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How can it be both though? If you eat a little healthy food or a little garbage you'll lose weight, and if you eat a lot of healthy food or a lot of garbage you
by hansvm 6y ago
How can it be both though? If you eat a little healthy food or a little garbage you'll lose weight, and if you eat a lot of healthy food or a lot of garbage you'll gain weight.
As far as weight loss is concerned, "healthy" food helps insofar as it makes it easier to eat less and exercise more, which is a property that some (not all) healthy foods accidentally happen to have, and which they share with a variety of less healthy calorie sources.
- identity0 6y agoThink about why you want to lose weight. Is it to be healthier, or is to reach an arbitrary number? If it's the latter then maybe you can just pound down 1500 calories of cake a day. If not, then you actually do need to eat healthy. The health benefits don't come from weighing less, they come from having a healthier body composition and less visceral (internal) fat.
- dleslie 6y agoThis attitude strikes me as harmful. 1. Why exercise if you never plan on engaging in vigorous hobbies or professions? 2. Why seek physio therapy for a stiff joint if you spend your days on the couch or in a chair? 3. Why see a dentist if you only receive calories from drinking soylent? 4. Why bathe if you never leave your house? There's some philosophy of morals argument to be made here similar to the concept of whether it is good or bad to eat arsenic.
- identity0 6y agoNot sure what your point is. 1. Because it's healthy and feels good 2. Because it's healthy and may stop future problems 3. Because it may stop future problems 4. Because it feels good So why lose weight for the sake of losing weight? It's neither healthy nor fun if you do it the wrong way.
- dleslie 6y ago> So why lose weight for the sake of losing weight? Because chronic obesity is associated with numerous morbidities. The same answer you gave for (3) applies to avoiding obesity.
- The_Colonel 6y ago> Think about why you want to lose weight. Is it to be healthier, or is to reach an arbitrary number? Many possible reasons. You would be surprised at the number of people doing it mainly to be able to fit into pretty clothes. It's difficult to find motivation to lose weight to be healthier when you don't actually have any health problems yet.
- hcknwscommenter 6y agoFrom my point of view (currently mid 40s and undergoing my very first attempt at losing weight in my life), losing weight of course means consuming fewer calories than you burn. However, eating healthy foods is what makes that a less miserable experience. Eating foods that take a while to digest and sit in your stomach for a while making you feel full like whole grains, nuts, fresh fruit and vegetables, and enough protein to keep your muscle mass, will make it a lot more likely to lead to success than simply "eating less."