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A Traders Diet (What do you eat?)

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Perhaps Big Mike should start a "Big Mike's Biggest Loser Contest" with weekly weigh ins?

Lol, as usual there will be cheats

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Perhaps Big Mike should start a "Big Mike's Biggest Loser Contest" with weekly weigh ins?

Everybody with a weight over 190 pounds should be obliged to select a user name starting with "Fat", and have her/his body mass index regularly published on every Sunday in the newly created thread: Body Management for Traders.

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Everybody with a weight over 190 pounds should be obliged to select a user name starting with "Fat", and have her/his body mass index regularly published on every Sunday in the newly created thread: Body Management for Traders.

lol, Unless you're higher than 6,1

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Breakfast = Coffee + Beef Space Raiders crisps



Lunch time = more coffee + Beef Space Raiders crisps

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Lol, as usual there will be cheats

Will I have to register as a Vendor? I am offering you all the ultimate weight loss program for the low low price of $99.00

I will have to create one of those 1 page websites with 10 years of backtesting, but I am sure it is no problem!

Rule #1
Don't eat like a pig

Rule #2
Exercise or be active (Daily!)

Oh, Rule #3
Have good genetics

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Will I have to register as a Vendor? I am offering you all the ultimate weight loss program for the low low price of $99.00

I will have to create one of those 1 page websites with 10 years of backtesting, but I am sure it is no problem!

Rule #1
Don't eat like a pig

Rule #2
Exercise or be active (Daily!)

Oh, Rule #3
Have good genetics

lol, can you make me a discount for Rule #3 sounds like backtesting on NT

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Breakfast = Coffee + Beef Space Raiders crisps

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Lunch time = more coffee + Beef Space Raiders crisps

Looks absolutely disgusting, will beat any Currywurst.

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Will I have to register as a Vendor? I am offering you all the ultimate weight loss program for the low low price of $99.00

I will have to create one of those 1 page websites with 10 years of backtesting, but I am sure it is no problem!

Rule #1
Don't eat like a pig

Rule #2
Exercise or be active (Daily!)

Oh, Rule #3
Have good genetics

Rule #1 -> False, should read "Don't eat pigs".
Rule #2 -> Only partly true, exercise is not enough, it is more important to avoid physically inactive periods at any time of the day
Rule #3 -> that is what the Nazis tried, and I am not really a fan of their methods

Also the most important thing is not to waste the time, we've got here. Avoid quarreling, be in sync with your environment. I remember the 1st chapter of Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers", which tries to explain the good health of the inhabitants of a Pennsylvanian village called Roseto. See below

The New Englander: Malcolm Gladwell, Social Capital, the 'Roseto Effect,' and Lowell

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BMI is a poor measurement - it was created over a hundred years ago. Today, a number of methods can measure body composition much more accurately. If your doctor still references BMI, find yourself a new doctor.
There is a condition I like to call skinny fat: "normal weight" person who fits into "normal" size clothes but carrying a high percentage of bodyfat.
The majority of thin and inactive people fall into the skinny fat category. They often are not healthier than the "overweight" person who is cardiovascular fit and runs half marathons.

Back on topic: cleaning up my diet and lifestyle has directly contributed to my trading success over the past year. I have a much more positive attitude and I think more clearly throughout the trading day.
I use a number of strategies to maintain a healthy diet. 1. Always eat a solid breakfast. I eat some variation of low fat omelet. I prep the ingredients at the start of the week so I can whip up breakfast in a short period of time. 2. Eat 5- 6 meals a day 3. Consume the bulk of my non fibrous carbs following weight training sessions 4. Use protein shakes for the mid morning , mid afternoon meals. Saves time, and keeps me light, energetic throughout trading session.
Specific details vary on whether I'm trying to build muscle or lean out, but I never find myself hungry.

When I worked on an institutional trading floor, we would discuss what we were going to order for lunch, shortly after finishing breakfast! I remember some great feasts but that environment made it impossible to be healthy.


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Everybody with a weight over 190 pounds should be obliged to select a user name starting with "Fat", and have her/his body mass index regularly published on every Sunday in the newly created thread: Body Management for Traders.


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Hey Big Mike,

I've been thinking about you..........thinking about what might be the most useful information I could share with you......

Here's my 2 cents........

Just as you made ATM trading systems a "hobby" of yours........do likewise with health research.

This is a huge never ending endeavour......undoing the habits of a lifetime is NOT an easy thing to do.

The first thing I would recommend is start with educating yourself about water........this is no small thing.

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The second thing I would recommend that you focus on is sleep.......also no small thing. Eating within 2 hours of going to bed is not a good idea.....your sleep will not be truly restful as your body is trying to deal with all the food you just put in it.

Remember......this will be the beginning of a journey.....one step at a time. You can not change overnight...... the changes will have to be made incrementally.

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