Tag: Weight

Large Language Models (LLMs) are known for their extensive computational requirements. Typically, the size of a model is calculated by multiplying the number of parameters (size) by the precision of these values (data type). However, to save memory, weights can be stored using lower-precision data t...

From The Biggest Loser to My 600 Pound Life, we can’t get enough of watching other people shrink their bodies. This voyeurism says more about us than it does the people on the screen. First, let me say that I’m a Registered Dietitian, or what’s commonly known as a...

We are a nation obsessed with weight. From The Biggest Loser to My 600 Pound Life, we can’t get enough of watching other people shrink their bodies. This voyeurism says more about us than it does the people on the screen. First, let me say that I’m a Registered Dieti...

When I got divorced in 2017, I fell into a horrible depression. I have told the story many times how I lived on protein shakes for longer than I should have because cooking real food and chewing it required more energy that I could muster. Weight loss ensued. It was not my intention. It was a maj...

We are a nation obsessed with weight. From The Biggest Loser to My 600 Pound Life, we can’t get enough of watching other people shrink their bodies. This voyeurism says more about us than it does the people on the screen. First, let me say that I’m a Registered Dieti...

I don’t want to write this as a professional, although it touches on my professional life because that is who I am. I want to write this as a person who, for her entire life, has been a very sensitive person and has been often misunderstood, mocked, or put down. I know I’m not the onl...

Hong Kong’s virtual asset trading platforms are facing significant hurdles in opening bank accounts, prompting ongoing communication between Hong Kong’s banking institutions and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA). On June 19th, Eddie Yue, the Chief Executive of HKMA, acknowledged th...

I was mindlessly scrolling on TikTok the other day, going through a maze of makeup tutorials and bathroom cleaning tips, when I stumbled upon a story by the Economist that grabbed my attention like a lightning bolt. In just three minutes, their video summary, titled “The Economics of Thinness,...

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In early 2022, Jelena Katić Ujević — Head Coach at the MAP Coaching Institute (MCI), was at her heaviest at 100 kg. Everything seemed to be perfect on the outside. She was enjoying her work with the MCI, and she had just gotten married to the most wonderful person in the world. But she felt ...

In Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity, the Earth’s gravitational acceleration toward the floor we stand on, g, is indistinguishable from what we would feel if the floor was pushed against our feet by a rocket. And if the rocket happened to accelerate away from our f...

Anoverwhelming sense of existential dread descended upon me as I reclined in the shadows by myself. The crushing weight of my mortality engulfed every aspect of my being. For the following few months, I stared down into the existentialist abyss of my meaninglessness as I contemplated the gravit...

It’s impossible to pinpoint the most contentious, fight-inducing problem within a relationship. But if I had to put together a list of the top five, ‘weight’ would find itself right up there. Their weight, our weight and how weight affects the relationship. There’s n...

Weight Watchers recently acquired the telehealth company Sequence, allowing them effectively to prescribe weight-loss drugs like Ozempic to their members. Talk about being on the wrong side of history — body liberation is the future. I suppose there’s something refreshing ab...

The moment the first lockdown happened, I quickly started gaining weight. Lots of take-out, the lack of exercise in a global pandemic, and living in a bubble of happiness with my newfound love all contributed to the change my body was going through. The first time I noticed I was gaining weigh...

Yesterday, I went to have lunch with my uncle. After I said hi and touched his feet to show respect, my uncle said, “You’ve gotten big.” He then proceeded to spread his arms wide to indicate how “big” I’ve become. It kinda looked like he was imitating Santa Cla...