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You don't need to diet precisely because your body and hunger mechanisms are calibrated properly, and yet you somehow twist that around into disparaging people

You don't need to diet precisely because your body and hunger mechanisms are calibrated properly, and yet you somehow twist that around into disparaging people who don't have this luxury. It's trivial to retrospectively say "oh I've never had this problem because X Y Z" and gain leverage over people who do, but it's naive at best and malicious at worst to assume that people struggling with weight aren't aware or trying the very same thing. To me it just reads as more just world fallacy bullshit.

NoPicklez 4y ago
I disagree, perhaps I was a little too blunt in my response. But while I am a fairly active person, I still do gain weight if I find myself eating too much junk or if I've been lax on exercising. Especially after starting an office job. The problem I see (from my small world) is that some people when they go into "diet mode" they go to extremes. They start counting calories, eating super healthy food that they wouldn't normally eat and in fact don't really enjoy. They might even start exercising a lot more than normal which makes then even hungrier, especially if they're also trying to cut calories. To me, people shouldn't be dieting, unless they have an intolerance to a particular type of food or have diseases such as Diabetes. Otherwise, the best "diet" is everything in moderation, but the majority of which should be wholefoods. You should be maintaining a slight calorie deficit, of which can be adjusted based on your life circumstances. But cutting gluten, cutting sugar, going keto, going paleo, cutting fat, these type of restricted diets are unsustainable. I agree that losing weight is really hard and keeping it off requires you to maintain a combination of eating a suitable amount of calories, in line with the amount of exercise you do. Even having the odd dessert a few too many times a week can throw off the scales over time. I'm not saying that people aren't trying, but I do think many people try too hard in a way that is unsustainable, where they bite off more than they can chew. Having said all of this, there are absolutely going to be edge cases where people's bodies whether genetically or otherwise make it more challenging for them to lose weight. For that, then only certain interventions will work. Otherwise, most of us aren't an edge case.

NoPicklez 4y ago

I disagree, perhaps I was a little too blunt in my response. But while I am a fairly active person, I still do gain weight if I find myself eating too much junk or if I've been lax on exercising. Especially after starting an office job. The problem I see (from my small world) is that some people when they go into "diet mode" they go to extremes. They start counting calories, eating super healthy food that they wouldn't normally eat and in fact don't really enjoy. They might even start exercising a lot more than normal which makes then even hungrier, especially if they're also trying to cut calories. To me, people shouldn't be dieting, unless they have an intolerance to a particular type of food or have diseases such as Diabetes. Otherwise, the best "diet" is everything in moderation, but the majority of which should be wholefoods. You should be maintaining a slight calorie deficit, of which can be adjusted based on your life circumstances. But cutting gluten, cutting sugar, going keto, going paleo, cutting fat, these type of restricted diets are unsustainable. I agree that losing weight is really hard and keeping it off requires you to maintain a combination of eating a suitable amount of calories, in line with the amount of exercise you do. Even having the odd dessert a few too many times a week can throw off the scales over time. I'm not saying that people aren't trying, but I do think many people try too hard in a way that is unsustainable, where they bite off more than they can chew. Having said all of this, there are absolutely going to be edge cases where people's bodies whether genetically or otherwise make it more challenging for them to lose weight. For that, then only certain interventions will work. Otherwise, most of us aren't an edge case.