Some interesting info about psychology, but a lot of "facts" about Google are just wrong. The brain teaser questions were banned years ago, the "150 feet rule" is confirmed as a myth, and the spa water is for cafeterias not offices.
@@Really_Roby So far, everything that Kiana has shown in this video doesn't look like what I would call gourmet. Candy and donuts? Really? I expected better from you Google. It's fine to give your employees free food but if you're going to open 35 cafes and put vending machines everywhere, at least go for something more high quality than what you'd find in the local mall.
@@Orophile_303 More like it exploits human eating pattern to make addictive, easy and fast way of eating. It making people fat is just a byproduct really due to people being predisposed to liking foods that are dense in calories. This has biological basis and it causes a positive feedback loop where consuming more leads to desire to consume more of the junk food. This then leads to getting accustomed to bland flavors and soft texture that does not require any chewing. This means that any "normal" food feels to have weird taste as you are not used to those flavors which makes you sensitive to those flavors Also your jaws have used to not having to chew food which makes especially fresh vegetables laborious to eat as your jaws get tired more easily due to not using those muscles that often. It is easy to sell and cheap to produce so it is easy money. The profit is enough to drive this trend and no nefarious agenda behind is necessary. Occam's razor is friend.
when I go to grade Advanced Placement exams for Educational Testing Service for a week every year, we get three buffet meals per day and two snack breaks, and there are always vegetarian options at each meal and fruit at each break- and its a good thing, because most of the regular meals are very calorie-dense and the snacks are mostly cookies, brownies, cakes, ice cream, etc. The first year I went I gained six pounds, but the next year I switched to the veggie options and fruit for snacks and have done much better.
Best part about my ADHD is hiding snacks from myself. Put the chocolate away in a drawer and I can go weeks without remembering to eat it lol. Just need to sort out my habit of boredom eating, but meds will hopefully help
Exactly, I had issues with healthy snacking until I implemented these tactics 1 year ago. Obv I got rid of all junk food and implemented healthy snacks like nuts and stuff, so what I would do is I would place the snacks in the very back of the cupboard and put my breakfast foods in front, so when I was a bit hungry I would have to manually think of the snack and go get it, therefore decreasing the times I was hungry if that makes any sense?
blue_jay96 oh mate definitely, my meds don’t really help with memory but I use my forgetfulness to my advantage lmao, say if my parents buy chips for my younger brothers, I’ll place the chips somewhere really hard to get to and in a bizarre place, the entire family forgets about the chips entirely. That’s how I got my fam to quit junk food lmao
At my last job, I asked management to replace all the junk food with healthy snacks. I pointed out how their most dedicated employees (ie, 12 hour days) went from healthy to obese within a year. To their credit, they took immediate action and got rid of all the chocolate and chips. They even hired personal trainers. I was not very popular after that :)
lol i wish my old high school did this but it was cheaper for them to stuff the vending machines full of poptarts and chips than heathy snacks. Especially when as a teeneager it feels like your always starving and 630 am breakfast/12pm lunch is a big stretch. And then they would sell candy bars/soda after the last bell. they teach us to eat right in heath class and then funnel junk into the school
@@jessfrisk3585 Even worse than the cost, dedicated coders who work 70 hour weeks don't want fruit and vegetables. They want something to release chemicals in their brain quickly to feel temperately good. That's what we all want. I must confess, I take Ritalin. Besides being able to concentrate, it is fantastic not to have to think about food all day. To be honest, I have no idea how people get through their day without it. Evolution did not anticipate a McDonalds on every corner I also have a treadmill desk, no food in my house that takes less than 10 minutes to cook, souse vide fish or chicken every night, and a whole lot of vanity care of my mother :) My strategy works well, but only if you live alone. In a relationship, I'm toast :)
Jewy McHoser Oh i know, try telling teens not to fill up on red bull and snickers. Even though i hated the easy access to junk it was nice to get a candy bar after a long day, or a soda to get a second wind. I have adhd and the lack of dopamine makes it easy for me to have a horrible diet of high carbs and sugar. I drink a good amount of coffee now that helps stave off the constant cravings and meal prep so i dont defult to an easy lunch of chips(i live with too many people to keep junk food out of the house). Quarantine did a number on me but its getting better.
@Laura Rosa exactly. Think about it, would the big Mac have three chemicals known to cause cancer if they didn't force your brain to love the burger more? No. Junk food is almost always chemically designed by scientists, not chefs or cooks, to addict you.
@@billjamal4764 chemicals don't cause cancer. Simply having DNA is enough to cause cancer. In fact, I can guarantee that you have cancer right now. It's not killing you because your immune system is capable of keeping it in control. Literally everyone that's alive has cancer. Your body keeps it under control so it doesn't turn into tumors. There's whole systems of your body designed to kill cells that have turned cancerous. So instead of painting scientists as the bad guys, why don't you try learning some science yourself.
@@Unmannedair OK. I'm not painting scientists as bad guys at all. I'm painting companies who don't care about the dangers of what they're putting in their food as the bad guys. I don't understand what point you're arguing, do you disagree that chemicals that will enhance your likelihood of developing a dangerous form of cancer is bad? Like bro what was the point of your comment. Obviously chemicals don't ~cause~ cancer, but it's ignorant to think there aren't chemicals that enhance likelihood of cancer becoming a problem.
Their spoiled employees would riot if they removed it lol. (And I mean "spoiled" just to be honest, in the least insulting way possible - I was one of those spoiled programmers until recently XD Although not at Google specifically. But I do have a handful of friends who work there)
Well we are human and making people feel deprived doesn't make them flourish it makes them stressed. Losing weight doesn't mean eliminating ALL treats but just cutting back so you can be healthy and still enjoy life!
What would you expect from a company who literally studies every internet decision by almost every single person on the planet? They know how the brain works, and they test it on me and you on this very app.
Google employees "Googlers" should see the stark difference in how they are pampered vs. how their contractor employees are treated like prisoners. Worked at a call center owned by xerox during a Google contract and all we had was two vending machines, FAR AWAY from the phone/dual screen chrome-brick computer cubicles. Oh, and one of the vending machines had a card skimmer that led to me having to replace my debit card... That was fun. Just another experience to affirm how cash will never die, because it can't be easily hacked.
Not really. Completely eliminating certain foods implies a black and white distinction between good and bad foods. Often what makes something bad is the degree of consumption (which can be reduced by the hacks mentioned) not the food itself. Plus it would be dictatorial for one group of people to decide what another can choose. There must be free will in everything. The best that can be done is build smart structures and policies that makes "default" options more or less the best and healthy option (cause troublemakers gonna make trouble no matter what, if I'm craving a blueberry cheesecake, i will hunt it down even if it's just one small piece hidden at the very back 😅)
They're doing the same thing at my University, especially on the Masters classes floor. Eerily went from donuts, cookies, coffee, and cupcakes to lemon, strawberry, and mint water from a dispenser and tons of fruit and veggies. Some people complained that they missed all the junk, and their answer to that was to add in single wrapped dark chocolate. 😂🤣
I would LOVE that. I don't know about you, but unless you live in or near a grower state like California, fruit is expensive as shit. Buying candy anywhere is not. Especially if they put out berries... 👁️👄👁️
We have the same thing at my university, but there's so many options of what you can eat that you have something for everyone. I personally like having easy access to healthy options.
@@xchasingthefallx the sad thing is that my uni was exactly like that. It had a little of evetything, till a couple of students tried to sue the school because one of their sisters had a stroke in the cafeteria and blamed the two meat lovers personal pizzas they served her. Now they removed all the junk food and are force-feeding healthy food on everybody. Not complaining, I'm here for it. The reasoning is still stupid tho
"Increasing the distance between people and the snack bar by only a few feet was enough to discourage them from snacking" Meanwhile I'm motivated to drive 30 minutes to the closest Krispy Kreme to get a box of doughnuts
They key is moving. If your goal is to lose weight, you could just say: "If I go to crispy Kreme I need to go there walking." Then let's see if you will still go. (Remember, you also have to walk back).
You call that motivated? I just walked 2 hours to town just to get my favourite boba tea, then all the way back. It started raining, but it wasn't too bad. I enjoyed my boba, and now I'm enjoying my blisters
I lost 80 pounds living in Japan in 1999. Without trying. Serving sizes so small and even nice fresh grab and go options in every convenience store. Fruit and veg packed with flavour. Sigh, wish I could have stayed forever. My will power stinks so environmental structure is key
@ThatOne being Muslim, which involves eating ethically prepared food, while avoiding pork, has led me to have a much healthier lifestyle had I otherwise not been a Muslim. Obviously, I didn’t choose to be healthy, I just followed what my family ate and they ate only halal food. Imagine not being able to eat at any fast food restaraunt because of systemic racism (purposely don’t have halal options). The only halal option most of the time is salad or fries. Sometimes not even that because they use pork oil for fries or pork oil in salad dressing. Also being poor and not affording eating out, even fast food, meant less calories. While on the subject we had to walk everywhere because we weren’t legally allowed to get a car. No quick trips to buy candy. Then factor in immigrant parents who hate outside food and only eating your own cultures cuisine, meaning “THERES FOOD AT HOME.” Damn it feels good to be a poor minority. Soooo moral of the story is go where the food sucks or people hate you so you have no options left for yourself. Sorry it struck a nerve that people have to do this to not gain weight when others are left with no options due to hate.
@@ber1779 Sure, one could move to a place where they're hated or they could watch what they put into their bodies, not over eat, and move their bodies more. Most people in the States are lazy and lack self control. 73% of the U.S adult population is overweight with 42% being obese. Most don't want to put in the work to lose weight, they would rather take a pill to deal with the side effects of their poor choices. CICO is not a difficult concept. Some of these people are full of excuses as to why they're fat and refuse to change.
@@AnNeachDorcha It’s human nature. You have to be an active consumer, an active eater, opposed to a passive one. Unless you actively work on it, it will align back to being the path of least resistance unless you’ve made it unconscious. A health enthusiast would be miserable trying to work at google pre-transformation
Her: “If you want to eat less, make it difficult to get to.” Me: *bought a mini frigde instead of clothes and shoes, so I don’t have to walk to the kitchen, that is 2 doors away* Edit: my siblings steal my food all the time. So if I bought strawberries or other fruit and did it in the main fridge it would be gone in a minute. Thats the main reason I bought it so that I can eat healtier, because if I buy healty food and left it in the kitchen it will be gone in a sec. I also bought a waterbottle that can fit almost 4 liters of water and now I have cold water at all times. I was just memeing don’t take everything so serious.
@@dylandiller789 - First of all, it's highly unlikely that you're telling the truth, and second of all, it's not that they force people to do it, but just having it easily accessible, closeby and free means people will do it.
oh I actually know why manhole covers are round! it's so when they remove them, there's no risk of them falling into the manhole. square/rectangular ones could fall in, but round ones can't 🥴
@@jbeim777 Wisdom doesn't really have anything to do with it, unless you deal with things related to that type of stuff for some reason. Your mom is just smart.
Lol I live in Las Vegas and the part about the casinos is SO true. We see the tourists falling for it all the time. There are no windows in the casinos either so you don’t realize how long you’re in there. The doors as SUPER far from the gaming floor as well so you don’t really see people coming or going. Basically just don’t go to Vegas if you have no self control.
If I have to pee, I’m going straight to the bathrooms. I don’t understand people who find it attractive and fun to give a scam artist their money. Gambling is dumb people tax.
Environment being key is so true. When I moved back in with my parents after college I gained 15 pounds. They keep junk food of some sort consistently. Accepting an office job made me gain another 15 pounds!! I’m working on losing it
True. My parents always kept candy, chocolate, chips, sodas in abundance at home. I was never restricted to anything. So I never felt the urge to over eat it. But when the neighbour's kids came over to play, only having sweets on saturday, all of the bowls in sight was empty in seconds.
Your videos have made it 1000x easier to lose weight and make healthy decisions. I scrupulously examine every single one for tips and tricks to help avoid "bad food" and explain all the things I've been going through with my successes and failures in this healthy journey. I've finally lost 5lbs and it's -finally- staying off, just 20 more to go. Thank you. Seriously. Please don't stop making videos, even if you think you're just saying the same thing over and over, reiterating the same things, your helping people you get their lives back. Thank you. So much.
Hey Kiana, I doubt you'll see this but I just found your videos and I just want to say you're really doing a fantastic job. The fact that you put your sources in the description, and clearly have experience the field puts you above 90% of any other drama youtuber that covers people like Amberlynn Reid. Thank you for being not only entertaining, but informative. Hope you reach 100K by the end of the month!
I believe this works the same way with grocery stores. They tacticly place certain products near each other. You're buying a Sixpack beer for the weekend? Turn around and there's the shelf full of bags of chips.
Well, that _and_ it's kind of food and kitchen 101 to have things that go together next to each other. You don't put a seafood utensil next to a dessert utensil, and you wouldn't buy a bag a chips sitting right next to cleaning supplies. Last time they put a food product next to a cleaning product there was a momentary "THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CULL OFF THE CHILDREN OF PARENTS WHO DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE BUYING!!!" internet freak-out hoax
When I moved to uni I was warned about the "freshman 15" (first years tend to gain weight), however I used a similar strategy to this to avoid that: I wouldn't buy any junk or sweets or snacks with my shopping, if I really wanted some I'd have to go and shop for it (I live across the street from a supermarket), I didn't limit what I ate just how hard it was to get
I had somewhat of a similar type of thing 😅 I studied electrical engineering so didn't really have time to eat and if I wanted food I'd have to buy on campus food. Since it was a commuter school all the food was extremely expensive...so in my major it was all a joke that we were all a little too skinny 😆 I went in a 125 freshman and then stabilized around 110 within school.
Idk, I did gain some weight at first (but I was already overweight quite a bit, even on home food and not eating excessively - I ate less than a lot of my classmates who were thinner). In the third year I somehow managed to lose a lot of weight by going on a diet - but nowadays, as a working adult, I definitely can't do that. I literally almost never cook because I don't have time or energy for that. And that makes it really hard to stay in the same weight
For me, I lose weight due to the culture shock of the HUGE campus, I have to go to class through what we called 'Batu Caves Stairs' (google Batu Caves, the stairs are hellishly long) then walk long distances to get to the lecture hall/tutorial rooms. If the elevator is broken or too many people are queuing, we took the stairs to go to the tutorial rooms (the room is usually 5th floor and above). There are tons of assignments to be done, quizzes, tests so little time to eat I'd rather sleep. Over time, I managed to have a healthy weight again and have more appetite. I hope we can all be healthy no matter what age we are 🤗
I just wanna take a minute to say your content is so so good. You research and put on a full presentation every time. Not like many youtubers who (while entertaining) just say how they feel/give their opinion instead of telling facts. It’s great, I love the information you always bring to the table. I love documentaries so watching your videos are like mini documentaries.
This happened to me when I worked at Uber. They literally stuffed us with food at every single turn in that office. We had food in the kitchen, food at computer, snacks everywhere, restaurant menu and deliver service (Uber Eats). Needless to say I left that job twice the size I entered and completely burned out (we were working weekends too). Deeply regret it not seeing it from first, after I struggled Soo much
I always wondered about Uber Eats causing overweight in employees. I've never worked there but I do order Uber Eats sometimes, and I've often thought, "If I worked delivering food, I know I'd be eating more!"
Can confirm about free food. Its available to contractors as well (I worked security there in the bay area). That food ain't "gourmet" though. It's free, but it's.... disappointing. The food has almost no flavor..... that'll keep you from eating too much of the hot breakfast, lunches and dinners. The snacks though, in the microkitchens? On point.
It depends on where you eat. The reservation only Indian restaurant on the MTV campus was excellent. The Korean restaurant had good breakfast, the food trucks were bomb and the healthy restaurant in the waterfront SF office was soooooo good.
Ha! My husband keeps all the cookies, chocolate and other candy in our gun safe. He doles out the dark chocolate Hershey Kisses to me 2 at a time when he gets something for himself. They seem to last FOREVER!
Hahahah oh my god this is what I told my bf what we had to do. I'm a low-key binger but he loves sweets and has the metabolism to eat them. Told him we need to get a safe for his sweets so I don't get into it.
If you have sweets in your house/apartment, put them as far away as possible, like the back of the top of a closet (This works even better when you are too short to get to the location without getting something to stand on to get to said bag or box of evil). If you must have sweets, make them as hard to get to as you can.
@@NoticeMeSenpaiii This is, indeed, the best way to deal with the issue. You can’t have presently that which you do not possess physically at that time.
You mean a McDonald's team member? Well yeah, if every employee ate fries they would lose a shit ton of money and wouldn't have enough fries to feed customers at the daily level. Free food perk is not apart of working at McDonald's and you know that signing up for the job. Google chooses to give free food, that's a company choice not a rich vs poor thing.
@@katiephillips9969 obviously, I'm not saying fast food employees should get free meals. That doesn't make sense business wise. I'm referring to grabbing a fry here and there which I've seen managers flip out about. Considering the daily fry waste, it's kinda ridiculous to treat petty nibbling as a problem. Heck, I've gotten in trouble for eating out of the trash! NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO EAT TRASH! My original point remains the same. The two worlds don't know anything about one another. Same society, completely different existences.
@@microbios8586 It's actually weird that workers do not get free food at mcdonalds. I worked at a French McDonald's for a few years and all employees had a free meal after a shift. When I was a manager I was allowed to take any food at any time
I had a side job as a waitress in Germany and it included rotating between different restaurants on their busiest days. While most were 5 star , there were also quite a few with 4 and less. Every single employee of these restaurants had an unlimited amount of food and drinks at their disposal. If there was a wedding, believe me when I say we ate the same fancy food that was served to the guests. The dark side of the job was actually employees who slip into alcoholism due to alcohol they put into their free drinks (even if we weren't allowed ofc)
@@microbios8586 I too worl at mcdonalds and we get free meals. I'm not really seeing your point. Perhaps you shouldn't be working there if you can't follow rules? If you cannot stop yourself from snacking on food that isn't yours.
Before retiring, my father worked as a boss for GE Healthcare in Norway, and he found it very amusing whenever he recieved the "health guidelines" from the US (advice on how to offer the employees a healthier lifestyle and diet at work). Keep in mind this is a healthcare company. One of GE's top diet ideas was to switch out brownies with muffins. This sounds crazy to Scandinavians because we offer neither in the first place. Junk foods aren't available at work. Well, I guess it was easy for him to comply with the recommended guidelines 😂😂
I struggle with eating disorders and your channels helps me so much! I’m starting to better my relationship with food, thanks to you. Love from France :)
I worked in a bank in California and we shared the building with Google. Google employees would tell me about their snacks wall when they came to do their banking, lol.
fr the food at google is insane. My dad's campus has chinese, mongolian, italian, american, vegan, smoothie bars, and it used to have a hot pot place. There's also desert, everywhere.
I started at a tech company and gained 30lbs over the span of two years. The meals and snacks were actually mostly healthy. Cafes were staffed with up to 15 small restaurants with chefs making fancy food. But overeating is overeating regardless of if it includes kale. Coupled with sitting all day most people gain way more than 15lbs when they begin their career in tech. It's more like upwards of 25-50lbs. It took a year for me to lose all the weight and all my coworkers have admitted to losing a ton of weight when they switched to working from home.
Kiana, thank you so much for this! I laid out my gym clothes next to my bed this week (before I saw this video) so when I woke up at 6:00am, most ungodly hour, I was able to grab them quickly and get going. If they were stored away where I couldn't see them, I know for sure I would have made an excuse to stay in bed. Understanding that makes me rethink on how to set up food around my house for sure! Thank you for doing the research and informing us so we can get this information easily!
I remember when I started eating healthier I started working on habits that would make me excited over eating something that will benefit my health. Also I remember that I focused really hard on the feeling of lightness after eating a healthy and light meal. It really does work and I feel great (especially because of the fact that I dont feel that bloated anymore)
I've been "bingeing" your channel for the past couple of days! Thanks so much for the effort and time you put into these videos. They're so informative and really engaging. I really appreciate that you're bringing to light the psychological and overall health related issues associated with overeating rather than focusing on the weight gain itself. Keep up the good work! :)
"put the vegetables first so your plate is full before you get to the meat and carbs" me: *walks directly to the carbs knowing damn well I need some veggies*
I would just like to thank you for linking the sources in the description. So many youtubers don’t do this and makes me question the credibility of the video. I immensely appreciate this! Also, fantastic video, subscribed!
Honestly I've noticed this with my grocery shopping. I used to eat only premade meals because I couldn't be bothered to look up recipes. I've recently downloaded an app that gives you recipes and then makes your drive-in order at the closest grocery shop. I've lost so much weight since I've started using this app. All because it allowed me not to do the groceries and recipe thinking process anymore lol
@@SaffariRose No ide what the app is but my mother had a similar problem. I eventually had to force her to sit down every Sunday and take the day to do long-term things like bills and etc. but I also made her plan the weeks meals in that one day. She near immediately stopped leaving shit to rot because, if you know what you need for the specific meals you planned, your weekly shopping list is practically done for you in the recipes you Google.
@@-VoDkAsVengeance- Thank you for the reply! I've actually started doing this for a couple of months now. I meal prep and try to find seasonal recipes so I can shop locally/farmers market too! I've cut down wastage by alot but I can still do better 😅
@@xciimani7513 no app, just regular scheduling. Some places might sell sheets for meal prepping or you might find free guides online but I just use a journal with calender reference.
Another thing that works: use smaller plates and try to eat slower. While the smaller plates trick your mind into thinking you already ate a full serving, by eating slower you're more likely to actually stop eating when you're full. If you can, give your body a little time and you'll realize that you might not need the amount of food you normally eat to feel satiated :)
I still remember when your subs were only 1.5k and I was so glad to find your content, I was into watching Alr and Chantal. You deserve the subs, srsly your content is one of the most put together I've seen when it comes addressing these problems 💕
I just love the fact that literally a few hours ago I was thinking when you were gonna post a new video and I'm so happy it's already up! 😍 Living for your professionally edited vids! Well done girl! 💖🌟
I actually lost 50lbs doing exactly that. Then I quit to go to a different job and that job proceeded to "thank" us almost every week with fast food and treats. Gained back everything. 😔😔
I found your channel 8 months late but it is so informative and you talk a lot on the psychology behind these things and it's amazing I love each of your videos. I hope you stay happy and healthy for as long as possible ❤
Ive been implementing these subliminal tactics into my household fridge for the past week (I live with my family and have to deal with having a ton of junk food in the house). Meal prepping wasnt working simply because id either get sick of the food after two days or dish would spoil entirely. So I started “ingredient prepping” and placing the healthy foods in the forefront. So far ive really loved it because my biggest problem was succumbing to binging after a stressful day and not having the mental stamina to craft a hoity toity cuisine. Having the healthy options as readily available as a bag of takis is gently prodding me to keep making the wiser decision. I wish I would have done this sooner!
Such a great video! Oh to be offered healthy food at work. Yesterday I forgot my healthy food at home, so there was the automat. It had trailmix which is calorie dense, but at least not processed, but alas, the machine would not spit it out. So there I was consuming a small bag of crisps and a nut bar with some chocolate. Calorie dense, processed and low volume, so of course I ate a bit more of my home cooked food than strictly necessary. Before that I had been eating fairly healthy for two weeks and my tastebuds are beginning to appreciate it. But still, I’d walk considerably more for free healthy food than the 150 yards (?) stipulated by Brin.
Thank you for this! As someone who’s working on her own weight loss, you’ve given me some really useful tips on how to curb my own snacking! Much appreciated! You most certainly have a new subscriber!
Too bad I can't change my environment at a grocery store job! At the same time, it makes me think of how much better I could be doing dealing with temptations if I didn't feel prompted to buy candy and chips every work day of the week...
One brain trick you can do is to donate equal amounts to a charity. So if you want some candy for $1.00, then you must also donate $1.00 to a charity. This keeps it cheap enough for you to still get it if you want it, but spending double quickly adds up so you have to keep an eye on it (hopefully discouraging you from spending more)
Get a new job. You are worth it!!!! Another thing you can try is eating a big breakfast and a good lunch so when you get off work you aren't so hungry...
I cannot believe how high quality your videos are. Your channel is rapidly growing and it's quite impressive I usually don't see this rapid growth but yours has not staggered. ever since you made the video about that monster mukbang eater you've used that steady stream and not let it go to waste. You know what works.
my dad works at Google and when I was younger we would occasionally go to Google for fun it's literally crazy they've got whole game rooms. they had one room with a stash of nerf guns and rock climbing walls.
I've never had my workplace offer any food except for special occasions. But I did notice that I eat more since working from home. This was a good video, now I know what I need to do to improve on that.
I lost a good 10-15 pounds at my last job because they had no vending machines (the only one “healthy hub” located in a three floor campus was filled with healthy snacks, no chocolate or soda), junk food at the cafeteria and I couldn’t drive to get soda or chocolate cause I didn’t (and still don’t ) have a car. I also took transit and walked an extra 30 mins a day effortlessly on top of using the campus gyms. I miss having that job overall but I’ll definitely use these tips to get back on track for my weight loss!
I used this tactic years ago. I don't keep Doritos in my house. It's a weakness. I said, "If I really MUST have some I can drive to the corner store & get a lil bag." 99.9% of the time I am too lazy to do that. I depend on my laziness daily for success. Lol
So far I have lost about 15 - 20 lbs since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I attribute most of that weight loss to having switched to working from home 100% of the time. I work at the world HQ of a major US corporation (not Google but still in the tech industry) and almost daily there would be left over snacks or sweets from some meeting somewhere in one of the 100 or so kitchenettes throughout the complex with a big, "please take" sign beckoning me to partake of either free sandwiches, pizza or cake. I would take a walk around 1:30 - 2:00 pm around the complex and in 15 - 20 minutes come back with plates full of goodies to share with my boss and my coworkers. I have never been obese per se, but the last few years I did get to about 10 lbs above what would be normal BMI for my height (so 10 lbs over weight I guess). Now I am back to my pre college weight and I really have not changed anything I do at home, so I can definitely attest to the veracity of this video.
I learnt somewhere in my programming journey, that if a thing needs more than 3 steps to get going a user will almost always abandon it to go do something else.
Watching your videos has made me realise how many of these behaviors I built into my life without realising it when I began losing weight two years ago. I work from home and I have a mini fridge of fruit, water, and granola in my office that I snack on throughout the day, and all other food stays in the kitchen. I also usually eat a banana, orange, or some other large piece of fruit directly before going grocery shopping so that I'm not shopping on an empty stomach, and I literally haven't been down the snack aisle in the grocery store in 2 years. 2 years and over 200lbs later and I'm almost in the healthy weight range for my height
I was thinking to myself "well *I* wouldn't pick pop even if it was the easier option", as if I'm special, before remembering that I don't even like fizzy drinks. 🙄
I noticed faster weight gain working in a office job compared to my cashier job. I was still overweight but I was in a gain /lose cycle as a cashier and a slow & steady gain in the office. I ate out more at the office and didnt have a reason to give up other than to print. I noticed fast and started parking far away and making sure I try to cook for myself or choose better takeout. I Definitely get lazy when cooking compared to ordering this video made me realize that I should try to make cooking more enjoyable & easy.
For those wondering, the reason that Google asks those “sociopathic“ interview questions is not because they actually want somebody who knows how many golf balls can fit in a school bus. as you may have guessed, Google doesn’t give two shits how many golf balls fit in a school bus. The reason they ask this question is because they want to see how you will react to it. They want to see if you will be overwhelmed by the absurdity or the intense difficulty or the utter uselessness of this question. and this is because a lot of difficult programming problems seem, at first, about as difficult and complicated and pointless as the school bus problem. what they are looking for is someone who will, without hesitation, start thinking about the best way to go about solving this problem. They don’t want the right answer, they want you to take an earnest crack at solving the problem, and they want to see if you have good problem-solving skills. so, for example, instead of wondering why this question makes any sense, an ideal candidate might immediately start making rough estimates of the proportions of the bus and the objects inside. They would also be looking for you to ask pertinent questions like are the seats still in there? Is it a completely empty bus or does it have objects in it and if it does have objects, what are the proportions of those objects? The dedication to breaking down a very complex problem into small, manageable parts, and having a complete understanding of the problem before you attempt to solve it. This is what they are looking for, and a question like that is the perfect filter for somebody who might just give up in the face of something too difficult
Seriously, I really liked this video, it's very interesting and high quality. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of Google (I prefer Ecosia), what they did is clever
I recently read why high calorie foods/ sweets are SO appealing to us humans Before the agricultural revolution, our ancestors had limited access to sweets and high calorie foods (and just food in general). The only source of sweet foods for them were ripe foods, for which they usually had to fight with other animals to obtain. So if a person living 40,000 to 70,000 years ago happened to come across a fig tree, her first instinct would be to gorge down the figs as soon as possible- before bisons or any other animal came after it. This tendency to be attracted to high calorie foods is so hard-wired in our genes, that even now, while we live in high rise apartments away from animals and our fridges are stuffed with more than sufficient food- it's REALLY hard for us to bypass our genetic coding and resist sweet stuff.
Loving all of your content. Great info in an easily digestible fashion. Something I'd be interested I hearing about, why are people so interested in watching all the different binge eating content on youtube? Whether it be crazy challenges done by fit or fat people or your standard issue mukbang these videos get millions of views and I dont get it
I watch some of the healthy ones to make my healthy food taste better, or have me crave it. I don't like the gross ones due to making me crave junk. I don't understand why my mind works like that, but I've always paired certain foods with certain entertainment. I also like the cringy compilations for weight loss motivation.
The pop VS water had me very intrigued and I'm not sure if it's because I never even considered the time I spend filling up the glass or because pop isn't a choice for me since I don't like the fizz :'D Water has always been my preferred beverage. But now I'm fairly certain every time I fill my glass, I'm going to be thinking of those seconds...
THANK YOU SO MUCH KIANA- This is more about a previous video you did but I wanted to post where people will see this. I did an experiment. After learning about all the ways fast food is engineered to make it addictive, I was curious as to whether I could actually taste things like sugar in the fries and other things not found in regular food. I've never noticed before, but I wasn't looking for it. I'm not a once a week fast food consumer but I am a big foodie and taste matters a lot to me. So, I got really high in order to be more perceptive of the nuances (don't do drugs kids), ordered some Chick-Fil-A, and begun my experiment. I had one spicy sandwich, large fries, small fries, chicken tenders, and sauce. I love their waffle fries but I never thought about why. This time I noticed the additional fatty and sweet flavors that shouldn't be present in potato. It's impossible to eat just one french fry!!! The sandwich was really interesting though. The bun was lightly buttered and soft, which complimented the crunchy and savory chicken (pro tip- they use pickle juice in their coating). The textures of the bun, chicken, and lettuce + tomato made for a wonderful mouth-feel that was addicting. This is such a simple and cheap way to keep people coming back! I think the dismissal in our culture of fast food as lower quality flavor keeps people from noticing all the ways that their body is actually reacting to the flavor. In conclusion, this experiment was a big wake up call for me to really question where my food comes from, why I like what I like, and to be mindful not to overindulge. When I break it down to brain chemistry, I also don't feel the shame of eating unhealthily, rather, I understand that its biology, and that I can overcome it. Here's to everyone learning how to be kinder to their bodies!
@@NoOne-sd3sx Well aren't you special. Your anecdotal evidence is, indeed, more convincing than an emprical study, because YOU are just that important! How wonderful to be you!
@@sandpiperr if you are used to only drinking water, you probably won't like sugary drinks a lot, I think it mostly comes down to your sugar habbits and how addicted you are to it I used to only drink really sugary drinks and hate water my whole childhood and the majority of my teenage years (thanks parents for introduzing me to crappy sugar filled stuff right away!), until I cut out all sugery drinks at once and switched to only water as a teenager, the first few days were very tough, I missed all my usual drinks a lot, felt very tempted to quit and water tasted really really bad, but suddenly I started liking water and I didn't consume any sugary drinks for over a year (I was scared to get addicted to that crap again), now I don't like the taste of any sugary drinks anymore and I often can't even get myself to drink them when there is nothing else available, they just taste so bad now...
sandpiperr imagine being so gluttony to the point where you have to search for scientific studies to back your addiction to sugars and then go around to insult people because they choose water over sodas and telling them their point is invalid just because it’s against the scientific research you’re using to condone your gluttonous
3:29 This amongst many more scenarios like these are what reminds me of the human animal. Our sapience, our niche is the only difference, & when you’re only a centimeter/ inch above the rest, it doesn’t really mean much now does it?
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Took you 5 min to get to the point
Some interesting info about psychology, but a lot of "facts" about Google are just wrong. The brain teaser questions were banned years ago, the "150 feet rule" is confirmed as a myth, and the spa water is for cafeterias not offices.
9:49 this way i would run straight to the carbs
Man i wanna work there
Fools.. I don't need to work at Google to gain 15lbs 🙄
True. But don't you wanna gain it through gourmet food? 😋😂😂
I love ur USERNAMEE
@@Really_Roby So far, everything that Kiana has shown in this video doesn't look like what I would call gourmet. Candy and donuts? Really? I expected better from you Google. It's fine to give your employees free food but if you're going to open 35 cafes and put vending machines everywhere, at least go for something more high quality than what you'd find in the local mall.
@@dhrgkbqxtjr2743 That was meant to be a humorous, rhetorical question. Take it and run. It's that simple.
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kim namjoon did indeed pave the way
More companies should be adopting these tactics. For way too long has junk food been the standard for corporate affairs.
Lmfao, they want people to be hooked on junk food and distracted from reality.
@@Orophile_303 More like it exploits human eating pattern to make addictive, easy and fast way of eating. It making people fat is just a byproduct really due to people being predisposed to liking foods that are dense in calories. This has biological basis and it causes a positive feedback loop where consuming more leads to desire to consume more of the junk food. This then leads to getting accustomed to bland flavors and soft texture that does not require any chewing. This means that any "normal" food feels to have weird taste as you are not used to those flavors which makes you sensitive to those flavors Also your jaws have used to not having to chew food which makes especially fresh vegetables laborious to eat as your jaws get tired more easily due to not using those muscles that often.
It is easy to sell and cheap to produce so it is easy money. The profit is enough to drive this trend and no nefarious agenda behind is necessary. Occam's razor is friend.
when I go to grade Advanced Placement exams for Educational Testing Service for a week every year, we get three buffet meals per day and two snack breaks, and there are always vegetarian options at each meal and fruit at each break- and its a good thing, because most of the regular meals are very calorie-dense and the snacks are mostly cookies, brownies, cakes, ice cream, etc. The first year I went I gained six pounds, but the next year I switched to the veggie options and fruit for snacks and have done much better.
@@nova_supreme8390 no, they want people to be distracted
I'm a project manager and I celebrate deployments with donuts for the team. DON'T TAKE THIS AWAY FROM ME.
I have no object permanence, if I can see the snack it's gone within an hour but if it's in a cupboard... wait... what was I talking about?
Exactly!!! Damn my ADD lol
Best part about my ADHD is hiding snacks from myself. Put the chocolate away in a drawer and I can go weeks without remembering to eat it lol. Just need to sort out my habit of boredom eating, but meds will hopefully help
Exactly, I had issues with healthy snacking until I implemented these tactics 1 year ago. Obv I got rid of all junk food and implemented healthy snacks like nuts and stuff, so what I would do is I would place the snacks in the very back of the cupboard and put my breakfast foods in front, so when I was a bit hungry I would have to manually think of the snack and go get it, therefore decreasing the times I was hungry if that makes any sense?
blue_jay96 oh mate definitely, my meds don’t really help with memory but I use my forgetfulness to my advantage lmao, say if my parents buy chips for my younger brothers, I’ll place the chips somewhere really hard to get to and in a bizarre place, the entire family forgets about the chips entirely. That’s how I got my fam to quit junk food lmao
Human beings get so much credit for object permanence, but we fail so much with out of sight out of mind.
At my last job, I asked management to replace all the junk food with healthy snacks. I pointed out how their most dedicated employees (ie, 12 hour days) went from healthy to obese within a year.
To their credit, they took immediate action and got rid of all the chocolate and chips. They even hired personal trainers.
I was not very popular after that :)
Lol
I would love you, lol you would help me with my weight loss less temptation.
lol i wish my old high school did this but it was cheaper for them to stuff the vending machines full of poptarts and chips than heathy snacks. Especially when as a teeneager it feels like your always starving and 630 am breakfast/12pm lunch is a big stretch. And then they would sell candy bars/soda after the last bell. they teach us to eat right in heath class and then funnel junk into the school
@@jessfrisk3585 Even worse than the cost, dedicated coders who work 70 hour weeks don't want fruit and vegetables. They want something to release chemicals in their brain quickly to feel temperately good. That's what we all want.
I must confess, I take Ritalin. Besides being able to concentrate, it is fantastic not to have to think about food all day. To be honest, I have no idea how people get through their day without it. Evolution did not anticipate a McDonalds on every corner
I also have a treadmill desk, no food in my house that takes less than 10 minutes to cook, souse vide fish or chicken every night, and a whole lot of vanity care of my mother :) My strategy works well, but only if you live alone. In a relationship, I'm toast :)
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Oh i know, try telling teens not to fill up on red bull and snickers. Even though i hated the easy access to junk it was nice to get a candy bar after a long day, or a soda to get a second wind.
I have adhd and the lack of dopamine makes it easy for me to have a horrible diet of high carbs and sugar. I drink a good amount of coffee now that helps stave off the constant cravings and meal prep so i dont defult to an easy lunch of chips(i live with too many people to keep junk food out of the house). Quarantine did a number on me but its getting better.
TLDR: Don't make it about will power or choices, instead optimize your environment to encourage the direction you want to go.
Yeap people have limited willpower so we should dow what we can to conserve it
@Laura Rosa exactly. Think about it, would the big Mac have three chemicals known to cause cancer if they didn't force your brain to love the burger more? No. Junk food is almost always chemically designed by scientists, not chefs or cooks, to addict you.
Yeah, because if we never ask people to use their own willpower they'll never want to think for themselves...
@@billjamal4764 chemicals don't cause cancer. Simply having DNA is enough to cause cancer. In fact, I can guarantee that you have cancer right now. It's not killing you because your immune system is capable of keeping it in control. Literally everyone that's alive has cancer. Your body keeps it under control so it doesn't turn into tumors. There's whole systems of your body designed to kill cells that have turned cancerous. So instead of painting scientists as the bad guys, why don't you try learning some science yourself.
@@Unmannedair OK. I'm not painting scientists as bad guys at all. I'm painting companies who don't care about the dangers of what they're putting in their food as the bad guys. I don't understand what point you're arguing, do you disagree that chemicals that will enhance your likelihood of developing a dangerous form of cancer is bad? Like bro what was the point of your comment. Obviously chemicals don't ~cause~ cancer, but it's ignorant to think there aren't chemicals that enhance likelihood of cancer becoming a problem.
To me it’s incredible that they didn’t even remove the terrible food to get people to eat healthy, that’s smart psychology right there!
Their spoiled employees would riot if they removed it lol.
(And I mean "spoiled" just to be honest, in the least insulting way possible - I was one of those spoiled programmers until recently XD Although not at Google specifically. But I do have a handful of friends who work there)
Well we are human and making people feel deprived doesn't make them flourish it makes them stressed. Losing weight doesn't mean eliminating ALL treats but just cutting back so you can be healthy and still enjoy life!
What would you expect from a company who literally studies every internet decision by almost every single person on the planet? They know how the brain works, and they test it on me and you on this very app.
Google employees "Googlers" should see the stark difference in how they are pampered vs. how their contractor employees are treated like prisoners. Worked at a call center owned by xerox during a Google contract and all we had was two vending machines, FAR AWAY from the phone/dual screen chrome-brick computer cubicles. Oh, and one of the vending machines had a card skimmer that led to me having to replace my debit card... That was fun. Just another experience to affirm how cash will never die, because it can't be easily hacked.
Not really. Completely eliminating certain foods implies a black and white distinction between good and bad foods. Often what makes something bad is the degree of consumption (which can be reduced by the hacks mentioned) not the food itself. Plus it would be dictatorial for one group of people to decide what another can choose. There must be free will in everything. The best that can be done is build smart structures and policies that makes "default" options more or less the best and healthy option (cause troublemakers gonna make trouble no matter what, if I'm craving a blueberry cheesecake, i will hunt it down even if it's just one small piece hidden at the very back 😅)
They're doing the same thing at my University, especially on the Masters classes floor. Eerily went from donuts, cookies, coffee, and cupcakes to lemon, strawberry, and mint water from a dispenser and tons of fruit and veggies. Some people complained that they missed all the junk, and their answer to that was to add in single wrapped dark chocolate. 😂🤣
either you eat at university, or university eats you 👀
I really love those fruit waters though...
I would LOVE that. I don't know about you, but unless you live in or near a grower state like California, fruit is expensive as shit. Buying candy anywhere is not. Especially if they put out berries... 👁️👄👁️
We have the same thing at my university, but there's so many options of what you can eat that you have something for everyone. I personally like having easy access to healthy options.
@@xchasingthefallx the sad thing is that my uni was exactly like that. It had a little of evetything, till a couple of students tried to sue the school because one of their sisters had a stroke in the cafeteria and blamed the two meat lovers personal pizzas they served her. Now they removed all the junk food and are force-feeding healthy food on everybody. Not complaining, I'm here for it. The reasoning is still stupid tho
"Increasing the distance between people and the snack bar by only a few feet was enough to discourage them from snacking"
Meanwhile I'm motivated to drive 30 minutes to the closest Krispy Kreme to get a box of doughnuts
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They key is moving. If your goal is to lose weight, you could just say: "If I go to crispy Kreme I need to go there walking."
Then let's see if you will still go. (Remember, you also have to walk back).
You call that motivated? I just walked 2 hours to town just to get my favourite boba tea, then all the way back. It started raining, but it wasn't too bad. I enjoyed my boba, and now I'm enjoying my blisters
Ravioli your commitment is admirable 😂
@@Ravioliyt At least you burned off the calories walking lmao
basically, they caused the problem and then solved it.
I love your profile picture! Where did you get it?
Thank you. Such an astute observation.
Yes, but then it created information that was useful for everyone else!
If only Google could do that for their virtual space.
When I was in Japan this was something I noticed. Convenient healthy food was abundant!
I lost 80 pounds living in Japan in 1999. Without trying. Serving sizes so small and even nice fresh grab and go options in every convenience store. Fruit and veg packed with flavour. Sigh, wish I could have stayed forever. My will power stinks so environmental structure is key
@ThatOne being Muslim, which involves eating ethically prepared food, while avoiding pork, has led me to have a much healthier lifestyle had I otherwise not been a Muslim. Obviously, I didn’t choose to be healthy, I just followed what my family ate and they ate only halal food. Imagine not being able to eat at any fast food restaraunt because of systemic racism (purposely don’t have halal options). The only halal option most of the time is salad or fries. Sometimes not even that because they use pork oil for fries or pork oil in salad dressing. Also being poor and not affording eating out, even fast food, meant less calories. While on the subject we had to walk everywhere because we weren’t legally allowed to get a car. No quick trips to buy candy. Then factor in immigrant parents who hate outside food and only eating your own cultures cuisine, meaning “THERES FOOD AT HOME.” Damn it feels good to be a poor minority. Soooo moral of the story is go where the food sucks or people hate you so you have no options left for yourself.
Sorry it struck a nerve that people have to do this to not gain weight when others are left with no options due to hate.
@@ber1779 Sure, one could move to a place where they're hated or they could watch what they put into their bodies, not over eat, and move their bodies more. Most people in the States are lazy and lack self control. 73% of the U.S adult population is overweight with 42% being obese. Most don't want to put in the work to lose weight, they would rather take a pill to deal with the side effects of their poor choices. CICO is not a difficult concept. Some of these people are full of excuses as to why they're fat and refuse to change.
@@AnNeachDorcha It’s human nature. You have to be an active consumer, an active eater, opposed to a passive one. Unless you actively work on it, it will align back to being the path of least resistance unless you’ve made it unconscious. A health enthusiast would be miserable trying to work at google pre-transformation
@@AnNeachDorcha if people hate you in Japan perhaps that’s more a reflection on the individual than the country they came from
the thumbnail vs title had me confused for a second 😂
Haha,same
omg i had nO idea what to put for either of them LOL. should i change it??
Kiana Docherty hahaha noo don’t worry it made me curious to watch it so it definitely worked! Sending love from Germany!
Me too. It was confusing lol
Kiana Docherty noo I lost the heart because I edited the comment 😂💔😭
I think Cody Ko would be very happy with your usage of the word "Frictionless" lmao
I want Kiana to guest star on his podcast
I THOUGHT THAT TOO OMG
I was thinking the same
I was looking for this comment!! Lol
Huge fan of your content
Subbed a few weeks ago and AM NOT DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS HIGH QUALITY CONTENT YESS YOURE SERVING SIS
Same!
Her: “If you want to eat less, make it difficult to get to.”
Me: *bought a mini frigde instead of clothes and shoes, so I don’t have to walk to the kitchen, that is 2 doors away*
Edit: my siblings steal my food all the time. So if I bought strawberries or other fruit and did it in the main fridge it would be gone in a minute. Thats the main reason I bought it so that I can eat healtier, because if I buy healty food and left it in the kitchen it will be gone in a sec. I also bought a waterbottle that can fit almost 4 liters of water and now I have cold water at all times. I was just memeing don’t take everything so serious.
My mom works at google and they don’t trick workers into getting fit there is a gym and there are salads at the lunch room but they don’t trickle them
@@dylandiller789 - First of all, it's highly unlikely that you're telling the truth, and second of all, it's not that they force people to do it, but just having it easily accessible, closeby and free means people will do it.
icymeow ok how do I link someone’s acc to you cause her profile pic is her in the building she work at the building in michigan
you could fill the mini fridge with healthy food
@@dylandiller789 you have to be 12
I love the way you make your videos its professional asf 😭
oh I actually know why manhole covers are round! it's so when they remove them, there's no risk of them falling into the manhole. square/rectangular ones could fall in, but round ones can't 🥴
Shit dude, apply for a job at google
You smart 👁️👄👁️
Pepe God it’s the first answer when you search it on google
@@viktingg they haven't asked those types of questions for around 10 years now.
@@jbeim777 Wisdom doesn't really have anything to do with it, unless you deal with things related to that type of stuff for some reason. Your mom is just smart.
Lol I live in Las Vegas and the part about the casinos is SO true. We see the tourists falling for it all the time. There are no windows in the casinos either so you don’t realize how long you’re in there. The doors as SUPER far from the gaming floor as well so you don’t really see people coming or going. Basically just don’t go to Vegas if you have no self control.
I don't think most people have the self control for Vagas....go for the people and the beautiful sights and then drive away to another place to relax!
My hack for casinos is to look up at the ceiling when it's time to leave. They can't get rid of exit signs. :)
If I have to pee, I’m going straight to the bathrooms. I don’t understand people who find it attractive and fun to give a scam artist their money. Gambling is dumb people tax.
I'm not much of a gambler, but I do wanna see Vegas just to... See it? See all the bright lights and the vibe. I'll leave the gambling to the pros :)
As long as you have light sensitivity you should be fine.
It’s either stay away or burn your eyes and get headaches for a week, up to you to decide!
Environment being key is so true. When I moved back in with my parents after college I gained 15 pounds. They keep junk food of some sort consistently. Accepting an office job made me gain another 15 pounds!! I’m working on losing it
True. My parents always kept candy, chocolate, chips, sodas in abundance at home. I was never restricted to anything. So I never felt the urge to over eat it.
But when the neighbour's kids came over to play, only having sweets on saturday, all of the bowls in sight was empty in seconds.
I love the approach that you take to weight loss on your channel. Looking into the psychology rather than tips and tricks
Video is professional af
This feels like premium UA-cam content
It is
@@nothanks9980 jojo part 6 is coming
Your videos have made it 1000x easier to lose weight and make healthy decisions. I scrupulously examine every single one for tips and tricks to help avoid "bad food" and explain all the things I've been going through with my successes and failures in this healthy journey. I've finally lost 5lbs and it's -finally- staying off, just 20 more to go. Thank you. Seriously. Please don't stop making videos, even if you think you're just saying the same thing over and over, reiterating the same things, your helping people you get their lives back. Thank you. So much.
Hey Kiana, I doubt you'll see this but I just found your videos and I just want to say you're really doing a fantastic job. The fact that you put your sources in the description, and clearly have experience the field puts you above 90% of any other drama youtuber that covers people like Amberlynn Reid.
Thank you for being not only entertaining, but informative. Hope you reach 100K by the end of the month!
I believe this works the same way with grocery stores. They tacticly place certain products near each other. You're buying a Sixpack beer for the weekend? Turn around and there's the shelf full of bags of chips.
Well, that _and_ it's kind of food and kitchen 101 to have things that go together next to each other. You don't put a seafood utensil next to a dessert utensil, and you wouldn't buy a bag a chips sitting right next to cleaning supplies. Last time they put a food product next to a cleaning product there was a momentary "THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO CULL OFF THE CHILDREN OF PARENTS WHO DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE BUYING!!!" internet freak-out hoax
When I moved to uni I was warned about the "freshman 15" (first years tend to gain weight), however I used a similar strategy to this to avoid that: I wouldn't buy any junk or sweets or snacks with my shopping, if I really wanted some I'd have to go and shop for it (I live across the street from a supermarket), I didn't limit what I ate just how hard it was to get
I had somewhat of a similar type of thing 😅 I studied electrical engineering so didn't really have time to eat and if I wanted food I'd have to buy on campus food. Since it was a commuter school all the food was extremely expensive...so in my major it was all a joke that we were all a little too skinny 😆 I went in a 125 freshman and then stabilized around 110 within school.
Idk, I did gain some weight at first (but I was already overweight quite a bit, even on home food and not eating excessively - I ate less than a lot of my classmates who were thinner). In the third year I somehow managed to lose a lot of weight by going on a diet - but nowadays, as a working adult, I definitely can't do that. I literally almost never cook because I don't have time or energy for that. And that makes it really hard to stay in the same weight
I actually lost weight in my first year because I was miserable 🙃 I would eat the saddest meals lol
For me, I lose weight due to the culture shock of the HUGE campus, I have to go to class through what we called 'Batu Caves Stairs' (google Batu Caves, the stairs are hellishly long) then walk long distances to get to the lecture hall/tutorial rooms. If the elevator is broken or too many people are queuing, we took the stairs to go to the tutorial rooms (the room is usually 5th floor and above). There are tons of assignments to be done, quizzes, tests so little time to eat I'd rather sleep. Over time, I managed to have a healthy weight again and have more appetite. I hope we can all be healthy no matter what age we are 🤗
I just wanna take a minute to say your content is so so good. You research and put on a full presentation every time. Not like many youtubers who (while entertaining) just say how they feel/give their opinion instead of telling facts. It’s great, I love the information you always bring to the table. I love documentaries so watching your videos are like mini documentaries.
This happened to me when I worked at Uber. They literally stuffed us with food at every single turn in that office. We had food in the kitchen, food at computer, snacks everywhere, restaurant menu and deliver service (Uber Eats). Needless to say I left that job twice the size I entered and completely burned out (we were working weekends too). Deeply regret it not seeing it from first, after I struggled Soo much
I always wondered about Uber Eats causing overweight in employees. I've never worked there but I do order Uber Eats sometimes, and I've often thought, "If I worked delivering food, I know I'd be eating more!"
Can confirm about free food. Its available to contractors as well (I worked security there in the bay area). That food ain't "gourmet" though. It's free, but it's.... disappointing. The food has almost no flavor..... that'll keep you from eating too much of the hot breakfast, lunches and dinners. The snacks though, in the microkitchens? On point.
It depends on where you eat. The reservation only Indian restaurant on the MTV campus was excellent. The Korean restaurant had good breakfast, the food trucks were bomb and the healthy restaurant in the waterfront SF office was soooooo good.
Ha! My husband keeps all the cookies, chocolate and other candy in our gun safe. He doles out the dark chocolate Hershey Kisses to me 2 at a time when he gets something for himself. They seem to last FOREVER!
Hahahah oh my god this is what I told my bf what we had to do. I'm a low-key binger but he loves sweets and has the metabolism to eat them.
Told him we need to get a safe for his sweets so I don't get into it.
I thought you were gonna say that he had a gun for anyone who tried to take his sweets.
Your husband dictates when you eat any sweets?
I hope you specifically requested that - otherwise that's concerningly controlling. Why should you only have sweets when he wants some?
@@garlicneggplant9846 I know the combination to the safe, It's kind of an "out of sight out of mind" kind of thing.
If you have sweets in your house/apartment, put them as far away as possible, like the back of the top of a closet (This works even better when you are too short to get to the location without getting something to stand on to get to said bag or box of evil). If you must have sweets, make them as hard to get to as you can.
Yes!! I did this with chocolate. Almost forgot about it, but it helps prevent me from eating it all at once.
This doesn’t work on me, I will continue seeking them out until I hit the jackpot. Luckily I don’t binge.
I don't buy them in the first place 🤷♀️
@@NoticeMeSenpaiii This is, indeed, the best way to deal with the issue. You can’t have presently that which you do not possess physically at that time.
i couldn’t stop eating oreo thins so i put them on top of the fridge - now it’s as if they didn’t exist. im such a monkey brain lol
Neuron activation
Was just binge watching your videos then a new one suddenly popped up! HYPE
LOL ❤
"interesting"
- me watching this while eating a bowl of ice cream
My mom works at google and they don’t trick workers into getting fit there is a gym and there are salads at the lunch room but they don’t trickle them
I was eating a bowl of fruity pebbles watching this 😭
And to think McDonald's employee eating a French fry is considered "stealing." The have and have nots live completely different existences.
You mean a McDonald's team member? Well yeah, if every employee ate fries they would lose a shit ton of money and wouldn't have enough fries to feed customers at the daily level. Free food perk is not apart of working at McDonald's and you know that signing up for the job. Google chooses to give free food, that's a company choice not a rich vs poor thing.
@@katiephillips9969 obviously, I'm not saying fast food employees should get free meals. That doesn't make sense business wise. I'm referring to grabbing a fry here and there which I've seen managers flip out about. Considering the daily fry waste, it's kinda ridiculous to treat petty nibbling as a problem. Heck, I've gotten in trouble for eating out of the trash! NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO EAT TRASH!
My original point remains the same. The two worlds don't know anything about one another. Same society, completely different existences.
@@microbios8586 It's actually weird that workers do not get free food at mcdonalds. I worked at a French McDonald's for a few years and all employees had a free meal after a shift. When I was a manager I was allowed to take any food at any time
I had a side job as a waitress in Germany and it included rotating between different restaurants on their busiest days. While most were 5 star , there were also quite a few with 4 and less. Every single employee of these restaurants had an unlimited amount of food and drinks at their disposal. If there was a wedding, believe me when I say we ate the same fancy food that was served to the guests. The dark side of the job was actually employees who slip into alcoholism due to alcohol they put into their free drinks (even if we weren't allowed ofc)
@@microbios8586 I too worl at mcdonalds and we get free meals. I'm not really seeing your point. Perhaps you shouldn't be working there if you can't follow rules? If you cannot stop yourself from snacking on food that isn't yours.
Before retiring, my father worked as a boss for GE Healthcare in Norway, and he found it very amusing whenever he recieved the "health guidelines" from the US (advice on how to offer the employees a healthier lifestyle and diet at work). Keep in mind this is a healthcare company. One of GE's top diet ideas was to switch out brownies with muffins. This sounds crazy to Scandinavians because we offer neither in the first place. Junk foods aren't available at work. Well, I guess it was easy for him to comply with the recommended guidelines 😂😂
I struggle with eating disorders and your channels helps me so much! I’m starting to better my relationship with food, thanks to you. Love from France :)
I worked in a bank in California and we shared the building with Google. Google employees would tell me about their snacks wall when they came to do their banking, lol.
fr the food at google is insane. My dad's campus has chinese, mongolian, italian, american, vegan, smoothie bars, and it used to have a hot pot place. There's also desert, everywhere.
@Ghettobible the employees living a dream
@@sanctvary the employees basically live at Google
But can we talk on how perfectly your shirt matches your eyes? Gorgeous!
I started at a tech company and gained 30lbs over the span of two years. The meals and snacks were actually mostly healthy. Cafes were staffed with up to 15 small restaurants with chefs making fancy food. But overeating is overeating regardless of if it includes kale. Coupled with sitting all day most people gain way more than 15lbs when they begin their career in tech. It's more like upwards of 25-50lbs. It took a year for me to lose all the weight and all my coworkers have admitted to losing a ton of weight when they switched to working from home.
This is literally all Michael Scott needed to know in order to get his department to lose weight. Kelly didn't have to starve, man. Smh.
Kiana, thank you so much for this! I laid out my gym clothes next to my bed this week (before I saw this video) so when I woke up at 6:00am, most ungodly hour, I was able to grab them quickly and get going. If they were stored away where I couldn't see them, I know for sure I would have made an excuse to stay in bed. Understanding that makes me rethink on how to set up food around my house for sure! Thank you for doing the research and informing us so we can get this information easily!
I remember when I started eating healthier I started working on habits that would make me excited over eating something that will benefit my health. Also I remember that I focused really hard on the feeling of lightness after eating a healthy and light meal. It really does work and I feel great (especially because of the fact that I dont feel that bloated anymore)
I've been "bingeing" your channel for the past couple of days! Thanks so much for the effort and time you put into these videos. They're so informative and really engaging. I really appreciate that you're bringing to light the psychological and overall health related issues associated with overeating rather than focusing on the weight gain itself. Keep up the good work! :)
"put the vegetables first so your plate is full before you get to the meat and carbs"
me: *walks directly to the carbs knowing damn well I need some veggies*
I would just like to thank you for linking the sources in the description. So many youtubers don’t do this and makes me question the credibility of the video. I immensely appreciate this! Also, fantastic video, subscribed!
Everytime when I'm visiting Google offices around the world, I visit their micro kitchens.
Haiyaaaaaaa you are everywhere. Where is the Bigfoot?
Hi ray
Shut u p
lockdown sucks doesnt it
I love that you have a reference list. So many people don't bother to make one
15-30 seconds for a glass of water? how big is that glass or how slow is that tap
Can we appreciate how professional her videos are? So addictive too :3
Nothing like watching one of my favorite youtubers after my first day of work!!
this is why i leave my yoga mat out on my floor, rolled up. reminds me to keep the space tidy and to stretch to reduce my back pain.
Honestly I've noticed this with my grocery shopping. I used to eat only premade meals because I couldn't be bothered to look up recipes. I've recently downloaded an app that gives you recipes and then makes your drive-in order at the closest grocery shop. I've lost so much weight since I've started using this app. All because it allowed me not to do the groceries and recipe thinking process anymore lol
What's the name of the app? I struggle with buying things that don't end up wasted because I didn't cook or use them up :(
@@SaffariRose No ide what the app is but my mother had a similar problem. I eventually had to force her to sit down every Sunday and take the day to do long-term things like bills and etc. but I also made her plan the weeks meals in that one day. She near immediately stopped leaving shit to rot because, if you know what you need for the specific meals you planned, your weekly shopping list is practically done for you in the recipes you Google.
@@-VoDkAsVengeance- Thank you for the reply! I've actually started doing this for a couple of months now. I meal prep and try to find seasonal recipes so I can shop locally/farmers market too! I've cut down wastage by alot but I can still do better 😅
@A wild Rose what's the name of the app?
@@xciimani7513 no app, just regular scheduling. Some places might sell sheets for meal prepping or you might find free guides online but I just use a journal with calender reference.
Lmao the who video I’m like “well I wouldn’t be that gullible” when in reality, I’ve been snacking on Easter candy the last few weeks.
You put out not just content but value to the world. I applaud you 👏🏼
Another thing that works: use smaller plates and try to eat slower.
While the smaller plates trick your mind into thinking you already ate a full serving, by eating slower you're more likely to actually stop eating when you're full. If you can, give your body a little time and you'll realize that you might not need the amount of food you normally eat to feel satiated :)
I still remember when your subs were only 1.5k and I was so glad to find your content, I was into watching Alr and Chantal.
You deserve the subs, srsly your content is one of the most put together I've seen when it comes addressing these problems 💕
I just love the fact that literally a few hours ago I was thinking when you were gonna post a new video and I'm so happy it's already up! 😍 Living for your professionally edited vids! Well done girl! 💖🌟
Wanna lose weight / get fit ? Go load UPS trucks
Or load pallets at FedEx like I did a few months back. Never carried heavy packages there, but the repetitive nature of the task really gets ya.
my stepdad used to work at ups but quit to become a real estate agent ... the man looks like he’s gained about 50 pounds or more
I actually lost 50lbs doing exactly that. Then I quit to go to a different job and that job proceeded to "thank" us almost every week with fast food and treats. Gained back everything. 😔😔
yup
My so works at ups loading and unloading trucks. He’s fit as a fiddle!
Your videos are so well made!! It inspires me to spend more time on scripting and editing :)
Love these videos! Nice video production and research. Thanks!
I found your channel 8 months late but it is so informative and you talk a lot on the psychology behind these things and it's amazing I love each of your videos. I hope you stay happy and healthy for as long as possible ❤
Ive been implementing these subliminal tactics into my household fridge for the past week (I live with my family and have to deal with having a ton of junk food in the house). Meal prepping wasnt working simply because id either get sick of the food after two days or dish would spoil entirely. So I started “ingredient prepping” and placing the healthy foods in the forefront. So far ive really loved it because my biggest problem was succumbing to binging after a stressful day and not having the mental stamina to craft a hoity toity cuisine. Having the healthy options as readily available as a bag of takis is gently prodding me to keep making the wiser decision. I wish I would have done this sooner!
“Frictionless” I can’t help but thinking of cody ko every time I hear that word now lol
Love the point about abusing our lack of object permanence to reduce snacking. Great vid! 👍🏻
Imagine if you had a minifridge with baby carrots and salad next to your couch. Youd eat it all the time even if ur not a fan of veg
"how many golf balls fit in a school bus?"
*sir I applied for janitor, not for ultra specialized software developer*
google: you'll gain 15 pounds working here
me, who has always struggled to gain weight and can fit into kid's clothes at 28: yeah, whatever
"15 pounds you say 👁️👄👁️"
weird flex
*Google:* You'll gain weig-
*Us:* Yes.
it’s a struggle for us 😔
Do you guys just have a good metabolism
Such a great video! Oh to be offered healthy food at work. Yesterday I forgot my healthy food at home, so there was the automat. It had trailmix which is calorie dense, but at least not processed, but alas, the machine would not spit it out. So there I was consuming a small bag of crisps and a nut bar with some chocolate. Calorie dense, processed and low volume, so of course I ate a bit more of my home cooked food than strictly necessary. Before that I had been eating fairly healthy for two weeks and my tastebuds are beginning to appreciate it. But still, I’d walk considerably more for free healthy food than the 150 yards (?) stipulated by Brin.
Google employees: **Gain weight**
Google: Oh no, anyw- *OH NO*
Thank you for this! As someone who’s working on her own weight loss, you’ve given me some really useful tips on how to curb my own snacking! Much appreciated! You most certainly have a new subscriber!
Too bad I can't change my environment at a grocery store job! At the same time, it makes me think of how much better I could be doing dealing with temptations if I didn't feel prompted to buy candy and chips every work day of the week...
One brain trick you can do is to donate equal amounts to a charity. So if you want some candy for $1.00, then you must also donate $1.00 to a charity. This keeps it cheap enough for you to still get it if you want it, but spending double quickly adds up so you have to keep an eye on it (hopefully discouraging you from spending more)
Get a new job. You are worth it!!!! Another thing you can try is eating a big breakfast and a good lunch so when you get off work you aren't so hungry...
I cannot believe how high quality your videos are. Your channel is rapidly growing and it's quite impressive I usually don't see this rapid growth but yours has not staggered. ever since you made the video about that monster mukbang eater you've used that steady stream and not let it go to waste. You know what works.
my dad works at Google and when I was younger we would occasionally go to Google for fun
it's literally crazy they've got whole game rooms. they had one room with a stash of nerf guns and rock climbing walls.
I've never had my workplace offer any food except for special occasions. But I did notice that I eat more since working from home. This was a good video, now I know what I need to do to improve on that.
I lost a good 10-15 pounds at my last job because they had no vending machines (the only one “healthy hub” located in a three floor campus was filled with healthy snacks, no chocolate or soda), junk food at the cafeteria and I couldn’t drive to get soda or chocolate cause I didn’t (and still don’t ) have a car. I also took transit and walked an extra 30 mins a day effortlessly on top of using the campus gyms. I miss having that job overall but I’ll definitely use these tips to get back on track for my weight loss!
I used this tactic years ago. I don't keep Doritos in my house. It's a weakness. I said, "If I really MUST have some I can drive to the corner store & get a lil bag." 99.9% of the time I am too lazy to do that. I depend on my laziness daily for success. Lol
Another great video, you should get yourself a Patreon!
So well researched and cut. Give us more, queen
So far I have lost about 15 - 20 lbs since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I attribute most of that weight loss to having switched to working from home 100% of the time. I work at the world HQ of a major US corporation (not Google but still in the tech industry) and almost daily there would be left over snacks or sweets from some meeting somewhere in one of the 100 or so kitchenettes throughout the complex with a big, "please take" sign beckoning me to partake of either free sandwiches, pizza or cake. I would take a walk around 1:30 - 2:00 pm around the complex and in 15 - 20 minutes come back with plates full of goodies to share with my boss and my coworkers. I have never been obese per se, but the last few years I did get to about 10 lbs above what would be normal BMI for my height (so 10 lbs over weight I guess). Now I am back to my pre college weight and I really have not changed anything I do at home, so I can definitely attest to the veracity of this video.
I learnt somewhere in my programming journey, that if a thing needs more than 3 steps to get going a user will almost always abandon it to go do something else.
Watching your videos has made me realise how many of these behaviors I built into my life without realising it when I began losing weight two years ago.
I work from home and I have a mini fridge of fruit, water, and granola in my office that I snack on throughout the day, and all other food stays in the kitchen. I also usually eat a banana, orange, or some other large piece of fruit directly before going grocery shopping so that I'm not shopping on an empty stomach, and I literally haven't been down the snack aisle in the grocery store in 2 years.
2 years and over 200lbs later and I'm almost in the healthy weight range for my height
This video was amazingly planned out/written/edited. Can't wait to see what's next for your channel because I am such a huge fan already!!!
I felt like I knew the vibe to this type of video with how it started and how the narrator sounded until a heard that **but** at 0:43 😂👀
This is so helpful not only for weight loss but for influencing positive behaviors in general
I was thinking to myself "well *I* wouldn't pick pop even if it was the easier option", as if I'm special, before remembering that I don't even like fizzy drinks. 🙄
This was actually super informative! Like probably the best advice I've ever received on how to change eating habits! Amazing
I noticed faster weight gain working in a office job compared to my cashier job. I was still overweight but I was in a gain /lose cycle as a cashier and a slow & steady gain in the office. I ate out more at the office and didnt have a reason to give up other than to print. I noticed fast and started parking far away and making sure I try to cook for myself or choose better takeout.
I Definitely get lazy when cooking compared to ordering this video made me realize that I should try to make cooking more enjoyable & easy.
For those wondering, the reason that Google asks those “sociopathic“ interview questions is not because they actually want somebody who knows how many golf balls can fit in a school bus.
as you may have guessed, Google doesn’t give two shits how many golf balls fit in a school bus.
The reason they ask this question is because they want to see how you will react to it. They want to see if you will be overwhelmed by the absurdity or the intense difficulty or the utter uselessness of this question.
and this is because a lot of difficult programming problems seem, at first, about as difficult and complicated and pointless as the school bus problem.
what they are looking for is someone who will, without hesitation, start thinking about the best way to go about solving this problem. They don’t want the right answer, they want you to take an earnest crack at solving the problem, and they want to see if you have good problem-solving skills.
so, for example, instead of wondering why this question makes any sense, an ideal candidate might immediately start making rough estimates of the proportions of the bus and the objects inside.
They would also be looking for you to ask pertinent questions like are the seats still in there? Is it a completely empty bus or does it have objects in it and if it does have objects, what are the proportions of those objects?
The dedication to breaking down a very complex problem into small, manageable parts, and having a complete understanding of the problem before you attempt to solve it.
This is what they are looking for, and a question like that is the perfect filter for somebody who might just give up in the face of something too difficult
Jokes on you, I always carry my water bottle and use the fridge tap 😉
Great heads-up! In a nutshell, we unconsciously act by the lazy-rule. It's so evident, yet I weren't able to see it until this video.
Seriously, I really liked this video, it's very interesting and high quality. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of Google (I prefer Ecosia), what they did is clever
I recently read why high calorie foods/ sweets are SO appealing to us humans
Before the agricultural revolution, our ancestors had limited access to sweets and high calorie foods (and just food in general). The only source of sweet foods for them were ripe foods, for which they usually had to fight with other animals to obtain. So if a person living 40,000 to 70,000 years ago happened to come across a fig tree, her first instinct would be to gorge down the figs as soon as possible- before bisons or any other animal came after it.
This tendency to be attracted to high calorie foods is so hard-wired in our genes, that even now, while we live in high rise apartments away from animals and our fridges are stuffed with more than sufficient food- it's REALLY hard for us to bypass our genetic coding and resist sweet stuff.
Loving all of your content. Great info in an easily digestible fashion.
Something I'd be interested I hearing about, why are people so interested in watching all the different binge eating content on youtube? Whether it be crazy challenges done by fit or fat people or your standard issue mukbang these videos get millions of views and I dont get it
I watch some of the healthy ones to make my healthy food taste better, or have me crave it. I don't like the gross ones due to making me crave junk. I don't understand why my mind works like that, but I've always paired certain foods with certain entertainment.
I also like the cringy compilations for weight loss motivation.
9:03 its beyond embrassing to think about how much money/produce ive lost to the bottom two fridge shelves.
The pop VS water had me very intrigued and I'm not sure if it's because I never even considered the time I spend filling up the glass or because pop isn't a choice for me since I don't like the fizz :'D Water has always been my preferred beverage. But now I'm fairly certain every time I fill my glass, I'm going to be thinking of those seconds...
I love water more than any other drink. I bring a 2.2l bottle of water with me wherever I go.
THANK YOU SO MUCH KIANA- This is more about a previous video you did but I wanted to post where people will see this. I did an experiment.
After learning about all the ways fast food is engineered to make it addictive, I was curious as to whether I could actually taste things like sugar in the fries and other things not found in regular food. I've never noticed before, but I wasn't looking for it. I'm not a once a week fast food consumer but I am a big foodie and taste matters a lot to me. So, I got really high in order to be more perceptive of the nuances (don't do drugs kids), ordered some Chick-Fil-A, and begun my experiment. I had one spicy sandwich, large fries, small fries, chicken tenders, and sauce.
I love their waffle fries but I never thought about why. This time I noticed the additional fatty and sweet flavors that shouldn't be present in potato. It's impossible to eat just one french fry!!! The sandwich was really interesting though. The bun was lightly buttered and soft, which complimented the crunchy and savory chicken (pro tip- they use pickle juice in their coating). The textures of the bun, chicken, and lettuce + tomato made for a wonderful mouth-feel that was addicting. This is such a simple and cheap way to keep people coming back! I think the dismissal in our culture of fast food as lower quality flavor keeps people from noticing all the ways that their body is actually reacting to the flavor.
In conclusion, this experiment was a big wake up call for me to really question where my food comes from, why I like what I like, and to be mindful not to overindulge. When I break it down to brain chemistry, I also don't feel the shame of eating unhealthily, rather, I understand that its biology, and that I can overcome it. Here's to everyone learning how to be kinder to their bodies!
Only in the US people will choose sodas over water.
Bullshit.
It's been scientifically proven that sugar activates reward pathways in the brain. If you're human, you're subject to that. Period.
sandpiperr not me. I would never choose sodas over water.
@@NoOne-sd3sx Well aren't you special.
Your anecdotal evidence is, indeed, more convincing than an emprical study, because YOU are just that important!
How wonderful to be you!
@@sandpiperr if you are used to only drinking water, you probably won't like sugary drinks a lot, I think it mostly comes down to your sugar habbits and how addicted you are to it
I used to only drink really sugary drinks and hate water my whole childhood and the majority of my teenage years (thanks parents for introduzing me to crappy sugar filled stuff right away!), until I cut out all sugery drinks at once and switched to only water as a teenager, the first few days were very tough, I missed all my usual drinks a lot, felt very tempted to quit and water tasted really really bad, but suddenly I started liking water and I didn't consume any sugary drinks for over a year (I was scared to get addicted to that crap again), now I don't like the taste of any sugary drinks anymore and I often can't even get myself to drink them when there is nothing else available, they just taste so bad now...
sandpiperr imagine being so gluttony to the point where you have to search for scientific studies to back your addiction to sugars and then go around to insult people because they choose water over sodas and telling them their point is invalid just because it’s against the scientific research you’re using to condone your gluttonous
3:29 This amongst many more scenarios like these are what reminds me of the human animal.
Our sapience, our niche is the only difference, & when you’re only a centimeter/ inch above the rest, it doesn’t really mean much now does it?
Oh yess finally new video ❤
@@KianaDocherty Can't wait, your videos really inspire me to stay on track with healthy habits ❤