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> for many people weight loss is neither practical nor maintainable Hard disagree. As for practicality, weight loss is a function of thermodynamics. Caloric
by rukittenme 7y ago
> for many people weight loss is neither practical nor maintainable
Hard disagree.
As for practicality, weight loss is a function of thermodynamics. Caloric deficit == weight reduction. Doesn't matter your physiology.
As for maintainability, well that certainly depends on how a person is taught to diet. If you tell someone they need to eat less to lose weight (which is what almost every diet does) then, yes, it will be hard to maintain. If you tell someone to eat more (low calorie) food then weight loss is easy.
Most obese, untrained people will very readily drop tons of fat weight with little stimulus.
When I diet (whether the intention is gaining or losing weight) I'm probably eating 2x as much food as an obese person who is wondering to themselves "why is my metabolism so slow?". It's not. The foods I eat just contain less energy than the foods they're eating.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago> Caloric deficit == weight reduction. Doesn't matter your physiology. True. This is the one piece of weight loss advice that multiple scientific disciplines agree on. However, being true does not make it easy.
- rukittenme 7y agoDid you miss the part where I describe how to make it easier? Did you miss the part where I criticize diet culture from preaching starvation as some sort of virtue. > If you tell someone they need to eat less to lose weight (which is what almost every diet does) then, yes, it will be hard to maintain.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoYes. your advice is not significantly different than common advice on how to make it easy, and my personal experience with trying many, many things is that it is never actually easy.
- rukittenme 7y agoI do it and have done it many times. You're not sacrificing anything by buying products with fewer calories in them. Just read the label.
- amanaplanacanal 7y agoWait. So you are saying your method allows you to lose weight but you can't keep it off long term? There are tons of diets that do that.
- rukittenme 7y agoHah! A funny observation. No the weight loss and gain were not based on my ability to maintain that level. They were based on changing priorities. When I first started, I wanted to be a body builder (so I gained). Did it for a while, then wanted to be "athletic" (so I lost). Then I maintained for a while (focusing on career, lost a lot of weight from sedentary lifestyle). Then I wanted to be a powerlifter which required fluctuations in weight. Now I want to be a "strongman" (so I'm gaining). Btw I'm not a world class athelete. I never even compete. I just enjoy chasing the goals and seeing my body adapt. Its a fun hobby(-ies) that's all. My change in weight reflects a change in priorities and habits. Not an inability to maintain.
- amanaplanacanal 7y agoSo where is the study which shows your method works better than all the other diets out there? Lots of people have diets that work for them, that fails totally when other people try it. If your plan is truly that successful it should be taking the world by storm.