I'm not sure what you mean by "weird". A diet is weird, and I'm very much older than most of you and have been successful with hi-protein diets. Atkins was the first of these, I'm guessing. 20 years later it was "Protein Power". Most similar to Keto of current fads.
Eat lean protein (fish, chicken, beef - canned or fresh; even sardines). The original diets ignored fat, but I don't think it's to your benefit to do so. For greens, stick to cabbage, kale, chard etc, mostly raw.
After two or three days of this, you sense a very particular change in your body, and you detect notes of ketone in your breath and a bad taste in your mouth. You continue, and drink lots of water. You feel the change in your muscles and fat, too. Avoid artificial sweeteners, unless you're so hooked on sweet that you can't cope.
You can add dairy, but dairy is higher carbo and higher fat. 0% cottage cheese, farmers cheese work well; milk, yogurt, etc. should be avoided.
You will cheat, but get back on the horse and continue.
If you need "crunch", the most dogmatic protein diets tell you to get a bag of deep fried pork rinds. It works, but you have to like them.
You can add seeds and nuts to the diet; you can have as many bell peppers as you wish; onions, too. Protein stirfrys. Avoid grains and root veggies.
After a short while, your brain will change. You'll likely crave French fries less, and you never should have been drinking sweetened sodas and fruit shakes in the first place. The loss can last a long time.
Safari 13 for MacOS allows you to selectively, or universally, see most news sites in reader view without having to select each time. Most other browsers have add-ons that do a similar thing, and Instapaper and Pocket, among others create text-only versions of most articles.
Most of those also work outside of adblockers, so, even when an adblocker is detected, the news/text reader displays the article text when the adblocked page won't (examples include Wired and the Los Angeles Times).
There is probably still some significant overhead in loading and parsing the original page, but, as some have pointed out, the lag is usually "acceptable" even on the original page.
There appears to be some added value in using these various strategies in multiple browsers.
Investigate Minneapolis. Winters are hard, but it is a great biking place, and has many cultural institutions that punch way above their weight. Its tech focus may be more in the direction of medical devices and commodity ag, but that's not bad. Cray Research grew up a stone's throw away, and the area still supports significant resources for the company.
Good food, too, and, despite being land-locked, lots of water activities, even within the cities (swimming beaches, boating, etc.)
Eat lean protein (fish, chicken, beef - canned or fresh; even sardines). The original diets ignored fat, but I don't think it's to your benefit to do so. For greens, stick to cabbage, kale, chard etc, mostly raw.
After two or three days of this, you sense a very particular change in your body, and you detect notes of ketone in your breath and a bad taste in your mouth. You continue, and drink lots of water. You feel the change in your muscles and fat, too. Avoid artificial sweeteners, unless you're so hooked on sweet that you can't cope.
You can add dairy, but dairy is higher carbo and higher fat. 0% cottage cheese, farmers cheese work well; milk, yogurt, etc. should be avoided.
You will cheat, but get back on the horse and continue.
If you need "crunch", the most dogmatic protein diets tell you to get a bag of deep fried pork rinds. It works, but you have to like them.
You can add seeds and nuts to the diet; you can have as many bell peppers as you wish; onions, too. Protein stirfrys. Avoid grains and root veggies.
After a short while, your brain will change. You'll likely crave French fries less, and you never should have been drinking sweetened sodas and fruit shakes in the first place. The loss can last a long time.