How I Lost Weight, Avoiding Information Overload, and More (BSP-379)

[@Lyvvie]

I did a news detox years ago because I was watching the hourly updates and politics between three continents at one point and that was burning me out. I also had to dial back on some my activism because, as you said, I have not got the capacity to care about all of the things all the time. If we spread ourselves too thin we'll crack. I used to walk a lot more but the weather is pretty harsh here and I refuse to walk in the rain - I absolutely hate wet feet in shoes. I could join a gym again, though - my old one closed during Covid and I've not bothered to find a new one. Maybe it's time.

[@vica7667]

Congratulations Bandrew! You look great 😎 Victor Aragon

[@SylvereNazaire]

Your podcast "detox" inspired me. I didn't do the exact same, because I don't listen to that many podcasts. However, after seeing it, I decided that whenever I thought about going to KZbin Shorts, I'm going to instead pick up a book, pick up my guitar, or pick up my trombone. Thank you, Bandrew.

[@jeremyg2245]

Wow. the Vintage 67 sounds amazing! Great podcast, and so happy to hear about your weight loss journey.

[@bsp]

Jeremy - thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on the 67. I was pleasantly surprised when I started using it too. And thank you for the kind words.

[@fredoverflow]

Me: If I had a microphone for every push up I do daily... Bandrew: Hold my gear

[@feelfreetodeviate]

HA! My family makes fun of me all the time because I constantly tell them that I think it's important to embrace discomfort of all sorts. The process of warming up after being SUPER cold is amazing and rewarding. Literally. It's like a reward for suffering for a little while. Anyway, good one. Also, congrats on sobriety.

[@taylorsharp5928]

Man that JZ 67 sounds so natural. Impressive. Keep up the good work staying healthy!

[@murraystechtime8530]

Another great podcast/video, thanks for the information and entertainment. I'll be watching you next week, enjoy your off time and thanks for sharing...

[@meistudiony]

I forget the exact statistic but it was something like people today take in more information in a day or a week than people 2000 years ago took in, in their entire life. Crazy either way. I dunno, i really enjoy the modern comforts of the 2020s. I can fix things around the house by 3D printing parts. (Esp in the studio). And the studio is in a way better place than it was back in the 1990s (wow i feel old now… studios been open since 97 or 98) yikes. Ill crawl in a hole now. Great episode!

[@techmed-rainer]

Danke!

[@45KevinR]

Another interesting episode of "Bandrew Rants". 😂. Though you didn't quite go there, but it felt funny. Perhaps "Bandrew Expounds"...?

[@hydroponicgard]

Whole losing weight thing, reminded me of going to nutritionist for diets. I lost ~20kg (44lb) in about a year or 2, just cuz I didn't eat specific stuff that she listed to evade. Nowadays I am just doing exercises n evading junk food and snacks, and also eating fruit at least once a day. Stay healthy, people!

[@PileOfEmptyTapes]

Bandrew, maybe see whether you can't dig up a FiiO M3K somewhere still. No hiss, and you can run Rockbox on it. After evaluating its suitability (I did have to use the font converter to get the Unifont on there in a size I can actually read - I absolutely needed a system font with good CJK coverage), I bought another as a spare since I knew that stock would run out eventually (spoiler: it did) and I remembered how Sansa Clip+ used prices had gone up to more than new level once that was discontinued. Good inexpensive Rockbox-capable players just don't grow on trees. PS - information overload doesn't just affect _us._ I swear the poor YT algorithm is a bit overwhelmed with my 1000+ subs, it constantly seems to be missing some new videos. (Hey, this account is basically old enough to drive, and it's not like I have too much of a life.)

[@JimKinkade]

You look great. I also noticed and was going to make a comment about how you’ve lost weight. Good job! 👍

[@paulheartsongs]

Great work, Bandrew. As always!! Now I want pizza...

[@hydroponicgard]

On topic of the Sandisc Clip n the Shanling M0: I presume, that the clip uses a really low end (few tens of mhz) CPU, hence there's no support for lossless, and gives you a long battery life. The hissing is most likely interference/unshielded DAC/Jack. Shanling can do lossless, so it needs a bit stronger CPU to decode the lossless files, hence the battery is weaker. I'd personally not use any of the DAPs that aren't android based, due to my library being ~400GB of music at this rate, and many of these small "nuggets" are prone to crashing with such libraries.

[@justheathers]

I love being able to read more books and not being distracted by other things 📚

[@bsp]

I'm so glad you're able to find the time to read books and avoid distraction. You work so hard, you deserve it! Keep being awesome Heather!

[@MagicCyclops]

My buddy Mark makes those copperphone microphones

[@Ralf-CGN]

Rudi: the first one is right :)

[@KontrolStyle]

totally looking great! this mic sounds bad to my ears - the highs hurt

[@stuartsmith5146]

“… feels so comfy like putting on a really well fitting Italian suit - er…hoodie, and pouring a great scotch - er… cup of coffee…”

[@LTPottenger]

I lost 100 lbs doing a 72-96h fast every week. This will let you lose weight without slowing the metabolism.

[@Touma134]

4 miles a day wasn't too bad then I heard you say 200 push ups and man that was a shock. Do you just hammer them all out in one session or split through the day?

[@bsp]

8 sets of 25 through out the day. I started by doing sets of 10 to get to 30 in a day, then sets of 15 to get to 90 a day. Then 4 sets of 25 to 100. 6 sets, and now 8 sets. Just breaks up the day and when I'm stressed because of work, put in 25 and it relieves that a bit.

[@Touma134]

​@bsp sounds much more reasonable. Regardless of how you got those 200 I'm impressed.

[@45KevinR]

Agreed, walks 4 miles = reasonable, 200 pushups = 😮😮😮 🎉 Most of us would probably struggle to do several.

[@Dracomies]

First!

[@bsp]

My dude! PS: I've been loving the thumbnails and content you've been producing. The mic comparisons, the EDC stuff, the travel tips, the budget stuff. It's like a channel made for everything I like!

[@Dracomies]

Awesome! Glad to hear it!!! Yeah I was afraid that putting all 3 together would be bad but I'm just going to do it ROFL! Thank you for the kind words!@@bsp

[@Alexandra-Rex]

I think being dogged is a very different thing.