it’s just calories in vs calories out. A better diet paired with more exercise.
Get an idea of how many calories you burn in a day (you can search for a BMR calculator to give you a ballpark), and eat less than that. I started going on runs, and eating a slightly healthier diet.
I just keep adding holes to my belt
I’ve been there, but you can definitely find hobbies that cost nothing.
Hiking/walking/running is free and good for your mental and physical health (although if you dont have appropriate footwear, I’d stick to walking).
Music production is free (if you already own a computer) with free DAWs and free plugins. This is a great way to be creative, learning music theory is also free but not super necessary
Writing is free, this can include fiction, as well as journaling. I enjoy journaling but
Software hacking is free with ghidra and x64dbg, I’ve been working through crackers, which are pieces of software written specifically to be cracked.
Programming is free and the resources to learn programming are free. If you have no experience python is super easy to jump into.
3D modelling is fun to learn and again, free. Fusion360 will give you a free license for personal use, or there are other free options. I learnt this to 3D custom designs, and your local library probably has a 3D printer to use if you want to go that route.
Your city almost certainly has a free art gallery, I love spending days at the art gallery with headphones listening to beautiful music and looking at beautiful art.
Cooking can be a fun hobby, and although not free, it’s money you were hopefully going to spend anyway, it can be fun to find new recipes and try them. And if you plan correctly and buy in bulk, you can save money this way.
Contribute to open street maps, this is free and helps the community.
Of course the more fun hobbies, and more traditional hobbies do cost money, and can get very expensive very quickly so I do understand your frustration, but finding free cheap hobbies was key to getting out of my depression and I urge you to find something, these suggestions may not be right for you but it just shows there are options
No and no
there are many apps that will let you do this. I use an app called IP Webcam
Amazon. Fuck Amazon.
There’s a pretty distinct difference between eating eggs, and egg being an ingredient
you have great taste don’t let anyone tell you otherwise
Why would I use other platforms?
“pretty small”, it’s like 2 Canada’s.
I started running to lose some weight recently. And I genuinely enjoy it.
It’s alone time, time to think, or listen to an album or podcast and just be alone.
I enjoy the progress I’m seeing. Every week I can run further than I could the last week, every week gets easier and faster, and beating my pb is a real endorphin rush. Every week I weigh less than I did the previous week.
I enjoy feeling proud of myself. It would be so easy to sit on the couch and watch Netflix. Or play a silly little video game. And that’s what most people do. I enjoy not being most people. I enjoy putting in the work to better myself.
I enjoy pushing myself. When my legs burn and I don’t think I can run anymore, but I push through that and run another kilometer. the runners high is real. Not comparable to a fun drug, but still feels good.
So yeah, I’m not a fitness guy, but working out definitely has it’s place and can be enjoyable
It definitely is a good choice for some people, I wouldn’t give my mother in law an Android device.
But the iphone as a platform is inferior because it can do less (although Android is definitely headed in a similar direction)
You know those Irwin quick clamps that are very popular, blue and yellow quick release clamps. I have a bunch of them and they’re fine.
I also have a bunch of “craftright” clamps. Same thing, but the clamping force feels so much higher, the Irwin clamps are what I use if I’ve run out of my cheap knockoff clamps
these platforms have the know how to deal with spam and they will be incentivised to share that tech with other federated instances.
Based on what? These private companies aren’t going to share anything because they owe it to their shareholders not to.
I dont think any of your points are wrong, it’s just the association with Facebook people are anti. The fediverse has a great reputation for being completely removed from profit motive driven mega corporations. Facebook joining is gonna make people question the fediverse is my understanding.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but having a name for a Lemmy user is cringe.
What are you gonna ask someone at a party if they’re a lemming? They’re gonna look at you like wtf are you talking about.
It has big “the narwhal bacons at midnight” vibes.
Another vote for connect. It’s my current go to after trying jerboa, liftoff, summit, and thunder. Although thunder is a close second.
Yes absolutely! I like that I can basically catch up on all Lemmy content in an hour or so. It means I don’t spend hours mindlessly scrolling (like I did with reddit) and gives me more time to do something more meaningful
Australian here, never met anyone who boils tap water before drinking it. Some people have filtered water taps installed but our tap water is usually pretty great, I drink probably 2-3 litres of it a day
MattKC has a lot of great content, he patched Lego Island a while ago to make it playable on modern systems
If you eat less calories than you burn, you will lose weight. That’s just science - that works universally. I don’t really think these fad diets are a good way to view health. There’s a lot more to a healthy diet than just losing weight - your body needs carbohydrates, in fact carbs should be your primary source of calories and foregoing all carbs isn’t a healthy way to lose weight.