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I’ve inad­ver­tently stum­bled onto the calo­rie cycling method of weight loss. Two days of rad­i­cally low calo­rie intakes (1300) fol­lowed by two days of “nor­mal” intakes for my desired loss (1850). I’ve seen vary­ing num­bers, but the rec­om­mended course is to use this method when your weight loss flat­tens out, I was using it because I couldn’t keep up the 1300 calo­rie day for more than a cou­ple days at a time. The goal is to con­dense your calo­ries into waves over the course of a week, so you trick body into keep­ing your metab­o­lism up even though you’re eat­ing less — short-circuiting the “star­va­tion” mechanism.

I also dis­cov­ered, finally, one rea­son why my lap­top has always had trou­ble sus­pend­ing: if Rhythmbox is play­ing when you shut the lid it won’t prop­erly sus­pend. IMO, this is a tremen­dously evil behav­ior, and I’ve stuffed my lap­top into a bag and let it nearly cook itself to death many times because of it.