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Drinking strong coffee before exercising increases fat-burning, new study finds

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228 points curmudgeon22 | 2 comments | 28 Mar 21 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.44s | source
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maxrev17 ◴[28 Mar 21 17:34 UTC] No.26612281[source]▶
Be interested to see a percentage increase in fat burning (I.e. is it worth nailing a coffee or not if you are a big fat coder looking to shift a few pounds)
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kec ◴[28 Mar 21 17:44 UTC] No.26612386[source]▶
Exercise is great for general fitness and can give you a slight edge in a calorie deficit but has little impact on weight loss in general. If you want to lose weight by far the easiest and most effective thing you can do is to get your diet under control.
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dbsmith83 ◴[28 Mar 21 17:53 UTC] No.26612484[source]▶
I've lost significant weight twice (~20-25 lbs). Once was purely diet with very little exercise, and the other way was way more exercise, but less diet control.

The first way made me feel tired and light-headed, and not that great overall. The second way (high exercise, a little diet control) took longer, but also makes me feel 10 years younger and pretty much as healthy as I've ever been.

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1. cseleborg ◴[28 Mar 21 18:02 UTC] No.26612574[source]▶
Thank you! Though anecdotal, it is super helpful to learn about your experience like this.
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2. watwut ◴[28 Mar 21 18:32 UTC] No.26612872[source]▶
For whatever is worth, I had similar experience. The thing, calories deficit means you are passive, tired, irritable, have problem to focus. So you are less effective at work too. How bad the irritability is for others I understood only when someone else was dieting and turned into someone constantly angry.

In addition, if you diet only, it is very easy to cause yourself annemia or other health issue. It happened to me and it actually affects life a lot. Most of sources talk about what you should not eat, but very little about how to recognize you are missing something or overdoing it.