When she needs help moving. When some guy she's actually dating treats her badly.

You're the listener. The reliable one. The guy who would treat her so much better, if she'd just open her eyes.

She won't. You trained her to see you as the low-effort option — the friend who requires zero risk and zero investment. Every favor dug the hole deeper.

The "22 Rules" break the pattern. You'll stop auditioning for a role she already cast and become the man she chases instead. It starts with Rule 1.

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dieting/cutting brought me down from around 35% body fat to 25% body fat.

it did absolutely nothing after that, and i could not get rid of my gorilla torso until I introduced the walking machine on an incline

with the incline walking I eat what I want within reason, and still lose B/F every week

cook a bag of brocolli every other day to pick at
 

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Along with your diet, OP, take a solid Magnesium Glycinate supplement.

It's the most bio-available oral form of magnesium out there. It helps with sugar cravings like you wouldn't believe.

Besides, an estimated 75% of Americans have a magnesium deficiency.

It's got 3,751 binding sites in the body. Very important.
Oral magnesium is not absorbed well. In fact of you take magnesium at a dose that would be effective orally all that will happen is you will sh!t it out since it stimulates bowel movements.

Magnesium is meant to be taken in transdermally through the skin. It's why bathing in ocean waters and the dead sea seem to help with chronic health conditions...it has very high levels of magnesium which are absorbed through the skin.

Magnesium oil, aka Magnesium Chloride is the most effective form of magnesium and by far the quickest way to get your levels up to normal.

95% of people are magnesium deficient and the majority of the people taking oral magnesium are still deficient.
 

"She Laughed All Night. Then She Ghosted You. Here's Why."

Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Eat high satiety foods. Among the highest on the list are oatmeal and boiled potatoes. Also maintain a high protein intake. That helps quell hunger.
 

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It’s easier to cycle carbs and do things like IMF than to worry about calorie deficit. During cuts I just cut carbs. Works every time.
Newer studies have actually shown you lose more weight on a high carb diet than on a low carb diet. It increases insulin sensitivity and various other metabolic functions that help with weight loss.

A lot of weight being lost on keto diets is glycogen and water.
 

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Also drinking a lot of water and staying hydrated keeps you from overeating. A lot of times people think they are hungry when it's really their brain misinterpreting thirst for hunger.
 

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Newer studies have actually shown you lose more weight on a high carb diet than on a low carb diet. It increases insulin sensitivity and various other metabolic functions that help with weight loss.
No.

The formula is less calories in then burned. How a person gets there doesn’t really matter. The difference is that healthy protein and fat sources are usually greater in nutritional profile and considerably more satiating than carbohydrates are.
 

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No.

The formula is less calories in then burned. How a person gets there doesn’t really matter. The difference is that healthy protein and fat sources are usually greater in nutritional profile and considerably more satiating than carbohydrates are.
This study says otherwise. Also probably 70% of people are in a constant state of dehydration and oftentimes their body is giving them thirst signals they take as hunger signals. Drinking water is the best satiety method out there for multiple reasons.

 

"So, What Do You Do for Fun?"

She asks it casually, mid-sip. And you feel the floor open up, because the honest answer is work, gym, and a couple shows you're half-watching.

Women rarely say this out loud, but a man with a life is attractive before he says a word. The guy who spent Saturday deep-sea fishing and came back with photos and a story — he walks in already interesting.

The "22 Rules" pushed me to build a life worth talking about. Turns out the fastest way to be interesting to women is to be interested in your own life first.

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This study says otherwise. Also probably 70% of people are in a constant state of dehydration and oftentimes their body is giving them thirst signals they take as hunger signals. Drinking water is the best satiety method out there for multiple reasons.

That is one poor study that is also misleading. No one would classify 140 g of carbohydrates as a “high carb” diet. We will add that to the pseudo science pile.

If you eat less than you burn, you lose weight. The goal is to maximize nutrition in those calories while staying satiated. For most people, low carb works well due to its simplicity.
 

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That is one poor study that is also misleading. No one would classify 140 g of carbohydrates as a “high carb” diet. We will add that to the pseudo science pile.

If you eat less than you burn, you lose weight. The goal is to maximize nutrition in those calories while staying satiated. For most people, low carb works mostly due to its simplicity.
You know what works much better than constantly restricting calories over a long period of time?

Fasting fully for 24-30 hours twice a week(or 60-65 hours once a week) and then eating normally(with one cheat day) the other days. Burn almost pure fat on those days instead of 50/50 muscle and fat at best, resets leptin levels and revs thyroid to burn fat more efficiently and you will get to where you want to go a lot quicker.
 

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You know what works much better than constantly restricting calories over a long period of time?

Fasting fully for 24-30 hours twice a week(or 60-65 hours once a week) and then eating normally(with one cheat day) the other days. Burn almost pure fat on those days instead of 50/50 muscle and fat at best, resets leptin levels and revs thyroid to burn fat more efficiently and you will get to where you want to go a lot quicker.
Ok? I said very clearly less calories in then burned = weight loss. Fasting uses that same formula.
 
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